Minard A. Vandenburg, 1841-1887

VANDENBURG

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 4/18/2009 at 16:02:27

Death of M. A. Vandenburgh

The not unexpected death of Mr. M. A. Vandenburg [sic] of Armstrong Grove on August 15, 1887 was announced Monday. For eighteen years he had suffered at intervals from painful attacks of heart disease, and since the June meeting of the Board of Supervisors of which he was an honored member, his sufferings have been continuous until as he informed a friend on the occasion of his last visit to Estherville it seemed that he could not stand it much longer. A native of central New York he removed when quite young with his parents to Rock county, Wisconsin, where he resided until about sixteen years ago when he removed to his present home. A quiet unassuming man of kindly nature and the most generous impulses he will be sadly missed by neighbors and associates. Mr. Vandenburg [sic] served from August, 1864 until May 1865 in the war of the rebellion in Company M., 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry; he was wounded during this time by being thrown from a horse and from which he has suffered a great deal since. He was one of those men who would bear acquaintance and was highly respected by all who knew him, therefore the community mourns the loss of him, as well as the widow and five children, which he leaves to mourn the loss of a kind husband and good father. Mr. Vandenburg was not a professed christian but his sympathies were in that direction and before his death gave abundant expressions that his peace was made with his God and that he was prepared to meet his Saviour. He died confidently expecting a blessed immortality. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J. Morran and Rev. J. Balz of Armstrong Grove and under the supervision of the Grand Army of the Republic of Estherville. A goodly number, some 28 teams, followed the remains to their resting place in the Swan Lake cemetery, that being the place selected for the deposit of his body by himself only three weeks previous to his decease.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Northern Vindicator, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, August 19, 1887.