DEARDURFF, Eli Gwynne 1829-1903

DEARDURFF, GANTZ, BARLOW

Posted By: Patricia E. Morris
Date: 5/24/2006 at 22:36:32

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, September 23d, 1903
Page 6, Column 4

He Wan an Old Fairfieldian.

Eli G. DEARDURFF, for many years a resident of this city, died in Burlington Monday afternoon (note: in Des Moines Co., IA). He had been an invalid from asthma for several years, but death was due to a stroke of paralysis which came Thursday. Mr. DEARDURFF was born in Franklin County, O., and was seventy-four years of age. He was married to Martha GANTZ a daughter of the late John GANTZ, at Columbus, O., in 1851, and a year later removed to this county, locating on a farm northwest of this city. He was a soldier of the Civil war, a member of the Fourth Iowa cavalry, and for several years had charge of bridge and building work on the C. B. & Q. He had two children, J. F. [sic - Jeremiah F.] DEARDURFF, city clerk of Fairfield, and Mrs. Martha F. BARLOW of Colorado Springs, Col. Mr. DEARDURFF was an excellent man and citizen, and many old friends in this community wil sincerely regret his death. The body will arrive here this afternoon at 2 o'clock and the Odd Fellows will have charge of the funeral services. The body will be taken directly from the station to the cemetery.

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Patricia noted the publication and headline only originally; full text transcribed and added by Admin, August 2021 --

"Jefferson County Republican"
Friday, September 25, 1903
Page 5, Columns 2 and 3

Death of Comrade E. G. DEARDUFF (sic).

E. G. DEARDUFF (sic) died at his home in Burlington Monday afternoon.

We clip the following from the Tuesday morning Hawkeye.

Eli G. DEARDUFF died at his home at number 425 South Seventh street yesterday afternoon at 2:25 o'clock. He was a veteran of the civil war, and had lived to the ripe age of seventyfour. He had been ill for a dozen years, suffering from asthma, and last Thursday suffered a stroke of paralysis, which hastened his death. He was born in Franklin county O., where he received his education. He married Martha GANTZ, the daughter of John GANTZ, of that county, at Columbus, O., in 1851, and in 1852 moved into Iowa, settling on a farm seven miles west of Fairfield. He enlisted in the Fourth Iowa cavalry, from Jefferson county, this state, and was honorably discharged after three years' service in the western army. He has suffered from asthma for the last fourteen years, and the last seven years of his life had been filled with constant suffering, which grew more intense during the last four years. Finally Thursday afternoon he suffered a stroke of paralysis, falling to the kitchen floor. After that he but seldom, if at all, regained consciousness.

At one time he had charge of the east division building department of the C. B. & Q. under Tom Potter's management of the road. Despite his illness he was ever cheerful and of a lovable disposition. Both he and his wife were members of the First Baptist church of this city. The Rev. Dr. Edwin McMinn will conduct the funeral services at the house tomorrow. This service will be in charge of the local G. A. R. post, of which the deceased was a member. The services at Fairfield, where the interment will be made, are to be conducted by the Odd Fellows, of which organization he was a member for many years. He leaves a son, J. F. DEARDUFF (sic), city clerk of Fairfield, and one daughter, Martha Frances BARLOW, whose home is at Colorado Springs. She was notified of her father's death and reached here Sunday night at 10 o'clock.

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Admin. note: The G. A. R. is the Grand Army of the Republic, the fore-runner of the American Legion. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in Lot Old.P.025. Wife Martha died in 1912 and is buried with him.