Hart, Cyrus W. 1932-1907

HART, DUFF, CARRIER, HOUGH, IRWIN, THOMPSON

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 2/23/2005 at 12:44:57

The funeral of the late Cyrus W. Hart was held this afternoon from the M. A. Carrier home at 1 o’clock. Rev. W. W. Hess of the First Presbyterian Church officiated. The music was furnished by a quartette composed of Mesdames George Allen, Will Carrier, and Messrs * G. Bryant and Will Carrier, who sang “Lead Kindly Light” and Jesus Lover of My Soul.” Mrs. Fred Hough sang a solo, “Tired,” and Miss Helen Bringman presided at the piano.

There were may beautiful flowers, and the house was filled with friends of the deceased and family, who came to pay their last respects to a citizen and friend.

At the close of the services the funeral procession departed for the Mount Zion Cemetery, which is on the old Hart homestead nine miles southeast of town, where the wife, whose death occurred three years ago the twelfth of this month, lies buried.

Thus is the life of another pioneer citizen of Jasper County completed, his earthly career is over and he is at rest. He had planned to go this spring to visit his children residing in the west and in the fall return by the way of southern California and possible remain there for the winter, but yesterday he died.

Mr. Hart was in comparatively good health up to about twelve days before his death, which occurred Tuesday evening, February 19, 1907. Those few days his wonderfully strong constitution held back death’s hand. During this illness his suffering was very great and all that loving nursing skill could do to relieve him was of little avail, and as one attack followed closely another, he soon became so weak that it was seen the end was near. Besides his daughter, Mrs. Fanny Carrier, with whom he made his home, he was surrounded by his sons, George C. Hart of this city, Charles Hart of Blackfoot, Idaho, and his daughter, Mrs. Madge McClintock of Trenton, Mo., who ministered to his care and comfort. One daughter, Mrs. Emma Moore of Seattle, Wash., could not be with him and thus his passing away is exceptionally hard for her. Surrounded by those who loved him he answered the summons saying, “I am willing and anxious to go.”

Deceased was born in Carroll County, Ohio, January 20, 1832. His younger days, and in fact all of his early and middle life was lived on a farm. In the year 1854, he was married to Miss Agnes Duff. The year following their marriage they came to Keokuk, Iowa, where they left the railroad and drove across country to Mahaska County and resided a year, then came to Jasper County and settled on the farm, which for years was their home, southeast of Newton, where they worked and prospered.

Some years ago they built a pretty home in town of West Plum Street, in which they lived until the wife’s death three years ago. Then after a stay of several months in the west with his son and daughter and other relatives and friends, Mr. Hart returned to Newton and had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. M. A. Carrier. Besides his children he is survived by several grandchildren, his niece, Mrs. W. E. Hough, of this city, who, when a child made her home in this uncle’s family; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Irwin of Brighton, Colorado, and Mrs. Susan Thompson, and a brother, James Hart, the last sister and brother residents of this city. ~ The Newton Daily News, Friday, February 22, 1907, Page 1, Column 1