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Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Friday, December 22, 1905
L. Pershing Is Dead
Father of Mrs. J. W. McPherson Dies After Brief Illness Death Makes First Intrusion
An Unusually Useful Life of More Than Three Score Years and Ten, Is Ended
At the family residence on Poplar street in this city at about 5 o'clock, Sunday, December 10, 1905, at the advanced age of 74 years, three months and 25 days, occurred the death of Leonard Pershing, after an illness of little more than three weeks, the immediate cause of death being due to an acute attack of rheumatism complicated with heart trouble.
Leonard Pershing was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, near the village of Ragersville, August 15, 1831, the son of Christian and Mary Pershing, being the oldest of his mother's family of eight children and the ninth born of this father's family of sixteen children. The first thirty years of his life were spent near the home where he was born, his boyhood days being employed, aside from such time as was devoted to securing a good common school education—to farm work, that being the occupation of his father. For a number of years during his early life he was engaged in teaching, after which he was apprentice as carpenter and joiner, which trade he completed before attaining his majority and which line of business was his constant occupation until the time of his death.
On the third day of July 1853 at Tuscarawas, Ohio, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Anderson, by whom he is survived. To this union three children have been born: Mrs. J. [ames] W. [illiam] McPherson, of this city, F. [ranklin] C. Pershing, of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. I.[saac] L. Rhoads, of Bedford, Iowa, all of whom were present and administered with loving hands to his every want during the last illness and at the bedside when the final summons came.
The life work of the deceased has been one of unusual activity and usefulness. In 1861 he removed to Wayne county, Ohio, where he lived until 1869 when he removed with all his family to Gillman, Marshall county, in the state of Iowa, where the home was until 1883, when, with his wife he removed to Steele, in Kidder county, N. D., where they lived for about three years, when they removed to the city of Minneapolis, Minn., where their home was for about ten years and from where they removed to Kansas City, Mo., in 1896. In the fall of 1900, they removed from Kansas City to Alexandria and here their home has been since. Mr. Pershing was a man whose convictions of right and wrong were pronounced and once an opinion formed as to a line of duty, his nature knew no compromise. He was an ardent advocate of the cause of temperance and during his everyday life from early manhood lost no opportunity to lend assistance in support of a cause the importance of which he considered second to no other duty of his life.
When a young man he united with the Methodist church but in after life when his home was located apart from that religious society, he united with the Presbyterian church and to the time of his death was a conscientious Christian and a devoted member of that denomination. He had passed the 50thmilestone in the journey of his wedded life, that date having been appropriately marked by an anniversary celebration given by his children, grandchildren and friends at the home of his daughter, in this city, July 3rd, 1903.
An unusual incident in connection with the death of Mr. Pershing is the fact of his immediate family, consisting of his three children, fifteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren, is the first death ever occurring in the family.
His life was given to usefulness and his habits of industry were unusual. Although at the age at which most men retire from active labor, he worked steadily at his trade until little more than three weeks previous to his death, and when prostrated by his final illness his mind was much with his work and business affairs. Although stern in his convictions of duty, he was possessed of a nature truly and deeply sympathetic and every appeal to that nature met a responsive chord in his natural disposition.
His residence here had extended over a period of but a few years yet through his uprightness of character he had made many friends who will deeply sympathize with the surviving companion, children and grandchildren in their affliction.
Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1905, Rev. D. T. Kuhn officiating, interment taking place at Greenhill cemetery. – Alexandria (S. D.) Herald
Contributor: Bruce C Breedlove (48853487)
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Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Friday, December 22, 1905
L. Pershing Is Dead
Father of Mrs. J. W. McPherson Dies After Brief Illness Death Makes First Intrusion
An Unusually Useful Life of More Than Three Score Years and Ten, Is Ended
At the family residence on Poplar street in this city at about 5 o'clock, Sunday, December 10, 1905, at the advanced age of 74 years, three months and 25 days, occurred the death of Leonard Pershing, after an illness of little more than three weeks, the immediate cause of death being due to an acute attack of rheumatism complicated with heart trouble.
Leonard Pershing was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, near the village of Ragersville, August 15, 1831, the son of Christian and Mary Pershing, being the oldest of his mother's family of eight children and the ninth born of this father's family of sixteen children. The first thirty years of his life were spent near the home where he was born, his boyhood days being employed, aside from such time as was devoted to securing a good common school education—to farm work, that being the occupation of his father. For a number of years during his early life he was engaged in teaching, after which he was apprentice as carpenter and joiner, which trade he completed before attaining his majority and which line of business was his constant occupation until the time of his death.
