Noah Harris

HARRIS, COWEN, REAM, KEYS

Posted By: Beverly Gerdts (email)
Date: 5/2/2022 at 14:21:35

Columbus Gazette, Columbus Junction, Iowa
Wednesday, January 11, 1905
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Noah Harris, Letts, passed away in Letts, Iowa. January 9, 1905, aged eighty years and six months. He was born in Ohio and brought to Illinois by his parents when only six years of age and had vivid recollections of the Black Hawk war and many other things connected with those troublous times of pioneer days and the hardships connected with them. He was united in marriage to Miss Emma Cowen, of Magnolia, Illinois, in May, 1845, whom he survived several years.

He was a capable man in every respect and took an active part in the development of every state in which he lived, and as he spent nearly all his life in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas he left his mark wherever he was located. He opened up a farm in Illinois and built a beautiful home in one of its flourishing towns. He taught school for some years while suffering from and affliction which left him slightly lame to the end of his days. He dealt in real estate and in his work and influence was always abreast of, if not in advance, of his times. He was an earnest man, fond of his friends and relatives and always enjoyed the companionship of congenial minds and was interested in the people who were about him. His mind was clear till the last and he knew in whom he believed and was not afraid. The message came suddenly but not entirely unexpected and he fell asleep like a babe in its mother's arms.

He leaves three sons and two daughters: Frank C. and Madison Letts of Chicago, John C. of St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. Mary Ream of Yates Center, Kansas and Mrs. Eva Keys of Temple, Texas. His two sons, Frank and John were with him in his illness and accompanied the remains to Marshalltown for interment besides his wife. Funeral services were held in the M. E. church at Letts at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Revs. Payne and Childress and the body taken to Marshalltown the same evening.