Humeston New Era, Humeston, Iowa
May 17, 1911
James M. Gwinn
The funeral of James M. Gwinn, a pioneer resident of Wayne county, who died on Tuesday evening of last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Grant, at Harvard, was held at Lewisburg, Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Masonic order of which he was a member. Burial was made at the Lewisburg cemetery.
The following obituary was read at the funeral service by D.P. Goodrich of this city:
James Madison Gwinn was born April 29, 1829, in Greenbrier county, West Virginia. He grew to manhood in West Virginia, and there married Barbara Jane Surbaugh, September 19, 1850. To this union was born two children who both preceded him to a better land.
In 1852, he moved to Wayne county and settled in Clay township. In 1853, he suffered the loss of his wife. He was united in marriage to Lovicy Chamberlain on November 29, 1855, and to this union was born eight children, five of whom are living, namely Henrietta Grant, of Harvard; Milo B. Gwinn of Humeston; Edwin B., of Kansas City, Mo.; Lewis J., of Alberta, Canada; and Maude R. Chadwick, of Colby, Kansas.
He lived in Clay township, Wayne county, from 1852, until about 1896, when he removed to Corydon and resided there until September, 1909, when his wife, Lovicy, departed this life, September 13, 1909, when he moved to Harvard, where he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Grant, until he departed this life, May 9, 1911. At the time of his death he had arrived to the ripe old age of eighty-two years and ten days.
He leaves to mourn his death the above children and his two younger brothers, Harrison Gwinn and Marion Gwinn, of Greenbrier county, West Virginia, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a host of neighbors and friends.
James Madison Gwinn was of a genial, cheerful disposition; he was a dutiful husband, a loving father, and loved and admired by all who knew him.
May 17, 1911
James M. Gwinn
The funeral of James M. Gwinn, a pioneer resident of Wayne county, who died on Tuesday evening of last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Grant, at Harvard, was held at Lewisburg, Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Masonic order of which he was a member. Burial was made at the Lewisburg cemetery.
The following obituary was read at the funeral service by D.P. Goodrich of this city:
James Madison Gwinn was born April 29, 1829, in Greenbrier county, West Virginia. He grew to manhood in West Virginia, and there married Barbara Jane Surbaugh, September 19, 1850. To this union was born two children who both preceded him to a better land.
In 1852, he moved to Wayne county and settled in Clay township. In 1853, he suffered the loss of his wife. He was united in marriage to Lovicy Chamberlain on November 29, 1855, and to this union was born eight children, five of whom are living, namely Henrietta Grant, of Harvard; Milo B. Gwinn of Humeston; Edwin B., of Kansas City, Mo.; Lewis J., of Alberta, Canada; and Maude R. Chadwick, of Colby, Kansas.
He lived in Clay township, Wayne county, from 1852, until about 1896, when he removed to Corydon and resided there until September, 1909, when his wife, Lovicy, departed this life, September 13, 1909, when he moved to Harvard, where he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Grant, until he departed this life, May 9, 1911. At the time of his death he had arrived to the ripe old age of eighty-two years and ten days.
He leaves to mourn his death the above children and his two younger brothers, Harrison Gwinn and Marion Gwinn, of Greenbrier county, West Virginia, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a host of neighbors and friends.
James Madison Gwinn was of a genial, cheerful disposition; he was a dutiful husband, a loving father, and loved and admired by all who knew him.
Humeston New Era, Humeston, Iowa
May 17, 1911
James M. Gwinn
The funeral of James M. Gwinn, a pioneer resident of Wayne county, who died on Tuesday evening of last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Grant, at Harvard, was held at Lewisburg, Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Masonic order of which he was a member. Burial was made at the Lewisburg cemetery.
The following obituary was read at the funeral service by D.P. Goodrich of this city:
James Madison Gwinn was born April 29, 1829, in Greenbrier county, West Virginia. He grew to manhood in West Virginia, and there married Barbara Jane Surbaugh, September 19, 1850. To this union was born two children who both preceded him to a better land.
In 1852, he moved to Wayne county and settled in Clay township. In 1853, he suffered the loss of his wife. He was united in marriage to Lovicy Chamberlain on November 29, 1855, and to this union was born eight children, five of whom are living, namely Henrietta Grant, of Harvard; Milo B. Gwinn of Humeston; Edwin B., of Kansas City, Mo.; Lewis J., of Alberta, Canada; and Maude R. Chadwick, of Colby, Kansas.
He lived in Clay township, Wayne county, from 1852, until about 1896, when he removed to Corydon and resided there until September, 1909, when his wife, Lovicy, departed this life, September 13, 1909, when he moved to Harvard, where he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Grant, until he departed this life, May 9, 1911. At the time of his death he had arrived to the ripe old age of eighty-two years and ten days.
He leaves to mourn his death the above children and his two younger brothers, Harrison Gwinn and Marion Gwinn, of Greenbrier county, West Virginia, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a host of neighbors and friends.
James Madison Gwinn was of a genial, cheerful disposition; he was a dutiful husband, a loving father, and loved and admired by all who knew him.
May 17, 1911
James M. Gwinn
The funeral of James M. Gwinn, a pioneer resident of Wayne county, who died on Tuesday evening of last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Grant, at Harvard, was held at Lewisburg, Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Masonic order of which he was a member. Burial was made at the Lewisburg cemetery.
The following obituary was read at the funeral service by D.P. Goodrich of this city:
James Madison Gwinn was born April 29, 1829, in Greenbrier county, West Virginia. He grew to manhood in West Virginia, and there married Barbara Jane Surbaugh, September 19, 1850. To this union was born two children who both preceded him to a better land.
In 1852, he moved to Wayne county and settled in Clay township. In 1853, he suffered the loss of his wife. He was united in marriage to Lovicy Chamberlain on November 29, 1855, and to this union was born eight children, five of whom are living, namely Henrietta Grant, of Harvard; Milo B. Gwinn of Humeston; Edwin B., of Kansas City, Mo.; Lewis J., of Alberta, Canada; and Maude R. Chadwick, of Colby, Kansas.
He lived in Clay township, Wayne county, from 1852, until about 1896, when he removed to Corydon and resided there until September, 1909, when his wife, Lovicy, departed this life, September 13, 1909, when he moved to Harvard, where he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Grant, until he departed this life, May 9, 1911. At the time of his death he had arrived to the ripe old age of eighty-two years and ten days.
He leaves to mourn his death the above children and his two younger brothers, Harrison Gwinn and Marion Gwinn, of Greenbrier county, West Virginia, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a host of neighbors and friends.
James Madison Gwinn was of a genial, cheerful disposition; he was a dutiful husband, a loving father, and loved and admired by all who knew him.
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