Jonathan Thatcher d. 1901

THATCHER, SAYRE, RABB

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 2/24/2013 at 11:34:00

JONATHAN THATCHER.
Born in West Virginia, Lived
in Iowa, Died in Washington.

At 1:30 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon the funeral services of the late Jonathan Thatcher were held in the Odd Fellows hall at Keosauqua. In accordance with a request which he had made several years previous to his death the services were conducted by that order both at the hall and the grave.

More than 77 years ago in Berkely county, West Virginia, Jonathan Thatcher was born. About two years after his birth his parents moved to Ohio where they resided until 1839 when they came to Van Buren county and settled near Mt. Sterling. In 1847 he was married to Miss Malinda Sayre of Scotland county, Missouri, who removed with him to a farm near Keosauqua where Mrs. Thatcher died in 1884. To them were born six children of whom four are now living.

Near the beginning of the Civil war Mr. Thatcher enlisted in Company E, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg and was with Sherman in the march to the sea. At the close of the war he was elected Representative in the Eleventh session of the Iowa legislature and was postmaster of the next session. In 1885 he was married to Mrs. Samuel Rabb who died about five years afterward. He died of paralysis, Nov. 20, at the home of his daughter, in Seattle, Washington.

[hand written on obit. was "Nov 2 = 01"]

Source: Entler Scrapbook, vol. 4, Iowa Historical Library, Iowa City, IA