Iowa
Old Press
Bellevue Leader
Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa
January 5, 1899
The Rev. Father Rottler of St. Donatus, preached his farewell
sermon last Sunday. Father Rottler will be sadly missed by the
parish over which he has had charge so many years. His removal
was a surprise to both priest and parish. We wish him success in
his new field.
[transcribed by K.W., July 2009]
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Maquoketa Record
Maquoketa, Jackson co. Iowa
January 18, 1899
EX-SENATOR HARLAN DEAD
Last Survivor of Lincoln’s Cabinet Passes Away in Iowa.
Ex-United States Senator James Harlan, the last survivor of
President Lincoln’s cabinet, passed away in Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, Thursday. He had been rapidly failing for the last three
months. The immediate cause of his death was congestion of the
lungs. At the time of his death there were with him his daughter,
Mrs. Lincoln; his nephew, James Whitford; the nurse and two or
three friends.
James Harlan was elected four times to the United States Senate
and served in that body sixteen years. His seat in the Senate was
declared vacant in 1857, while he was serving a term ending in
1861, but he was re-elected immediately. He resigned in 1865 to
accept from President Lincoln the place of Secretary of the
Interior, but was again elected to the Senate in 1866, and served
until 1873. He was a delegate to the peace convention in 1801 and
at different times was chairman of the Senate committees on
public lands, District of Columbia, and Indian affairs. He was a
member of the committee on foreign relations, agriculture, and
the Pacific Railroad. After leaving the Senate Mr. Harlan became
editor of the Washington Chronicle. From 1882 until 1885 he was
presiding judge of the court of commissioners of the Alabama
claims. He was at one time president of the Iowa University.
Mr. Harlan was a native of Clark County, Illinois, having been
born there Aug. 25, 1820. He graduated at Indiana Ashbury
University in 1845 and became superintendent of public
instruction in Iowa in 1847. In 1853 he became president of the
Iowa Wesleyan University and was first elected to the United
States Senate in 1855. Originally he belonged to the Whig party.
[transcribed by K.W., March 2011]
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Bellevue Leader
Bellevue, Jackson co. Iowa
January 12, 1899
MRS. C. V. EVANS
Publisher of the Leader Passes Beyond, Tuesday Morning.
The death of Mrs. Cora V. H. Evans, publisher of the Leader,
occurred last Tuesday at 11:10 a.m. Simple yet beautiful and
impressive services were held from the home, Wednesday forenoon.
Rev. John Knox Hall officiated. Interment was in the Presbyterian
cemetery.
In accordance with her request only a very brief obituary notice
will be given as follows:
Born near Hanover, Jo Daviess county, Illinois, November 16,
1857, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hunt, still
surviving with three brothers and three sisters. United in
marriage January 19, 1876, to Major W. O. Evans, deceased since
May 21, 1895. Loving parent of Aylmer H., Walter A., Stella,
Florence A., Lewellen and Grace E., who survive with the
exception of Walter, who died in infancy. Here she lived a life
of unselfish devotion to home and family and takes her departure
with the blessed assurance of eternal happiness of life beyond.
[transcribed by K.W., March 2014]