Iowa Old Press

FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
April 5, 1900

DEATH OF THOMAS WEIDNER
The subject of this sketch was born in Clark county, Indiana, on September 25, l823, and had attained the ripe age of 76 years, 6 months and 2 days. He was married in Fremont county at about the age of 30 years. To this union there were three children, two of whom are still living, one in Oklahoma and the other in Chicago. His wife died in 1851. He moved to Iowa sometime in the '40's and married the second wife in Marion county, Iowa. From this place he removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where he remained to the breaking out of the civil war when he enlisted in the Union service in 1862, as a private, serving till 1865 when, having been promoted to the post of sergeant, he was mustered out at that time in New Orleans. He then removed to Montgomery county, Indiana, remaining there about three years when he removed to Iowa where he lived about 10 years. He afterwards traveled in Kansas for sometime, thence to Chicago where he lived a short time, afterwards removing to St. Joseph and for the last five years had made his home with a son in Denver, Colorado, where he died on March 27th, 1900.

The second family of children numbered seven, five of whom still live, two in Chicago, one in St. Joseph, one in Denver and one in Sidney, Iowa. Both himself and wife joined the Christian church in early life maintaining this relation till death. The funeral was held at the home of his daughter Mrs. Nathaniel Jordan on Saturday, March 31st, at 2 o'clock p.m., the exercises conducted by Rev. Geo. C. Hicks. Interment was made in the Sidney cemetery.

[transcribed by W.F., October 2006]


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