Fidelia Cornish Barnhart 1805-1890

BARNHART, CORNISH

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 9/10/2010 at 22:17:39

Death of Mrs. J. H. Barnhart, Sr.
Mrs. J. H. Barnhart, Sr., died at the family home in this city Sunday morning at 9:30 after an illness of less than two weeks, and during the greater portion of this time she was up and around. Dr. Barnhart of Germania, was in constant attendance during the last week of her sickness. She did very suddenly and seemingly without pain. Deceased was sixty-five years of age at the time of her death and had been a resident of Estherville for the past twenty-five years. She was married to J. H. Barnhart in 1853 at Elkhart, Ind., and in 1866 moved to Decorah, Ia., where they resided until coming to Emmet county in1880. She was a kindhearted and generous woman and will be greatly missed by her immediate friends. Besides a loving husband, one brother and one sister four children are left to mourn her sudden death. J. H. Barnhart, Jr., residing at Minneapolis, Atty. R. M. Barnhart of Spokane, Wash., Dr. T. C. Barnhart, of Germania, Ia., and Katie Mae Barnhart residing in this city. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. W. M. Evans of Cedar Rapids, and the remains interred in the Oak Hill cemetery. (Estherville Democrat, Estherville, IA, July 12, 1905)