BOCKIUS, Augustus W. 1828 - 1882

BOCKIUS, RHODES

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, April 26th, 1882
Page 3, Column 7

... Mr. A. W. BOCKIUS writes to friends in this city that he arrived at Eureka Springs, Ark., safely on the 20th inst., and that he feels much better after his trip. ...

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Thursday Morning, June 22, 1882
Page 3, Column 2

DOTS AND DASHES.

... The sad news of the death of Mr. A. W. BOCKIUS, a long and well-known resident of Fairfield, came this morning in a dispatch to Mr. Geo. A. Wells. He died at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on the 21st, to which place he had gone some weeks ago in search of health, which for the past year has been failing him. The remains will be embalmed and brought here for interment. ...

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in Lot Old.P.331. His wife Helen V. RHODES BOCKIUS died five months before him and is buried with him.