Hon. Thomas Clifton McCall (1827-1892)

MCCALL, KENNEDY

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From Story County Watchman August 12, 1892

DIED.--On Thursday morning at 1 o'clock, at his residence in Nevada, Hon. Thomas Clifton McCall. Mr. McCall was a native of Ross County, Ohio, being born on Sept. 4, 1827. In 1836 the family moved to Fulton County, Ill., and he came to Polk County in 1846, where he taught school for the time, afterwards going into the real estate in which business he continued up to the time of his death. In 1861 he was elected to the lower house of the State Legislature, as he was again in 1881 and 1883, and to the Senate at the last election and is the present Senator from this district comprising the counties of Boone and Story. In 1861 he went into the service at the call of his country and was made quartermaster of the 32nd Iowa Infantry and was afterwards promoted to the rank of Captain by President Lincoln and served as such until the close of the war in 1865,. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. orders and was held in high esteem by them as a member. He has been a respected member of the Presbyterian Church for nearly forty years being an elder in the same for near thirty years. He has been married three times, the present wife being Miss Clara Kennedy, of Carroll County, Ohio, who survive to mourn his loss. Several grown up children are now here to be present at the obsequies today.

The funeral service will be held at three p. m., today from his late residence in this city, the funeral services under the directions of the I. O. O. F. order, and the sermon by Rev. Isaiah Reed, of Des Moines.

Mr. McCall has been so long a resident of this city and stood so high in the consideration of the public both in public and private that all comments at this time are superfluous. Suffice it that a good man has been called and gone to that realm above, and one who will be greatly missed by all with whom he has had dealings or business.

From Story County Watchman August 19, 1892

Last week we gave the account of the death of Hon. T. C. McCall of this city. The funeral was held at his late residence, the service being by Rev. T. R. Bailey, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, while the Odd Fellows order performed the last rites at the cemetery. The attendance was very large there being numbers present from Boone, Marshall as well as the various towns of our own county. On Sunday afternoon Memorial Services were held at the Opera Hall at which quite a number of our citizens took part. The following resolutions were there adopted:
Resolved by the Assembled Citizens of Nevada and Story county: That we have learned with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. Thomas Clifton McCall, late a Senator from this, the 31st, District in the General Assembly of Iowa, and for thirty-four years our honored fellow citizen. Resolved: That we recognize in his life and character, qualities which made him an example to all as citizens, soldier, legislator and christian man.
Resolved: That for ourselves and the community, we express to his family our most sincere sympathy in the loss of a kind husband and indulgent parent.

IN MEMORIAM.

Central Iowa Lodge, No 104 I. O. O. F.
August 12th, 1892.

The following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased the Great Creator of the universe to remove from our midst our late brother T. C. McCall; and Whereas, it is but just that a fitting recognition of his many virtues should be had, therefore
Resolved: That in the death of T. C. McCall this Lodge laments the loss of a Brother who was ever ready the proffer to hand of aid, the voice of sympathy to the needy and distressed of the fraternity; and active member of this Lodge whose utmost endeavors were exerted for its welfare and prosperity; a friend and companion who was death to us all, a citizen whose upright and noble life was a standard of emulation to his fellows.
Resolved: That the heartfelt sympathy of this Lodge be extended to his family in their affliction.
Resolved: That these resolution be spread upon the records of this Lodge and a copy thereof be transmitted to the family of our deceased brother and to each of the newspapers of Nevada.

Resolutions passed by the session and Church Membership of the Presbyterian Church upon the death of Capt. McCall.

Whereas, it hath pleased the alwise God and Father of us all, to take to Himself His faithful servant, out brother, friend and co-laborer, the Hon. T. C. McCall, therefore,
Resolved: That we as a church and session, do hereby express our deep sense of loss in the departure of our brother, whose cordial sympathy, wise counsels, and goodly examples have been a never failing source of strength to us in all the yeas of his fellowship with us.
2d--That while we deeply mourn the loss that we have sustained, in the death of Brother McCall, yet we trustingly bow to the will and work of a loving Father who doeth all things well; rejoicing in the assurance we have that for him to live was Christ, but to die is gain.
3d--That we hereby also tender the family of our departed brother, our heartfelt sympathy, confidently bidding them look to Him who is the God of the widow and the fatherless, and who tenderly careth for His own.
4th--That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family, and also published in the city papers.