Scribner, J. F. (Died 1879)

SCRIBNER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/5/2010 at 11:33:06

The Iowa Liberal
July 2, 1879

GONE TO HIS LONG HOME.--About four o’clock, Sunday afternoon, J. C. (sic J.
F.) Scribner, Esq., better known as Colonel Scribner, died at his residence,
on the hill, after a long and painful illness, aged seventy one years. The
funeral services took place Monday afternoon, and were attended by a large
concourse of the neighbors and friends of the deceased. Rev. A. E. Arnold
officiated. The remains were interred in the LeMars cemetery. Col. Scribner
first came to LeMars in the summer of 1870, from Janesville, Wisconsin,
where he had resided over twenty years. In the spring of 1871, he
permanently located here with his family, and has since been identified with
the town and county. He was a good citizen, public spirited, a staunch
friend, a kind husband and father. He leaves a wife and six children, four
of who were with him when he died.

NOTE: Date of death was Sunday, June 29, 1879.