Sylvanus C. Bascom, 1831-1895

BASCOM, BROWN, DICKEY

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 7/6/2012 at 06:38:36

Rev. Sylvanus C. Bascom died at Okoboji last Friday, May 3rd, with blood poisoning through being scratched with a barbed wire.

Deceased was born in Brown county, Ohio, May 15th, 1831. He removed with his parents at an early age, to Parke county, Indiana. Here he married Miss Mary L. Brown, Jan. 25, 1854, by whom he had one son, who resides at Osceola, Iowa.

Mr. Bascom responded to his country's call during the dark days of the rebellion, by enlisting in the First Iowa Cavalry, Aug. 25th, 1862, for a term of three years, but through sickness contracted by army life, he was disabled for service and was honorably discharged at St. Louis, Mo., April 10th, 1863.

Brother Bascom was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of nineteen, of which church he remained an honored member until his death. He was licensed to preach in 1866, and joined the Des Moines conference in 1869. When the Northwest Iowa conference was organized in 1872, he was one of the original members, and remained a member of this conference until his death. During the years of his effective ministry he did good service for the cause of God.

Brother Bascom, as he was familiarly called by his friends, was a man of strong convictions. What he believed, he believed in every fiber of his soul, and having courage withal, he expressed his opinions on all subjects in a manner that left no doubt as to what he thought.

He was largely a self-made man, of much mental vigor, and kept himself well informed as to all the current topics of the times. He lost his first wife by death in Sanborn, Iowa, in 1886. He afterwards married Mrs. Dickey of this place, with whom he lived until his death and who faithfully watched him during his last sickness. His stalwart form and genial presence will be long remembered and greatly missed by many people in Spencer.

Source: Spencer Herald, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa; May 8, 1895.

Interment in Riverside cemetery
 

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