December 1891 Obituary:
Alexander Whiteley was born near Lexington, Kentucky May 10, 1825, departed this life at his home in Howard Township, Tama County, Iowa December 14, 1891 at the age of 66 years, 7 months and 4 days. When a small boy he went with his mother to Boone county, Indiana. At the age of twenty two, he went to Springfield, Ohio, where he learned the trade of blacksmithing. He was united in marriage with Miss Martha L. Stewart in Montgomery county, Indiana, August 29, 1850. And now, after over forty-one years of journeying together, they are separated for a time. In 1862, they came west, settling in Howard Township, Tama County, which has been his home for nearly thirty years, until called to "the home over there." He leaves, besides his wife, five children, James A, the only son, abiding close to his mother's home, and four daughters, Hannah Steinshouer, Anna Mock, Olive Amidon, and Flora Newhall. All reside within a few miles, and all were permitted to be with and minister to the father in his last sickness. His decline had been gradual for several years. He had a paralytic trouble that affected somewhat his mental action, as well as his articulation. But shortly before his death his mind was very clear, and he sought to give his dying advice to his family, which, by the aid of his daughters, was made intelligible and impressed them all that he was going to a better home and wished them to meet him there. Before attaining to manhood he embraced religion and united with the Christian church about fifty years ago. A part of his life he was a lay preacher in that church and continued his home in it to the end of life. Father Whiteley will be remembered as a man that stood up for all that was good, and to the best of his ability and example, helped to improve society. He is another of Tama County's valuable early settlers that has finished his life work. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, the funeral services were largely attended from the home to the Pleasant Hill Church, where the congregation filled the church. The Rev. S.A. Lee preached from an appropriate text, Psalm 73:26. The internment was in the cemetery near the church in the lot where his oldest son, Charles, was buried some years before. Mr. Whiteley having been a worthy member of the masonic order for many years, it was fitting that his masonic brethren showed their appreciation in sending six members of the lodge at Toledo as pall-bearers: Isaac Stoner, Silas Sears, V. Drahos, D. Huston, Wm Moorcroft and B.J. Louthan. In addition to the burial services at the grave by the officiating minister, D. Arb, Master of the lodge, made some appropriate remarks expressing the regret that the short notice of the funeral and the condition of the roads hindered a more general attendance of the masonic order. The wreath of flowers on the casket and the decoration of the grave with evergreens were designed to leave an impression of immortality, very appropriate in his case.
Alexander Whiteley was born near Lexington, Kentucky May 10, 1825, departed this life at his home in Howard Township, Tama County, Iowa December 14, 1891 at the age of 66 years, 7 months and 4 days. When a small boy he went with his mother to Boone county, Indiana. At the age of twenty two, he went to Springfield, Ohio, where he learned the trade of blacksmithing. He was united in marriage with Miss Martha L. Stewart in Montgomery county, Indiana, August 29, 1850. And now, after over forty-one years of journeying together, they are separated for a time. In 1862, they came west, settling in Howard Township, Tama County, which has been his home for nearly thirty years, until called to "the home over there." He leaves, besides his wife, five children, James A, the only son, abiding close to his mother's home, and four daughters, Hannah Steinshouer, Anna Mock, Olive Amidon, and Flora Newhall. All reside within a few miles, and all were permitted to be with and minister to the father in his last sickness. His decline had been gradual for several years. He had a paralytic trouble that affected somewhat his mental action, as well as his articulation. But shortly before his death his mind was very clear, and he sought to give his dying advice to his family, which, by the aid of his daughters, was made intelligible and impressed them all that he was going to a better home and wished them to meet him there. Before attaining to manhood he embraced religion and united with the Christian church about fifty years ago. A part of his life he was a lay preacher in that church and continued his home in it to the end of life. Father Whiteley will be remembered as a man that stood up for all that was good, and to the best of his ability and example, helped to improve society. He is another of Tama County's valuable early settlers that has finished his life work. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, the funeral services were largely attended from the home to the Pleasant Hill Church, where the congregation filled the church. The Rev. S.A. Lee preached from an appropriate text, Psalm 73:26. The internment was in the cemetery near the church in the lot where his oldest son, Charles, was buried some years before. Mr. Whiteley having been a worthy member of the masonic order for many years, it was fitting that his masonic brethren showed their appreciation in sending six members of the lodge at Toledo as pall-bearers: Isaac Stoner, Silas Sears, V. Drahos, D. Huston, Wm Moorcroft and B.J. Louthan. In addition to the burial services at the grave by the officiating minister, D. Arb, Master of the lodge, made some appropriate remarks expressing the regret that the short notice of the funeral and the condition of the roads hindered a more general attendance of the masonic order. The wreath of flowers on the casket and the decoration of the grave with evergreens were designed to leave an impression of immortality, very appropriate in his case.
