Lemuel Rothwell Bingham 1831-1908

BINGHAM, TRACY, LUCCOCK, BANKER, FRAZIER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 9/14/2010 at 00:23:21

Death of L. R. Bingham
Dies Monday Morning of Pneumonia After Brief Illness
Prominent Pioneer Citizen
Was One of Emmet County’s Oldest Settlers and Most Highly Respected Citizens

After an illness of only four days Mr. L. R. Bingham died of pneumonia early Monday morning, aged 76 years. The funeral was held from the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock and the remains laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery. The services were in charge of Rev. Campbell of the Presbyterian church. The floral offerings were beautiful and the services impressive. He is survived by a wife, three daughters, Mrs. G. N. Luccock of Chicago, Mrs. W. G. Baker, of Proctor, Oklahoma, Mrs. Chas. R. Frazier, of Winona, Minn., and two sons, L. L. Bingham of this city and Walter, of Cambridge, Mass. All were present at the funeral except Walter.

The pall bearers were composed of the members of the session: H. V. Howard, Chas. Barber, E. E. Johnston, W. J. Weir, B. B. Anderson and L. Irwin.

In the death of Mr. Bingham Emmet county and Estherville have lost one of its very best citizens. He was a noble character at home, in church, and in business circles. We believe it can be truthfully said that he never knowingly injured in any way his fellow man. His ideas were lofty and his ambitions worthy. To the writer it always seemed that he was a splendid example for character building. To see others prosper in a good cause and to witness the advancement of his children was his greatest pleasure.

Lemuel Rothwell Bingham was born at Ellsworth, Ohio, July 18, 1831 and died January 12, 1908, aged 76 years, 5 months and 24 days.

In 1852 when twenty-one years of age he went to the gold mines of California in order that he might secure the means to liquidate some indebtedness that embarrassed his father, and after four years of toil there returned to his home in Ohio with the compensation for his period of toil and labor, and gladdened the heart of his father by paying off the indebtedness, thus giving evidence of that financial integrity and filial affection which characterized his whole life. Soon after his return from California he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Martha Everts Tracy, December 1857. after fifty years of wedded life it was a happy event of Mr. and Mrs. Bingham to unite with their family in celebrating their golden wedding anniversary in the home of their oldest child, Mr. Geo. N. Luccock, of Oak Park, Chicago.

Leaving Ohio, Mr. Bingham moved to Blakes Prairie, Wisconsin, and from there in 1877 to Irvington, Nebraska, coming to Emmet county twenty-seven years ago last October. Mr. Bingham possessed those sterling qualities of character that rendered him a useful citizen wherever he lived. The period of twenty-seven years residence in this county had won to him many friends who sustain a great loss in the bereavement that has come to the family and community.

Early in life Mr. Bingham identified himself with the church possessing faith in Christ, and his life has been one in which a simple faith and loving confidence in Jesus Christ has borne a testimony that shall continue after he has gone, thus verifying words of the poet, “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” For nearly fifty years he served in the church in the capacity of deacon or elder; it was in the latter office he was serving in the Presbyterian church of Estherville when he was called from his labors in the church to serve his master in the church triumphant.

Two children, an infant son, Samuel, and daughter, Susie, preceded him to the home above.

The wide circle of friends unite in extending their sympathy to the bereaved wife and family. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, January 15, 1908)

L. R. Bingham Passes Away at Eleven O’clock Sunday Evening
Sick Only a Few Days
Taken Ill on Friday With Pneumonia – Pioneer Resident of Emmet County – 76 Years of Age
Lemuel Rothwell Bingham was born at Ellsworth, Ohio, July 18, 1831 and died January 12, 1908, aged 76 years, 5 months and 24 days.

In 1852 when twenty-one years of age he went to the gold mines of California in order that he might secure the means to liquidate some indebtedness that embarrassed his father, and after four years of toil there returned to his home in Ohio with the compensation for his period of toil and labor, and gladdened the heart of his father by paying off the indebtedness, thus giving evidence of that financial integrity and filial affection which characterized his whole life. Soon after his return from California he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Martha Everts Tracy, December 1857. after fifty years of wedded life it was a happy event of Mr. and Mrs. Bingham to unite with their family in celebrating their golden wedding anniversary in the home of their oldest child, Mr. Geo. N. Luccock, of Oak Park, Chicago.

Leaving Ohio, Mr. Bingham moved to Blakes Prairie, Wisconsin, and from there in 1877 to Irvington, Nebraska, coming to Emmet county twenty-seven years ago last October. Mr. Bingham possessed those sterling qualities of character that rendered him a useful citizen wherever he lived. The period of twenty-seven years residence in this county had won to him many friends who sustain a great loss in the bereavement that has come to the family and community.

Early in life Mr. Bingham identified himself with the church possessing faith in Christ, and his life has been one in which a simple faith and loving confidence in Jesus Christ has borne a testimony that shall continue after he has gone, thus verifying words of the poet, “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” For nearly fifty years he served in the church in the capacity of deacon or elder; it was in the latter office he was serving in the Presbyterian church of Estherville when he was called from his labors in the church to serve his master in the church triumphant.

Two children, an infant son, Samuel, and daughter, Susie, preceded him to the home above. The surviving children are: Emma, wife of Rev. Geo. N. Luccock, D.D., Oak Park, Chicago; Mary, wife of Rev. Willis G. Banker, D.D., Proctor, Okla.; Lizzie Alice, wife of Prof. Chas. R. Frazier, Winona, Minn.; L. L. Bingham, a citizen of Estherville, and Walter Bingham, of Cambridge, Mass.

The wide circle of friends unite in extending their sympathy to the bereaved wife and family.

Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon and the remains interred in Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev. Edward Campbell preached the funeral sermon. The children were all present except Walter, who found it impossible to get her in time for the funeral. The pall bearers were E. E. Johnston, Chas. S. Barber, L. Irwin, W. J. Weir, W. V. Howard and B. B. Anderson. (Estherville Democrat, Estherville, IA, January 15, 1908)