Samuel McFall was the original owner of the land that is now Cedar Township Cemetery. He deeded the land to Fremont at the time of the first death of the community who was Lucinda Koontz.
In the 1840's the McFall's were one of the earliest settler family's, quite literally by accident, when an injured ox forced the family to stop at a spring just north of the cemetery land while it was being nursed back to health.
Samuel left his wife and children there, including a couple of older boys to mind their possessions and also left them in the company of a family group of friendly Indians who were also camped along the creek, while he traveled on by foot out west until he'd reached their original goal some fifty miles away which was Des Moines. After taking a look around and finding nothing there but a small fort and a single dwelling, Samuel decided to return to the fertile lands of what would become Fremont and stake his claim. From Big Grove by Keith Dinsmore
Son of Joseph McFall 1770-1821 and Mary Polly Marsh
Siblings: William McFall 1794-1873, Susannah McFall 1795-1886, John McFall 1797-1884, Mary McFall Spurgin 1801-1860, Joseph McFall 1806-1888, Sarah Sally McFall Barbee 1808-1901, Jonathan McFall 1810-, David McFall 1812-1885
Married 1828 to Elizabeth Barbee
Children: Sarah McFall 1830-1887, Elizabeth McFall 1831-, Jonathan McFall 1833-, Samuel T McFall 1836-1907, Nancy McFall 1840-, Joseph B McFall 1843-, Frances McFall 1847-, Fanny McFall 1848-
OBITUARY
Oskaloosa Herald Weekly March 19, 1883
Died, at the old homestead where he has lived for nearly forty years, Thursday morning, March 15, Uncle Samuel McFall, aged 80 years. In 1844 he removed from Iroquois county, Ill., to this township, being one of the earliest settlers. It is said that the first wedding which occurred in this township after its settlement was at the home of this grand old man. For the church it can be said; "Truly a mighty man in Israel hath fallen." A devout Christian from young manhood; an earnest, warm-hearted Methodist of the old school; a class leader for thirty-five years—shall such self-sacrificing work soon be forgotten? While we write a word from memory of "Uncle Sammy," as everybody called him, it is with pleasant recollections for years of a kindly face, beaming with good cheer and warm greeting. The funeral services were held in the M.E. church here on Friday by Dr. Bond, assisted by Rev. E.P. Michener. The house was filled to overflowing—a worthy testimonial of the esteem with which he was held by all. Afterwards the remains were placed in the cemetery by the side of his wife, whose death preceded his own some four years. Gone but not forgotten! The imprints made upon the human heart by such an exemplary life—what power can stamp it out! Surely to such no one.
"There is not death; what seems so is transition, This life of mortal breath is but the suburb of the life Elysium, Whose portals we call death"
In the 1840's the McFall's were one of the earliest settler family's, quite literally by accident, when an injured ox forced the family to stop at a spring just north of the cemetery land while it was being nursed back to health.
Samuel left his wife and children there, including a couple of older boys to mind their possessions and also left them in the company of a family group of friendly Indians who were also camped along the creek, while he traveled on by foot out west until he'd reached their original goal some fifty miles away which was Des Moines. After taking a look around and finding nothing there but a small fort and a single dwelling, Samuel decided to return to the fertile lands of what would become Fremont and stake his claim. From Big Grove by Keith Dinsmore
Son of Joseph McFall 1770-1821 and Mary Polly Marsh
Siblings: William McFall 1794-1873, Susannah McFall 1795-1886, John McFall 1797-1884, Mary McFall Spurgin 1801-1860, Joseph McFall 1806-1888, Sarah Sally McFall Barbee 1808-1901, Jonathan McFall 1810-, David McFall 1812-1885
Married 1828 to Elizabeth Barbee
Children: Sarah McFall 1830-1887, Elizabeth McFall 1831-, Jonathan McFall 1833-, Samuel T McFall 1836-1907, Nancy McFall 1840-, Joseph B McFall 1843-, Frances McFall 1847-, Fanny McFall 1848-
OBITUARY
Oskaloosa Herald Weekly March 19, 1883
Died, at the old homestead where he has lived for nearly forty years, Thursday morning, March 15, Uncle Samuel McFall, aged 80 years. In 1844 he removed from Iroquois county, Ill., to this township, being one of the earliest settlers. It is said that the first wedding which occurred in this township after its settlement was at the home of this grand old man. For the church it can be said; "Truly a mighty man in Israel hath fallen." A devout Christian from young manhood; an earnest, warm-hearted Methodist of the old school; a class leader for thirty-five years—shall such self-sacrificing work soon be forgotten? While we write a word from memory of "Uncle Sammy," as everybody called him, it is with pleasant recollections for years of a kindly face, beaming with good cheer and warm greeting. The funeral services were held in the M.E. church here on Friday by Dr. Bond, assisted by Rev. E.P. Michener. The house was filled to overflowing—a worthy testimonial of the esteem with which he was held by all. Afterwards the remains were placed in the cemetery by the side of his wife, whose death preceded his own some four years. Gone but not forgotten! The imprints made upon the human heart by such an exemplary life—what power can stamp it out! Surely to such no one.
