McDowell, Caroline Galinda 1845-1930

MCDOWELL, REARICK, JUDD, TERABERRY, CARPENTER, SHIFFLETT, BOSSLER

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Grinnell Herald; March 14, 1930

OBITUARY OF MRS. CAROLINE MCDOWELL

Caroline Galinda Judd, daughter of Eli P. and Sara (Rearick) Judd, was born near Princeton, Ill. Aug. 23, 1845, and departed this life March 5, 1930 at the age of 84 years, 6 months and 12 days.

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Teraberry and Mrs. Minerva Carpenter of Malcom, and two brothers, Douglas E. Judd of Brooklyn, and Mark L. Judd of Radcliffe, Iowa. Two sisters Mrs. Laura J. Shifflett and Mrs. Emma L. Bossler preceded her in death. Her husband passed away Aug. 26, 1919.

In her girlhood she attended the rural schools near her home and a private school, in Princeton, Ill. taught by James H. Smith and an assistant. Later she had two years of training at an academy at Dover, Ill., a school which at that time was noted for giving superior advantages to its students.

At the age of fifteen she became a teacher in the rural schools of Ill. at which work she continued until her marriage. She took advantage of every opportunity to become more efficient in this work by attending available Teachers Institutes and classes of that day.

She was married at her parents' home April 18, 1867, to James W. McDowell of their neighborhood who had educated himself to be a physician. The young couple immediately came to Malcom, Ia. where Dr. McDowell practiced his profession for ten years. After thirteen years of practice in Des Moines the doctor with his wife removed to the sunny land of Florida, where they have spent the remaining years of their lives with occasional visits to the North.

Dr. McDowell did not practice his profession in Florida, but gave himself to the work of developing his farm and a splendid orange grove. Here Mrs. McDowell faced the struggle with proverty with true faith and courage and stood shoulder to shoulder with her husband in his efforts which were finally crowned with success.

In each of the communities in which she lived Mrs. McDowell has been known and loved as a woman of culture and refinement, a lover of all that is good and beautiful, an earnest, faithful Christian, deeply interested in the church and its activities and in whatever made for the good of the community. Sunday School, missions, and aid society claimed her closest attention and efforts. She was one of the founders of the first missionary society organized in the Malcom Presbyterian church. In the Eustis Sunday School she taught the primary class for ten years. In Des Moines she at one time served as secretary of the Benedict Home for girls.

Her greatest and most far reaching work has been the writing of a genealogy of the Judd family entitled "Philip Judd and his Descendants." This work called for a vast amount of writing and infinite patience, as well as two or three trips to the New England States to visit old homesteads, to examine and copy old records, to search in old libraries for the data required to make the book authentic and trustworthy. It stands dedicated to her husband, a monument to perseverence and patience, increasing in value as the years go by.

Mrs. McDowell will be greatly missed both in her own family and by her many friends, but her teaching and principles will long be a sweet influence in the lives she has touched along life's journey.