Laura Hemingway Clough 1828-1901
CLOUGH, JOSLIN, HEMINGWAY, RITCHARDS, LAUMAN, JACOBSEN
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Date: 5/1/2010 at 19:50:49
Obituary from the Alta Adviser newspaper dated Friday, March 1, 1901: Another Settler at Rest
One by one the pioneers of Buena Vista County are passing away. It is with sincere sorrow that we this week chronicle the death of Mrs. Laura Clough, which occurred at the home of her son, W. L. Clough, Sunday, February 17, 1901 of quick consumption.
Laura H. Joslin was born at West Concord, Vermont, 1828. Her girlhood was spent in Vermont where she was united in marriage to Gardner S. Clough.
In the forties they emigrated to the then wild state of Iowa, settling in Winneshiek County. About 1860 they moved to Waukon, Allamakee County. Mr. Clough enlisted from there serving during the Civil War. In 1866 they again came west landing in what is now Sioux Rapids, June 15, 1866. The camped beside the sod house of Michael Hollingsworth on the present site of Hotel Parker. Mr. Clough at once took up a homestead on Section 20, Lee Township, the quarter now owned by John and Will, where he died February 27, 1877. Mrs. Clough continued to reside on the homestead with her son until her death.
She was the mother of seven children: Fernando E. now of Elk Falls, Kansas; Emily, who died at the age of six; Aldine M. of Salem, Oregon; Fred M. of Everly, Iowa; John F. of Lee Township; Cassius who died when four years old; and William L. of Lee Township.
The deceased was not a member of any church, but was a fond, faithful wife and a self sacrificing mother, and a kind and true friend. Of such it is said, "good and faithful servant enter in." The bereaved family have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community.
Fred M. Clough of Everly was in the county and did not get word of his mother's death until Tuesday evening. He came at once but was too late for the funeral, which was held Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Reverend F. L. Fiske, after which she was laid to rest in Lone Tree Cemetery beside her husband.
From the Sioux Rapids Press.
Lone Tree Cemetery, Sioux Rapids, Iowa
Buena Vista Obituaries maintained by LaVern Velau.
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