Decatur County Journal
September l, l904

Died at the home of his daughter, MRS. GEO. P. CAMPBELL, in Davis City,
Iowa, on Sunday at 3:30 p.m., after a brief illness of four days. He
was born near Greenburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., December l3, l820,
and was therefore, 83 years, 8 months and 8 days old. When about l8
years of age he came west as far as Henry County, Indiana, and worked as
a farm hand until l840, when he was married to MISS MARY A. BOSLOGUE,
and to this union were born ll children, all of whom lived to be grown,
there being 7 boys and 4 girls; 7 of them are living.

DANIEL was the first of the children who died. He died at Vicksburg,
Miss., while fighting for his country in the war of the rebellion, a
member of Co. I, 4th Iowa Cavalry, JOHN B., the eldest son, was also a
soldier for the Union in the war of the rebellion, a member of Co. A,
2nd Iowa Cavalry. He died March 3l, l899. ZACKWELL R., the second son,
died in Horr, Mont., in March, Iowa (this is a misprint..)
The wife died August 20, l887, in Conway, Iowa. The other members of
the family are scattered over quite a wide scope of country. MILES is
in California, MILTON is in Wyoming, BEN is near Bonesteel, S.D., R.T.
is at Decatur, Ill., MRS. M.A. SNAPP, lives at Wortham, Texas, MRS. IDA
HERRING, in Dublin, Texas, MRS. HATTIE FAUCETT (the page is torn and the
next line missing..) family present at the time of his death, lives at
Davis City.

MR. SOWASH came from Indiana with his family to Iowa in l85l and settled
first in Boone County at or near a place on the Des Moines River, called
Swede Point, and at that time the settlements were very few and far
apart. He lived there a few years and sold his farm, and in about the
year l856, went to southeastern Kansas, where he remained two years,
when he settled in Madison County, Iowa, where he improved another farm,
and in the summer of l866 he sold out there and came to Decatur County.
He bought a farm near Pleasanton, just over the state line in Missouri,
where he resided until l875; he again sold out and moved to a farm he
had bought five miles northwest of Bedford in Taylor County. He
continued to live in Taylor County until after his wife died in l887,
when he broke up housekeeping and came to make his home with his
daughter, MRS. CAMPBELL, and has resided with her since that time, but
making occasional visits to his other children.

On Monday, August l5th, he went for a short visit with his
granddaughter, MRS. R.H. MARTZ, at Chariton, Iowa, and stayed until
Wednesday evening, when he went to Lucas to visit his grandson, FRANK
SOWASH, and about the time he left Chariton, he was taken with summer
complaint, that has been a bother to him for some years, and he grew
worse so rapidly that he started for Davis City early Thursday morning
and arrived home at noon in a very exhausted condition, and from which
he never was able to rally, but continued to grow weaker until Sunday at
3:30 when he passed peacefully away, like a little child going to sleep
in its mother's arms.

MR. SOWASH never made any particular religios profession, although in
earlier life he was quite a Bible student, and tried to follow its
teachings. In l84l, when he was 2l years of age, he joined the Masonic
Fraternity and ever after tried to live according to its precepts and
teachings. He was naturally of a lively, jovial disposition and very
fond of children, and in his last years was never better pleased than
when he had a number of them around him. He will be missed by many of
them near his home. On August 24th, his remains were taken to Conway
and laid by the side of his wife, there to rest until the resurrection
morn. During the last l8 years of his life he was a great sufferer from
asthma, and often when suffering expressed a desire to depart and be
free from his suffering. He will be missed by many. Peace to his
ashes.
GEO. P. CAMPBELL.
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