CROY, Matthias 182_ - 1887

CROY, KYLE, COX, NEWELL, RISTINE, SMITH

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 11/4/2011 at 22:15:55

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, September 14, 1887
Page 3, Column 8

Death of Matthias CROY.

Matthias CROY, a man widely known throughout southeastern Iowa, died in this city Monday afternoon, after an illness of 10 days from gastritis. Mr. CROY was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1820, grew to manhood and was married there. In 1846 he came to Iowa, settling in this county, where he has since resided. He served three years in the Union army as a member of Co. M, 4th Iowa cavalry, and the illness which finally carried him off had its beginning in his army life. Mr. CROY was twice married, his first wife dying in this city in 1871. In 1874 he was married to Mrs. KYLE, who survives him. He also leaves two children, F. M. CROY and Mrs John COX. the remains were interred in this city Tuesday afternoon, and were escorted to the grave by the G.A.R. and a large number of friends.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, September 14, 1887
Page 3, Column 4

DEATH OF MAT. CROY. -- Matthias CROY was born in Zanesville, Ohio, March 4, 1820; was married in St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1846, and moved to this county in the fall of the same year. He settled on the Wm. Downing place, four miles east of Fairfield. A year later he removed to Henry county, where he remained four or five years, then moved to Salina, remaming (sic - remaining) there some six years. He enlisted in Company M, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, in 1861, and served three years. He come (sic - came) to Fairfield in 1868. His first wife died Feb. 28, 1871. January 24, 1874, he was married to Mrs. Zelina KYLE, who survives him. He has one son, F. M. CROY, of Kanopolis, Kansas, and a daughter, Mrs. Iowa C. COX, of Martinsburg, Iowa.

Ever since his army experience he has been subject to digestive disorders, often serious. About two weeks ago this disease prostrated him, and grew steadily worse until two o'clock Monday afternoon, Sept. 12, when it ended in death. The funeral occurred from the residence at 3:30 P.M., Tuesday, under the auspices of the G.A.R., Rev. Dr. Magill conducting the religious services.

Mat. CROY, as he was familiarly known, was a plain man with a warm heart and a correct conscience. He will be sadly missed by many friends.

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, with both of his wives, in Lot Old.P.386. His first wife was Sarah (maiden name unknown), and his second wife was Zelina NEWELL RISTINE SMITH KYLE (Matthias was her fourth marriage). Matthias' birth year has been found to vary; in his obituaries it's 1820, an Evergreen Cemetery transcription done in the early 1990s notes it as 1822, but back-figuring using his death date and age it works out to 1823. Consider a DOB with caution. The G.A.R. is the Grand Army of the Republic, the fore-runner of the American Legion.