T. W. Haney b1845

HANEY

Posted By: Volunteer: Roxanne Riggan
Date: 5/25/2012 at 19:57:26

T.W. HANEY OF KEOSAUQUA DIES

Pioneer Child And Former County Auditor Succumbs At Age of 90 Years.

Keosauqua, - T. W. Haney, 90, died this morning about 6 o’clock at his home in the north part of Keosauqua.

He was a farmer and a pioneer. He was born May 1, 1845, near Troy, Davis county, four miles northeast of Troy, when 4 years old, where he lived in a one-room log cabin with his parents. The cabin was equipped with a ladder to the loft.

He recalled the use of oxen for tilling the soil and the fireplace for cooking in this county.

He attended school in what is now the Hissem district. During the Civil war he was a corporal in the home guards at Selma, though he was not old enough to go to war.

He moved to Keosauqua in December, 1896, and was county auditor for six years. He was member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, two children and one grandchild preceded him in death.

He is survived by his daughter, Miss Daisy Haney, at home; one brother, Leroy H. Haney, of W--ner, British Columbia and several nieces and nephews.
The Rev. M.E. Hayes will have charge of the funeral, probably at the Methodist Episcopal church, and burial will be in Sunnyside cemetery at Milton. The time of the funeral has not been set.
Mr. Haney had been ill for some time.

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Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Scrapbook A, page 378, Keosauqua Public Library; Keosauqua, IA