Canfield, Henry Clay, 1845-1924

CANFIELD

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/25/2010 at 06:12:54

Former Resident Dies in Colorado

Henry Clay Canfield, a former pioneer resident of this vicinity, passed away at the home of his son, Charles Canfield at LaPorte, Colo., recently, just five weeks and one day after his wife had passed away. He was well known by many of the early settlers of this community and was highly respected by all who knew him.

Henry Clay Canfield was born March 19, 1845, near Hartford, Conn., but when a child he moved to the new west. During the Civil War he was employed by the government in connection with trains from the river to the southwest. Following the war in 1867 he came to Dakota and he built the first frame house in the Big Sioux Valley. He homesteaded on the farm now owned by Chas. A. Robinson, which is located several miles northwest of Hawarden. The following year he returned to Iowa to get his bride and for almost twenty years the family resided on the old homestead. In 1888 they moved to Washington, Kan., and later to Blackburn, Okla., where they were again classed with pioneers. He moved to Colorado from Blackburn, Okla., shortly after his wife died and made his home with his son. He is survived by one son Charles of LaPorte, Colo., two daughters, Mrs. Lelia Cable of Fort Collins, Colo., and Mrs. Mae Morphis of Lyman, Okla., and also two brothers, William of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Ward of Ontario, Ore.

Source: Hawarden Independent, May 6, 1924.