Milton Scofield (1822-1899)

SCOFIELD

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 2/8/2010 at 21:52:43

Sabula Gazette, Sabula, Iowa, September 23, 1899

DIED-

Milton C. Scofield quietly bade adieu to this life at his home in Darimor, Monday, September 11, 1899, at 3 o’clock, aged 77 years, 6 months and 27 days. Mr. Scofield was born in Spencer, Tioga County, New York, February 14, 1822. At the age of nineteen he left his boyhood home to try his fortune in the west. He settled in Wayne County, Ohio, and there remained most of the time until 1854, when he came with his family to Scott County, Iowa. There in two short months he suffered the loss of his companion by death. In 1856 he was married again to the wife who survives him. In 1860 he moved to Jackson County, settling at what was known as Miles Corners, now the Town of Miles. They spent twenty-two years in the county, and then sold his farm near Preston and moved to Madison County near Winterset, where he had purchased a farm. In a few years his health failed and he was obliged to give up farming. In 1890 he purchased a home in the then new town of Darimor.

While living near Preston he became a member of the Church of Christ and was faithful to its teachings until the end of life. At the close of the war he identified himself with Freemasonry at Sabula, Iowa, in which he took much interest. The funeral services were held at the Church of Christ at 10:30, Wednesday, conducted by Elder E. D. Nickel and the Masonic Order. Many friends sympathize with the bereaved wife and children.