NEGUS, Benjamin Franklin 1853 – 1925

NEGUS, TRUAX, BUSKIRK, BUSHLOW, STOAKS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler, Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/23/2013 at 09:37:07

Benjamin Franklin Negus was born in Middleberry, Vermont, February 21, 1853, and died at the home of his brother, Frank, on Sunday, June 7, 1925, following a lingering illness since last February.

In the year of February, 1881, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Truax, who preceded him in death twelve years ago. To this union six children were born, one dying in infancy. The children who survive him are Walter, of Davenport; Allen, of Sand Springs, Okla.; Ruth, of Mt. Joy, Iowa; Olive, of Muskogee, Okla., and Iva, of Kansas City, Mo. Also three sisters and one brother are left to mourn his loss, Lottie Buskirk, of Ireton, Iowa; Jennie Bushlow, of Akron, Iowa; Lucy Stoaks, of Rock Island, and Frank Negus, of Brooklyn, Iowa.

He was a kind and loving father to his family, led a good Christian life and was kind to everyone who knew him. Funeral services were held from the home of his brother, Frank, Tuesday, June 9, 1925, at ten o’clock, with Rev. W. J. Fowler officiating. From there the body was shipped to Davenport, where he was laid to rest in the Pine Hill Cemetery.

Source: Unknown newspaper clipping found in scrapbook belonging to my great grandmother, Edith (Kann) Newton.