Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday December 8, 1927
Charles H. Darling
Charles Henry Darling, son of Charles and Amanda [Tucker Booth] Darling, was born August 14, 1844, in Lake County, Illinois, where he lived until he was 20 years old. In the spring of 1865, the family moved to Jones County, Iowa. On Feb. 22, 1868, at Anamosa, Mr. Darling was united in marriage to Miss Katherine [Alice] Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Murphy [Elizabeth Courey]. To this union eight children were born: William W. [alter], of Lebanon, Mo.; Fred [Elmer], who died March 14th, 1920; Chas. Daniel, who died Dec. 13, 1892; Mrs. Amanda [Elizabeth] Swearingen, of Bedford; George L.[ewis], of Canon City Colo.; Mrs. Katie Ruth Beam of Martensdale; Ned A.[llen], of Kimball, Nebr., and Mark T. [odd], of Oakland, Calif. There are eleven grandchildren: Mrs. Faye Swearingen McCrea, of Bedford; May, Florence and Gertrude Darling, all of Omaha, daughters of Fred Darling; Blanche, Charles and John Darling, of Canon City, Colo.; Charles, George, Burl and Max Beam, of Martensdale; and one great grandchild, Betty Lou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude McCrea, of Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. Darling moved to Taylor County in 1876, and to Bedford in 1895. Mrs. Darling died Nov. 30, 1916. Mr. Darling was employed in the United States mail service for 25 years. Since his retirement in 1920, he has spent the time visiting his children and other relatives, all of whom looked forward with pleasure to his coming and regretted his departures. He has always considered his home to be in Bedford with his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Swearingen [Amanda Elizabeth], in the property where he had lived since he first moved to Bedford. He returned here about a month ago and had been in very good health for one of his age, until suddenly taken ill in the post office Monday morning, and at 10:35 Tuesday evening, November 29, he quietly passed away, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 15 days.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church on Saturday, Dec. 3, 1927, at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. L. T. Goodwin of Shenandoah and Rev. G. T. Roberts of Bedford. Interment was made at Platteville.
Relatives from a distance who were present at the funeral were the three sons, William, George and Ned; Mrs. Beam and family; Mrs. Pearl Murphy and Mrs. Iva Fluke and daughters Beulah and Viola of Penalosa, Kans.; Mrs. Edna Brown of Kingman, Kans.; Florence and Gertrude Darling of Omaha. One son, Mark, was unable to be present.
Thursday December 8, 1927
Charles H. Darling
Charles Henry Darling, son of Charles and Amanda [Tucker Booth] Darling, was born August 14, 1844, in Lake County, Illinois, where he lived until he was 20 years old. In the spring of 1865, the family moved to Jones County, Iowa. On Feb. 22, 1868, at Anamosa, Mr. Darling was united in marriage to Miss Katherine [Alice] Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Murphy [Elizabeth Courey]. To this union eight children were born: William W. [alter], of Lebanon, Mo.; Fred [Elmer], who died March 14th, 1920; Chas. Daniel, who died Dec. 13, 1892; Mrs. Amanda [Elizabeth] Swearingen, of Bedford; George L.[ewis], of Canon City Colo.; Mrs. Katie Ruth Beam of Martensdale; Ned A.[llen], of Kimball, Nebr., and Mark T. [odd], of Oakland, Calif. There are eleven grandchildren: Mrs. Faye Swearingen McCrea, of Bedford; May, Florence and Gertrude Darling, all of Omaha, daughters of Fred Darling; Blanche, Charles and John Darling, of Canon City, Colo.; Charles, George, Burl and Max Beam, of Martensdale; and one great grandchild, Betty Lou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude McCrea, of Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. Darling moved to Taylor County in 1876, and to Bedford in 1895. Mrs. Darling died Nov. 30, 1916. Mr. Darling was employed in the United States mail service for 25 years. Since his retirement in 1920, he has spent the time visiting his children and other relatives, all of whom looked forward with pleasure to his coming and regretted his departures. He has always considered his home to be in Bedford with his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Swearingen [Amanda Elizabeth], in the property where he had lived since he first moved to Bedford. He returned here about a month ago and had been in very good health for one of his age, until suddenly taken ill in the post office Monday morning, and at 10:35 Tuesday evening, November 29, he quietly passed away, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 15 days.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church on Saturday, Dec. 3, 1927, at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. L. T. Goodwin of Shenandoah and Rev. G. T. Roberts of Bedford. Interment was made at Platteville.
Relatives from a distance who were present at the funeral were the three sons, William, George and Ned; Mrs. Beam and family; Mrs. Pearl Murphy and Mrs. Iva Fluke and daughters Beulah and Viola of Penalosa, Kans.; Mrs. Edna Brown of Kingman, Kans.; Florence and Gertrude Darling of Omaha. One son, Mark, was unable to be present.