On the third day of July 1853 at Tuscarawas, Ohio, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Anderson, by whom he is survived. To this union three children have been born: Mrs. J. [ames] W. [illiam] McPherson, of this city, F. [ranklin] C. Pershing, of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. I.[saac] L. Rhoads, of Bedford, Iowa, all of whom were present and administered with loving hands to his every want during the last illness and at the bedside when the final summons came.
The life work of the deceased has been one of unusual activity and usefulness. In 1861 he removed to Wayne county, Ohio, where he lived until 1869 when he removed with all his family to Gillman, Marshall county, in the state of Iowa, where the home was until 1883, when, with his wife he removed to Steele, in Kidder county, N. D., where they lived for about three years, when they removed to the city of Minneapolis, Minn., where their home was for about ten years and from where they removed to Kansas City, Mo., in 1896. In the fall of 1900, they removed from Kansas City to Alexandria and here their home has been since. Mr. Pershing was a man whose convictions of right and wrong were pronounced and once an opinion formed as to a line of duty, his nature knew no compromise. He was an ardent advocate of the cause of temperance and during his everyday life from early manhood lost no opportunity to lend assistance in support of a cause the importance of which he considered second to no other duty of his life.
When a young man he united with the Methodist church but in after life when his home was located apart from that religious society, he united with the Presbyterian church and to the time of his death was a conscientious Christian and a devoted member of that denomination. He had passed the 50thmilestone in the journey of his wedded life, that date having been appropriately marked by an anniversary celebration given by his children, grandchildren and friends at the home of his daughter, in this city, July 3rd, 1903.
An unusual incident in connection with the death of Mr. Pershing is the fact of his immediate family, consisting of his three children, fifteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren, is the first death ever occurring in the family.
His life was given to usefulness and his habits of industry were unusual. Although at the age at which most men retire from active labor, he worked steadily at his trade until little more than three weeks previous to his death, and when prostrated by his final illness his mind was much with his work and business affairs. Although stern in his convictions of duty, he was possessed of a nature truly and deeply sympathetic and every appeal to that nature met a responsive chord in his natural disposition.
His residence here had extended over a period of but a few years yet through his uprightness of character he had made many friends who will deeply sympathize with the surviving companion, children and grandchildren in their affliction.
Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1905, Rev. D. T. Kuhn officiating, interment taking place at Greenhill cemetery. – Alexandria (S. D.) Herald
Contributor: Bruce C Breedlove (48853487)
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Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Friday, December 22, 1905
L. Pershing Is Dead
Father of Mrs. J. W. McPherson Dies After Brief Illness Death Makes First Intrusion
An Unusually Useful Life of More Than Three Score Years and Ten, Is Ended
At the family residence on Poplar street in this city at about 5 o'clock, Sunday, December 10, 1905, at the advanced age of 74 years, three months and 25 days, occurred the death of Leonard Pershing, after an illness of little more than three weeks, the immediate cause of death being due to an acute attack of rheumatism complicated with heart trouble.
Leonard Pershing was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, near the village of Ragersville, August 15, 1831, the son of Christian and Mary Pershing, being the oldest of his mother's family of eight children and the ninth born of this father's family of sixteen children. The first thirty years of his life were spent near the home where he was born, his boyhood days being employed, aside from such time as was devoted to securing a good common school education—to farm work, that being the occupation of his father. For a number of years during his early life he was engaged in teaching, after which he was apprentice as carpenter and joiner, which trade he completed before attaining his majority and which line of business was his constant occupation until the time of his death.
On the third day of July 1853 at Tuscarawas, Ohio, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Anderson, by whom he is survived. To this union three children have been born: Mrs. J. [ames] W. [illiam] McPherson, of this city, F. [ranklin] C. Pershing, of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. I.[saac] L. Rhoads, of Bedford, Iowa, all of whom were present and administered with loving hands to his every want during the last illness and at the bedside when the final summons came.
The life work of the deceased has been one of unusual activity and usefulness. In 1861 he removed to Wayne county, Ohio, where he lived until 1869 when he removed with all his family to Gillman, Marshall county, in the state of Iowa, where the home was until 1883, when, with his wife he removed to Steele, in Kidder county, N. D., where they lived for about three years, when they removed to the city of Minneapolis, Minn., where their home was for about ten years and from where they removed to Kansas City, Mo., in 1896. In the fall of 1900, they removed from Kansas City to Alexandria and here their home has been since. Mr. Pershing was a man whose convictions of right and wrong were pronounced and once an opinion formed as to a line of duty, his nature knew no compromise. He was an ardent advocate of the cause of temperance and during his everyday life from early manhood lost no opportunity to lend assistance in support of a cause the importance of which he considered second to no other duty of his life.