December 1891 Obituary:
Alexander Whiteley was born near Lexington, Kentucky May 10, 1825, departed this life at his home in Howard Township, Tama County, Iowa December 14, 1891 at the age of 66 years, 7 months and 4 days. When a small boy he went with his mother to Boone county, Indiana. At the age of twenty two, he went to Springfield, Ohio, where he learned the trade of blacksmithing. He was united in marriage with Miss Martha L. Stewart in Montgomery county, Indiana, August 29, 1850. And now, after over forty-one years of journeying together, they are separated for a time. In 1862, they came west, settling in Howard Township, Tama County, which has been his home for nearly thirty years, until called to "the home over there." He leaves, besides his wife, five children, James A, the only son, abiding close to his mother's home, and four daughters, Hannah Steinshouer, Anna Mock, Olive Amidon, and Flora Newhall. All reside within a few miles, and all were permitted to be with and minister to the father in his last sickness. His decline had been gradual for several years. He had a paralytic trouble that affected somewhat his mental action, as well as his articulation. But shortly before his death his mind was very clear, and he sought to give his dying advice to his family, which, by the aid of his daughters, was made intelligible and impressed them all that he was going to a better home and wished them to meet him there. Before attaining to manhood he embraced religion and united with the Christian church about fifty years ago. A part of his life he was a lay preacher in that church and continued his home in it to the end of life. Father Whiteley will be remembered as a man that stood up for all that was good, and to the best of his ability and example, helped to improve society. He is another of Tama County's valuable early settlers that has finished his life work. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, the funeral services were largely attended from the home to the Pleasant Hill Church, where the congregation filled the church. The Rev. S.A. Lee preached from an appropriate text, Psalm 73:26. The internment was in the cemetery near the church in the lot where his oldest son, Charles, was buried some years before. Mr. Whiteley having been a worthy member of the masonic order for many years, it was fitting that his masonic brethren showed their appreciation in sending six members of the lodge at Toledo as pall-bearers: Isaac Stoner, Silas Sears, V. Drahos, D. Huston, Wm Moorcroft and B.J. Louthan. In addition to the burial services at the grave by the officiating minister, D. Arb, Master of the lodge, made some appropriate remarks expressing the regret that the short notice of the funeral and the condition of the roads hindered a more general attendance of the masonic order. The wreath of flowers on the casket and the decoration of the grave with evergreens were designed to leave an impression of immortality, very appropriate in his case.
Alexander Whiteley was born near Lexington, Kentucky May 10, 1825, departed this life at his home in Howard Township, Tama County, Iowa December 14, 1891 at the age of 66 years, 7 months and 4 days. When a small boy he went with his mother to Boone county, Indiana. At the age of twenty two, he went to Springfield, Ohio, where he learned the trade of blacksmithing. He was united in marriage with Miss Martha L. Stewart in Montgomery county, Indiana, August 29, 1850. And now, after over forty-one years of journeying together, they are separated for a time. In 1862, they came west, settling in Howard Township, Tama County, which has been his home for nearly thirty years, until called to "the home over there." He leaves, besides his wife, five children, James A, the only son, abiding close to his mother's home, and four daughters, Hannah Steinshouer, Anna Mock, Olive Amidon, and Flora Newhall. All reside within a few miles, and all were permitted to be with and minister to the father in his last sickness. His decline had been gradual for several years. He had a paralytic trouble that affected somewhat his mental action, as well as his articulation. But shortly before his death his mind was very clear, and he sought to give his dying advice to his family, which, by the aid of his daughters, was made intelligible and impressed them all that he was going to a better home and wished them to meet him there. Before attaining to manhood he embraced religion and united with the Christian church about fifty years ago. A part of his life he was a lay preacher in that church and continued his home in it to the end of life. Father Whiteley will be remembered as a man that stood up for all that was good, and to the best of his ability and example, helped to improve society. He is another of Tama County's valuable early settlers that has finished his life work. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, the funeral services were largely attended from the home to the Pleasant Hill Church, where the congregation filled the church. The Rev. S.A. Lee preached from an appropriate text, Psalm 73:26. The internment was in the cemetery near the church in the lot where his oldest son, Charles, was buried some years before. Mr. Whiteley having been a worthy member of the masonic order for many years, it was fitting that his masonic brethren showed their appreciation in sending six members of the lodge at Toledo as pall-bearers: Isaac Stoner, Silas Sears, V. Drahos, D. Huston, Wm Moorcroft and B.J. Louthan. In addition to the burial services at the grave by the officiating minister, D. Arb, Master of the lodge, made some appropriate remarks expressing the regret that the short notice of the funeral and the condition of the roads hindered a more general attendance of the masonic order. The wreath of flowers on the casket and the decoration of the grave with evergreens were designed to leave an impression of immortality, very appropriate in his case.
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