Arthur H. Dawley

DAWLEY

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Date: 9/17/2014 at 11:24:54

LECLAIRE.

A. H. Dawley, clerk on the steamer Morning Star, was obliged to leave the boat at St. Paul and enter the Marine hospital at that place, suffering from a bone felon on the hand. Mr. Dawley expects to be able to join the boat on the next trip down.

Davenport Democrat and Leader, Tuesday Evening, July 21, 1914, page 2.

ARTHUR DAWLEY LECLAIRE LIFE RESIDENT, DIES

Retired Government River Clerk Succumbs in Home of Birth.

Arthur H. Dawley, a life resident of LeClaire , died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at the family home after an illness of nine weeks’ duration. Death occurred in the home of his birth where he lived his entire life time of 69 years.

Mr. Dawley was born in LeClaire April 2, 1861, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dawley, early Scott county settlers. He received his education in LeClaire and was married there to Miss Nellie Stevens on January 24, 1884. Mr. Dawley was a retired government river clerk and was formerly employed on the “Diamond Jo” line and later on the “Morning Star.” He was a member of the Rebekah lodge and the I. O. O. F. of LeClaire.

Surviving besides the widow are three nephews and three brothers preceded him in death.

The body was taken to the McGinnis Funeral Home and returned to the family residence in LeClaire where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday with burial in Glendale cemetery.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 05 Nov 1903, p. 11.

ARTHUR DAWLEY, 69, LIFE RESIDENT OF LECLAIRE, IS DEAD.

Arthur H. Dawley, a life resident of LeClaire and well known throughout Scott County, died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home in LeClaire. Death terminated an illness of nine weeks’ duration.

The decedent was born April 2, 1861, in LeClaire, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dawley, pioneer settlers in Scott County. He received his education in the LeClaire schools. For a number of years Mr. Dawley followed the occupation of a riverman and also was employed as a clerk on government steamboats. He retired sometime ago. On January 24, 1884 he married Miss Nellie Stevens in LeClaire. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge and the Rebekah lodge of LeClaire.

Surviving besides his wife are three nephews in San Jose, Calif. Four sisters and three brothers preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday at the family home in LeClaire. Burial will be in Glendale cemetery.

Source: The Daily Times, Davenport, Ia., 05 Nov 1930, p. 2.

Obituary

The Dawley Funeral

Funeral services for Arthur H. Dawley were held at the family home in LeClaire, Ia. The Rev. C. K. Gillum officiated. Burial was made in Glendale cemetery.

Findley McGinnis, accompanied by Miss Allie Hollsopple , sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Nearer, Still Nearer.”

Pallbearers were Arthur Newton, Bart Stone, Roy Long, Frank Kitchen, James Brown and William Laycock.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 09 Nov 1930, p.7.

Dawley Funeral

Funeral services for Arthur H. Dawley were held Friday at 2 p.m. from the home in LeClaire. The Rev. C. K. Gillum, pastor of the First Christian Church, Davenport, officiated at the home and at the grave in Glendale Cemetery. Finley McGinnis, accompanied by Miss Allie Holsapple, sang, “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Nearer, Still Nearer.” Pallbearers were Arthur Newton, Bart Stone, Roy Long, Frank Kitchen, James Brown and William Laycock.

Source: The Daily Times, Davenport, Ia., 08 Nov 1930, p. 4.