Edward C. H. Hyder (1925)

BARNARD, CASSIDY, HYDER, TWISS

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Date: 1/12/2006 at 19:06:09

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, September 17, 1925
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DEATH OF ED HYDER

Edward Hyder died at the Winterset hospital on Monday evening, at the age of 82. He was, we believe, the last survivor of the group of business and professional men who came to Winterset during the civil war. For over 40 years he followed the occupation of photographer, and all of the early portraits now so valuable from a historical standpoint, were made by him. He was a veteran of the civil war, serving with Company G of the 132nd Indiana Infantry.

For sixty years, he was an active member and regular attendant of the Presbyterian church of Winterset, was one of the faithful members of that congregation and a man whose unfaltering faith and upright life was an inspiration to many.

Until quite recently, he enjoyed remarkably good health. His final illness dates from an injury received three months ago. Since that time he declined in health rapidly. His is survived by one sister, Mrs. H.J. Barnard of Indianapolis Ind.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Presbyterian church and burial made in the Winterset Cemetery.

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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, September 17, 1925
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Edward Hyder

Edward C. H. Hyder was born Oct. 29, 1843 at Traasdurf, Germany. He was the oldest of a family of five children. There were four sons and one daughter. The only one living at the present time is his sister, Mrs. Lizzie H. Barnard of Indianapolis, Ind., who was present at the funeral.

He came to America from Germany when he was eight years of age, in 1851. He was married to Rebecca E. Cassidy, Nov. 3 1870 and two children were born, Flora L. and Edith B. Hyder. These three have passed to the beyond.

He united with the First Presbyterian Church Jan. 2, 1869 and for more than 56 years was a faithful member of that church. He was ordained ruling elder Oct. 4, 1874, a perpetual office although he was not called upon to serve in the cession of this church during the more recent years.

Nov. 11, 1903 he was united in marriage with Vinnie Twiss, who died Feb. 10, 1925.

A few months before his death he wrote for the Madisonian a brief review of his life. His closing words revealed his abiding faith and his conception of life. "I have an abiding faith in the Unseen Hand that has thus far been my comfort. This to me is the real life, the highest; attainment that mortal man can reach." Mr. Hyder was a man of forgiving spirit and of a firm faith in God. His last words to his pastor were "What is money, wealth, land or propery? These pass away. Oh that we might have the vision of eternity. That is the reality."

He never recovered from a fall from a tree in July, although he was able to be up and around until the last few days. He passed peacefully away on Monday evening, Sept. 14th, aged 81 years, 10 months and 15 days.

Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon with a sermon by the pastor, LeRoy C. Cooley, D. D., from the text, "Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold a far stretching land." Pitzer Post, G. A. R. had their ritual at the church. Interment was in Rock City Cemetery. The public square and streets of the city were decorated with flags at the time of the funeral.

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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, September 17, 1925
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ED HYDER DEAD EXTREME OLD AGE

Winterset Photographer For Sixty Years – Veteran Of Civil War – Born in Saxony, Germany – Followed Parents Five Years After They Had Gone To America

Ed Hyder, for nearly sixty years a resident of Winterset, veteran of the civil war, died at the Winterset hospital at 6:15 Friday morning. The funeral will be held at the Presbyterian church this afternoon.

Mr. Hyder, who was eighty-two years old, has been in ill health since the sudden death of his wife in Des Moines last winter on her way to California. He was recently taken to the hospital so that he might be cared for properly. His death was due to old age more than anything else.

He was born in Saxony in Germany in the village of Drassdorf, in 1843. His parents came to America when he was a little boy and five years afterward he followed them to Madison, Indiana, where he enlisted in the civil ware toward its close. He came to Winterset a year or two afterward and opened a photograph business until a few years ago when ill health cause him to retire.

He was an active worker in the Presbyterian church he was married to a sister of justice W.W. Cassiday in 1868, and one daughter, Edith, was born to them. She died several years ago. He was married in later years to Mrs. Trist [Twiss]. His only surviving relative is a sister, who lives in Indiana.

Ed Hyder lived a long and useful life in a community in which he had the respect and esteem of everyone who knew him, and the friendship of everyone who worked with hi and knew him intimately.

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