HENRY BINNING

BINNING, BRENNER, PALMER

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Date: 2/1/2002 at 21:26:38

Decatur County Journal
August 20, l9l4

HENRY BINNING was born in Somersetshire,
England, October l6, l838, and
died at his home in Grand River, Ia., July
3l, l9l4, aged 79 years, 9
months and l5 days.

He came over to this country when he was
about l6 years of age. Landed
in New York and spending the winter there, he
came to Iowa the following
spring, and has remained a citizen of this
commonwealth since that
time. He and MRS. BINNING were married
February 20, l860. To this
union were born seven children, one, ARTHUR,
having passed away on July
l3, l88l. those remaining with the grief
stricken wife and mother are
WOOD and FRANK, of Grand River; HENRY and
BERYL, of Cora, Wyo.; MRS. MAE
BRENNER, of Germania, IA., and MRS. LAURA
PALMER, of Glen Lynn, Ill. He
also leaves seventeen grandchildren.

MR. BINNING was one of the pioneers of this
community, and a man very
widely known in this part of the county. He
was a man of thrift and
industry seeking to push ahead in the race of
life, and in a very
appreciable degree succeeded. This push so
characteristic of the
pioneer is a spirit to be commended. There
is too much of the opposite
spirit to find a soft snap, an easy place or
some easy money. Industry
is the race's greatest blessing and it piles
up the nation's assets.
Industry and far-sightedness, the looking
ahead spirit is sending this
race forward with great rapidity.

Young men could do well to adopt the push and
go ahead policy, unless
you do, the procession of life will pass or
run over you. No one can
stand still in this age.

Funeral services were conducted from the
Methodist Church by Rev. Hawk,
Sunday, August 2, and interment was made in
the Funktown Cemetery.

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