James DINSDALE

DINSDALE, BREAKENRIDGE, CLARK, HULME, TOMLINSON, ATKINSON, SCHMIDT, STEVENSON, NICOLL, FOTHERGILL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/20/2010 at 12:05:11

April 17, 1914
Traer Star-Clipper --- Iowa

10 October 1839 -- 13 April 1914

James Dinsdale’s physical trouble is over. The end came at 11 a.m. Monday. He had been in poor health for years. Of late, he was a victim of cancer of the pancreas, next to the stomach. He had been gradually failing for months. Mr. Dinsdale was one of the most prominent citizens of northwest Tama and a man who stood high in the community. He was a native of England, having been born October 1839 in Yorkshire. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Dinsdale, who were prominent farmers northwest of Traer for many years. The family went to Canada in 1845, and in 1869 they located in this vicinity, west Buckingham. In 1861 the deceased married Ann Nicoll of Norwood, Canada. The couple farmed in Buckingham until the fall of 1893, when they located in the village of Dinsdale, which had been laid out and named after the family in 1891. Up to 1893 he and his father were interested in Shorthorn cattle breeding, and they were owners of the widely known Allendale Stock Farm, where some of the best cattle in the county could be seen.

Mr. Dinsdale’s possessions increased until he owned 900 acres of rich north Tama land, which he deeded to his children eight years ago. The first wife was the mother of ten children, seven of whom are living, namely: Mrs. J. S. Breakenridge, of the town of Dinsdale; Martha, at home; John, Independence; Mrs. W. J. Clark, Mrs. Samuel Hulme, Thomas and Mrs. Joseph Tomlinson, on farms near Dinsdale. In 1880 Mr. D. married a second wife, Elizabeth Atkinson, of Westmoreland, England. Two children followed this union. George, near Dinsdale, and Mary, wife of Peter D. Schmidt, of Buckingham. Deceased had thirty-eight grandchildren, thirty-none of whom are living, and one great grandchild. He leaves four sisters: Mrs. John Stevenson, Goldfield: Mrs. Alex Nicoll and Mrs. Robert Fothergill, Eagle Grove; Mrs. John Nicoll, Cedar Rapids. He also leaves a legion of friends and a good name.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m. yesterday. Services were conducted in the Congregational church in Dinsdale by Re. Kennedy, a former pastor, of which church Mr. Dinsdale was a member. There was a very large assemblage of relatives and friends. Interment was in the Dinsdale cemetery, where several relatives sleep.