Titcomb, R. D. 1821-1903

TITCOMB, DALTON

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/14/2008 at 20:13:43

DEATH OF R.D. TITCOMB.

The remains of the late R.D. Titcomb were brought to LeMars on Saturday for
interment accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Will Cottrell and laid to rest beside
those of his wife. Mr. Titcomb died suddenly on Thursday morning. He was
perfectly well on Wednesday evening and was out walking with his daughter.
He was taken ill about one o'clock in the night and expired in thirty
minutes.

Mr. Titcomb was born in Salem, N.H., on June 11, 1821, and when a young man
went to Kenosha, Wis. During the gold fever he went to California in 1850
and remained there three years. In 1854, he returned to Wisconsin and
settled at Big Foot Prairie where he was married to Miss Maria Dalton in
1854. In 1862 he moved to Bremer county and then to Waterloo. In 1883, he
came to LeMars and lived here until last fall when he went to St. Joseph,
Mo. His wife died in 1896. he leaves two daughters, Mrs.Cottrell of St.
Joseph, and Mrs. Gonzales of Chicago. Mr. Titcomb was well known and had
many friends. He was an extremely well informed man and had pronounced
views in religion and politics and was an able debater on these subjects.
His creed was the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, and he regarded
Jesus Christ as the great exemplar of mankind.

~Source: LeMars Sentinel, May 12, 1903
~Note: Calculated date of death, Thursday, May 7, 1903