Rhoda Candace Negus 1872-1963

NEGUS, MAXSON, HOLLOWAY, WEBER

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 1/17/2020 at 08:55:10

May 16, 1963 - The Tipton Conservative

Funeral services for Mrs. Candace Negus, 90, were held May 6 at the West Branch Methodist church with the Rev. Charles F. Haigh officiating. Burial was in the Springdale cemetery.

Mrs. Negus died May 4 at Mercy hospital, following a week's illness. She had been living at the Cookson Memorial home for about 9 months.

Rhoda Candace, fourth child of Thaddeus W. and Lydia Yates Maxson, was born in West Liberty Aug. 14, 1872 and as a young child moved to the North Liberty neighborhood where her father operated a stock farm.

She graduated from the Springdale seminary with the class of 1892 and then taught in the Cedar Hill, Springdale and West Branch schools.

She was married to Edwin Negus Sept. 2, 1896. They lived on the old Negus farm east of Springdale until they retired in 1839 and moved to West Branch. Mr. Negus died Oct. 15, 1944.

She took great pride in relating stories of her grandfather, William Maxson and family, coming from Ohio in 1839 and settling in Cedar County and of his home which was one of the underground stations before the Civil War. It was at this homestead that John Brown spent the winter of 1857 and 1858.

For many years she was the Springdale correspondent for many papers, including those in Tipton. While living on the farm, she was a member of the Self Culture club at Springdale. After moving to West Branch she belonged to the Priscilla club and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a member of the Methodist church in West Branch.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a son who died in infancy; two brothers, Hillas and Rufus and one sister, Hannah Belle Holloway.

She is survived by her two daughters, Margaret, West Branch and Mrs. William Weber, Hinsdale, Ill.; a brother, Willard S. Maxson, West Branch; 2 grandson, Thomas W. Weber, Buffalo, N.Y., and Edwin Weber, Columbus, Ohio; and a great grandson, Bryan Maxson Weber, Columbus, Ohio