When a young man he united with the Methodist church but in after life when his home was located apart from that religious society, he united with the Presbyterian church and to the time of his death was a conscientious Christian and a devoted member of that denomination. He had passed the 50thmilestone in the journey of his wedded life, that date having been appropriately marked by an anniversary celebration given by his children, grandchildren and friends at the home of his daughter, in this city, July 3rd, 1903.
An unusual incident in connection with the death of Mr. Pershing is the fact of his immediate family, consisting of his three children, fifteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren, is the first death ever occurring in the family.
His life was given to usefulness and his habits of industry were unusual. Although at the age at which most men retire from active labor, he worked steadily at his trade until little more than three weeks previous to his death, and when prostrated by his final illness his mind was much with his work and business affairs. Although stern in his convictions of duty, he was possessed of a nature truly and deeply sympathetic and every appeal to that nature met a responsive chord in his natural disposition.
His residence here had extended over a period of but a few years yet through his uprightness of character he had made many friends who will deeply sympathize with the surviving companion, children and grandchildren in their affliction.
Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1905, Rev. D. T. Kuhn officiating, interment taking place at Greenhill cemetery. – Alexandria (S. D.) Herald
Contributor: Bruce C Breedlove (48853487)
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Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Friday, December 22, 1905
L. Pershing Is Dead
Father of Mrs. J. W. McPherson Dies After Brief Illness Death Makes First Intrusion
An Unusually Useful Life of More Than Three Score Years and Ten, Is Ended
At the family residence on Poplar street in this city at about 5 o'clock, Sunday, December 10, 1905, at the advanced age of 74 years, three months and 25 days, occurred the death of Leonard Pershing, after an illness of little more than three weeks, the immediate cause of death being due to an acute attack of rheumatism complicated with heart trouble.
Leonard Pershing was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, near the village of Ragersville, August 15, 1831, the son of Christian and Mary Pershing, being the oldest of his mother's family of eight children and the ninth born of this father's family of sixteen children. The first thirty years of his life were spent near the home where he was born, his boyhood days being employed, aside from such time as was devoted to securing a good common school education—to farm work, that being the occupation of his father. For a number of years during his early life he was engaged in teaching, after which he was apprentice as carpenter and joiner, which trade he completed before attaining his majority and which line of business was his constant occupation until the time of his death.
On the third day of July 1853 at Tuscarawas, Ohio, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Anderson, by whom he is survived. To this union three children have been born: Mrs. J. [ames] W. [illiam] McPherson, of this city, F. [ranklin] C. Pershing, of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. I.[saac] L. Rhoads, of Bedford, Iowa, all of whom were present and administered with loving hands to his every want during the last illness and at the bedside when the final summons came.
The life work of the deceased has been one of unusual activity and usefulness. In 1861 he removed to Wayne county, Ohio, where he lived until 1869 when he removed with all his family to Gillman, Marshall county, in the state of Iowa, where the home was until 1883, when, with his wife he removed to Steele, in Kidder county, N. D., where they lived for about three years, when they removed to the city of Minneapolis, Minn., where their home was for about ten years and from where they removed to Kansas City, Mo., in 1896. In the fall of 1900, they removed from Kansas City to Alexandria and here their home has been since. Mr. Pershing was a man whose convictions of right and wrong were pronounced and once an opinion formed as to a line of duty, his nature knew no compromise. He was an ardent advocate of the cause of temperance and during his everyday life from early manhood lost no opportunity to lend assistance in support of a cause the importance of which he considered second to no other duty of his life.
When a young man he united with the Methodist church but in after life when his home was located apart from that religious society, he united with the Presbyterian church and to the time of his death was a conscientious Christian and a devoted member of that denomination. He had passed the 50thmilestone in the journey of his wedded life, that date having been appropriately marked by an anniversary celebration given by his children, grandchildren and friends at the home of his daughter, in this city, July 3rd, 1903.
An unusual incident in connection with the death of Mr. Pershing is the fact of his immediate family, consisting of his three children, fifteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren, is the first death ever occurring in the family.
His life was given to usefulness and his habits of industry were unusual. Although at the age at which most men retire from active labor, he worked steadily at his trade until little more than three weeks previous to his death, and when prostrated by his final illness his mind was much with his work and business affairs. Although stern in his convictions of duty, he was possessed of a nature truly and deeply sympathetic and every appeal to that nature met a responsive chord in his natural disposition.
His residence here had extended over a period of but a few years yet through his uprightness of character he had made many friends who will deeply sympathize with the surviving companion, children and grandchildren in their affliction.
Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1905, Rev. D. T. Kuhn officiating, interment taking place at Greenhill cemetery. – Alexandria (S. D.) Herald
Contributor: Bruce C Breedlove (48853487)
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