Lemuel Parkhurst

PARKHURST

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/7/2014 at 12:51:15

LEMUEL PARKHURST DIES WHILE READING

Old Resident Expired Suddenly This Noon.

Had a Long and Honorable Record Here in Business and Public Life.

One of the best known old residents of this city, Lemuel Parkhurst, died suddenly this noon, at his home, 1919 Walnut street, this city. Mr. Parkhurst has been living at his old home with a Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham who had leased it for residence, and was found sitting lifeless in his chair at noon today, when Mrs. Cunningham went into the sitting room to call him to dinner. He had been reading his paper, and the spirit had left his body as he read, and flown without his changing his position.

Mr. Parkhurst had lived in Davenport for half a century, was successful in the conduct of a general store in East Davenport, had been county treasurer, alderman, and business man, and reached an old age in which he was enjoying a well-earned rest. Some years ago he lost an arm as a result of a fall from a stepladder which so shattered the brittle bones that nature could not carry on the usual work of repair, making it necessary to amputate the arm at the shoulder.

Three sons and a daughter survive Edward of Davenport, Alfred and Clint and Mrs. T. F. Eldridge.
The funeral will be announced later.

Source: Davenport Democrat, Davenport, Ia., 11 Dec 1903, p. 6.

Contributed by: Sue Rekkas

* the funeral was held from the home of Mrs. Eldridge at 1340 Third avenue.