Hiram Irvin (1917)

IRVIN, VITHAGHOFF

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 12/27/2007 at 17:11:28

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 4, 1918

HIRAM IRVIN

Hiram Irvin, son of Dr. Hiram C. & Henrietta Irvin, was born in Earlham, on April 26, 1896, dying in Earlham, June 28, 1917.

He did border duty with Company A, enlisting in May, 1916, and was a victim of heart trouble, resulting from acute neuralgia.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 4, 1917

Hiram Irvin of Earlham, died suddenly on Friday, June 29, at his home. He had been suffering from neuralgia of the face, and it is not known whether his heart was in a weakened state or whether the neuralgia left the face and affected the heart.

Mr. Irvin was a son of Dr. Irvin and was a popular member of A Company of Winterset. He and a brother were with our boys during the months spent in Brownsville. He had been sent to Earlham on Monday of last week to drill recruits.

A large number of his old companions of A Company attended the funeral services, which were held in Earlham on Saturday afternoon. The service was held at the city park attended by a large gathering of the family’s friends from all over this county. Mr. Irvin was a young man of fine promise, who had the esteem of all who knew him. His death is the first to break the roll of A Company since the organization left Winterset one year ago, and he will be greatly missed from its ranks.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 4, 1917
Page 2

Earlham

The people of Earlham were shocked last Thursday morning to learn that Hi Irvin had died during the night. He had been suffering with neuralgia for a few days, but not to an alarming extent. During the night he became worse and died in a short time. He was one of the National Guards who served on the border last year and had received an appointment as orderly a short time ago.

It is reported that he was to have been married Sunday, July 1st, to Miss Clara Farris of Winterset.

The funeral service for this soldier boy was a military one and was held last Saturday afternoon in the park. It is supposed to have been one of the largest funerals ever held in Earlham. Thus, our first soldier boy has answered the bugle call to advance into the great beyond, although he died in his native land and sleeps in the Earlham cemetery______________

Stuart Herald
Stuart, Iowa
Friday, July 13, 1917
Page 1, Column 1

One of the largest funerals in Earlham's history was held Saturday afternoon, when Hiram Irvin, first of our soldier boys over whose lifeless body "taps" was to sound was buried with the full military honors of the United States Army. For an hour, from two to three o'clock, every place of business was closed, and nearly the entire community honored the boy who served his country at Brownsville and was equally eager to give his services in the greater cause. (Earlham Echo)

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