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday December 8, 1927
Charles H. Darling
Charles Henry Darling, son of Charles and Amanda [Tucker Booth] Darling, was born August 14, 1844, in Lake County, Illinois, where he lived until he was 20 years old. In the spring of 1865, the family moved to Jones County, Iowa. On Feb. 22, 1868, at Anamosa, Mr. Darling was united in marriage to Miss Katherine [Alice] Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Murphy [Elizabeth Courey]. To this union eight children were born: William W. [alter], of Lebanon, Mo.; Fred [Elmer], who died March 14th, 1920; Chas. Daniel, who died Dec. 13, 1892; Mrs. Amanda [Elizabeth] Swearingen, of Bedford; George L.[ewis], of Canon City Colo.; Mrs. Katie Ruth Beam of Martensdale; Ned A.[llen], of Kimball, Nebr., and Mark T. [odd], of Oakland, Calif. There are eleven grandchildren: Mrs. Faye Swearingen McCrea, of Bedford; May, Florence and Gertrude Darling, all of Omaha, daughters of Fred Darling; Blanche, Charles and John Darling, of Canon City, Colo.; Charles, George, Burl and Max Beam, of Martensdale; and one great grandchild, Betty Lou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude McCrea, of Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. Darling moved to Taylor County in 1876, and to Bedford in 1895. Mrs. Darling died Nov. 30, 1916. Mr. Darling was employed in the United States mail service for 25 years. Since his retirement in 1920, he has spent the time visiting his children and other relatives, all of whom looked forward with pleasure to his coming and regretted his departures. He has always considered his home to be in Bedford with his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Swearingen [Amanda Elizabeth], in the property where he had lived since he first moved to Bedford. He returned here about a month ago and had been in very good health for one of his age, until suddenly taken ill in the post office Monday morning, and at 10:35 Tuesday evening, November 29, he quietly passed away, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 15 days.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church on Saturday, Dec. 3, 1927, at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. L. T. Goodwin of Shenandoah and Rev. G. T. Roberts of Bedford. Interment was made at Platteville.
Relatives from a distance who were present at the funeral were the three sons, William, George and Ned; Mrs. Beam and family; Mrs. Pearl Murphy and Mrs. Iva Fluke and daughters Beulah and Viola of Penalosa, Kans.; Mrs. Edna Brown of Kingman, Kans.; Florence and Gertrude Darling of Omaha. One son, Mark, was unable to be present.
Thursday December 8, 1927
Charles H. Darling
Charles Henry Darling, son of Charles and Amanda [Tucker Booth] Darling, was born August 14, 1844, in Lake County, Illinois, where he lived until he was 20 years old. In the spring of 1865, the family moved to Jones County, Iowa. On Feb. 22, 1868, at Anamosa, Mr. Darling was united in marriage to Miss Katherine [Alice] Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Murphy [Elizabeth Courey]. To this union eight children were born: William W. [alter], of Lebanon, Mo.; Fred [Elmer], who died March 14th, 1920; Chas. Daniel, who died Dec. 13, 1892; Mrs. Amanda [Elizabeth] Swearingen, of Bedford; George L.[ewis], of Canon City Colo.; Mrs. Katie Ruth Beam of Martensdale; Ned A.[llen], of Kimball, Nebr., and Mark T. [odd], of Oakland, Calif. There are eleven grandchildren: Mrs. Faye Swearingen McCrea, of Bedford; May, Florence and Gertrude Darling, all of Omaha, daughters of Fred Darling; Blanche, Charles and John Darling, of Canon City, Colo.; Charles, George, Burl and Max Beam, of Martensdale; and one great grandchild, Betty Lou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude McCrea, of Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. Darling moved to Taylor County in 1876, and to Bedford in 1895. Mrs. Darling died Nov. 30, 1916. Mr. Darling was employed in the United States mail service for 25 years. Since his retirement in 1920, he has spent the time visiting his children and other relatives, all of whom looked forward with pleasure to his coming and regretted his departures. He has always considered his home to be in Bedford with his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Swearingen [Amanda Elizabeth], in the property where he had lived since he first moved to Bedford. He returned here about a month ago and had been in very good health for one of his age, until suddenly taken ill in the post office Monday morning, and at 10:35 Tuesday evening, November 29, he quietly passed away, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 15 days.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church on Saturday, Dec. 3, 1927, at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. L. T. Goodwin of Shenandoah and Rev. G. T. Roberts of Bedford. Interment was made at Platteville.
Relatives from a distance who were present at the funeral were the three sons, William, George and Ned; Mrs. Beam and family; Mrs. Pearl Murphy and Mrs. Iva Fluke and daughters Beulah and Viola of Penalosa, Kans.; Mrs. Edna Brown of Kingman, Kans.; Florence and Gertrude Darling of Omaha. One son, Mark, was unable to be present.
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