STURGIS, Phineas F. 1830 – 1903

STURGIS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 10/12/2019 at 09:46:14

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 12, 1903 Page 2 Col 3

Phineas F. Sturgis, one of the pioneers of Fayette county, and for more than a quarter century one of its most active and influential republicans, died at his home in West Union last Monday, aged over 80 years.

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 19, 1903 Page 3 Col 1

—P. F. Sturgis, who died on the 9th inst., came to West Union in 1851, when that town had a population of only 75.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows he is buried in the West Union Cemetery and was born in December, 1830.