"There is not death; what seems so is transition, This life of mortal breath is but the suburb of the life Elysium, Whose portals we call death"
Samuel McFall was the original owner of the land that is now Cedar Township Cemetery. He deeded the land to Fremont at the time of the first death of the community who was Lucinda Koontz.
In the 1840's the McFall's were one of the earliest settler family's, quite literally by accident, when an injured ox forced the family to stop at a spring just north of the cemetery land while it was being nursed back to health.
Samuel left his wife and children there, including a couple of older boys to mind their possessions and also left them in the company of a family group of friendly Indians who were also camped along the creek, while he traveled on by foot out west until he'd reached their original goal some fifty miles away which was Des Moines. After taking a look around and finding nothing there but a small fort and a single dwelling, Samuel decided to return to the fertile lands of what would become Fremont and stake his claim. From Big Grove by Keith Dinsmore
Son of Joseph McFall 1770-1821 and Mary Polly Marsh
Siblings: William McFall 1794-1873, Susannah McFall 1795-1886, John McFall 1797-1884, Mary McFall Spurgin 1801-1860, Joseph McFall 1806-1888, Sarah Sally McFall Barbee 1808-1901, Jonathan McFall 1810-, David McFall 1812-1885
Married 1828 to Elizabeth Barbee
Children: Sarah McFall 1830-1887, Elizabeth McFall 1831-, Jonathan McFall 1833-, Samuel T McFall 1836-1907, Nancy McFall 1840-, Joseph B McFall 1843-, Frances McFall 1847-, Fanny McFall 1848-
OBITUARY
Oskaloosa Herald Weekly March 19, 1883
Died, at the old homestead where he has lived for nearly forty years, Thursday morning, March 15, Uncle Samuel McFall, aged 80 years. In 1844 he removed from Iroquois county, Ill., to this township, being one of the earliest settlers. It is said that the first wedding which occurred in this township after its settlement was at the home of this grand old man. For the church it can be said; "Truly a mighty man in Israel hath fallen." A devout Christian from young manhood; an earnest, warm-hearted Methodist of the old school; a class leader for thirty-five years—shall such self-sacrificing work soon be forgotten? While we write a word from memory of "Uncle Sammy," as everybody called him, it is with pleasant recollections for years of a kindly face, beaming with good cheer and warm greeting. The funeral services were held in the M.E. church here on Friday by Dr. Bond, assisted by Rev. E.P. Michener. The house was filled to overflowing—a worthy testimonial of the esteem with which he was held by all. Afterwards the remains were placed in the cemetery by the side of his wife, whose death preceded his own some four years. Gone but not forgotten! The imprints made upon the human heart by such an exemplary life—what power can stamp it out! Surely to such no one.
"There is not death; what seems so is transition, This life of mortal breath is but the suburb of the life Elysium, Whose portals we call death"
In the 1840's the McFall's were one of the earliest settler family's, quite literally by accident, when an injured ox forced the family to stop at a spring just north of the cemetery land while it was being nursed back to health.
Samuel left his wife and children there, including a couple of older boys to mind their possessions and also left them in the company of a family group of friendly Indians who were also camped along the creek, while he traveled on by foot out west until he'd reached their original goal some fifty miles away which was Des Moines. After taking a look around and finding nothing there but a small fort and a single dwelling, Samuel decided to return to the fertile lands of what would become Fremont and stake his claim. From Big Grove by Keith Dinsmore
Son of Joseph McFall 1770-1821 and Mary Polly Marsh
Siblings: William McFall 1794-1873, Susannah McFall 1795-1886, John McFall 1797-1884, Mary McFall Spurgin 1801-1860, Joseph McFall 1806-1888, Sarah Sally McFall Barbee 1808-1901, Jonathan McFall 1810-, David McFall 1812-1885
Married 1828 to Elizabeth Barbee
Children: Sarah McFall 1830-1887, Elizabeth McFall 1831-, Jonathan McFall 1833-, Samuel T McFall 1836-1907, Nancy McFall 1840-, Joseph B McFall 1843-, Frances McFall 1847-, Fanny McFall 1848-
OBITUARY
Oskaloosa Herald Weekly March 19, 1883
Died, at the old homestead where he has lived for nearly forty years, Thursday morning, March 15, Uncle Samuel McFall, aged 80 years. In 1844 he removed from Iroquois county, Ill., to this township, being one of the earliest settlers. It is said that the first wedding which occurred in this township after its settlement was at the home of this grand old man. For the church it can be said; "Truly a mighty man in Israel hath fallen." A devout Christian from young manhood; an earnest, warm-hearted Methodist of the old school; a class leader for thirty-five years—shall such self-sacrificing work soon be forgotten? While we write a word from memory of "Uncle Sammy," as everybody called him, it is with pleasant recollections for years of a kindly face, beaming with good cheer and warm greeting. The funeral services were held in the M.E. church here on Friday by Dr. Bond, assisted by Rev. E.P. Michener. The house was filled to overflowing—a worthy testimonial of the esteem with which he was held by all. Afterwards the remains were placed in the cemetery by the side of his wife, whose death preceded his own some four years. Gone but not forgotten! The imprints made upon the human heart by such an exemplary life—what power can stamp it out! Surely to such no one.
"There is not death; what seems so is transition, This life of mortal breath is but the suburb of the life Elysium, Whose portals we call death"
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