Red Oak Express, p1
Red Oak, Iowa
May 24, 1912
THE DEATH OF A PROMINENT MAN
James Hamilton Flood Passes Away In His Eightieth Year--Was a Pioneer, an Old
Soldier and a Fine Gentleman.
James Hamilton Flood died at his home on Highland Avenue in this city Saturday
morning, May 18, at 10 o'clock after an illness of about eighteen months, of
complications common to old age. Throughout his long illness from which he
knew he could not recover, he was patient and ready to go, his only desire
being to be conscious to the end. This hope was granted him.
The funeral was held at the Methodist church at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning,
the services being conducted by the Rev. F. N. Willis. There was a very large
attendance of friends, the G. A. R., the W. R. C. and G. A. R. Circles as well
as the Sunday school class to which deceased had belonged attending in a body.
The Post conducted ritualistic services at the church. Special music was
rendered by Mrs. E. S. Foster, Mrs. Florence Binns, C. N. Heath and Russell
Stephenson. Interment was in Red Oak cemetery and the pall bearers were J. A.
Gray, J. A. Spicer, Jasper Karnes, Jas. Bolleau, Cooper Skinner and William
Cozad, all old soldiers.
Mr. Flood was born in Green County, Ohio, March 15, 1833, moving to Randolph
County, Ind. early in life and there growing to manhood. He was married in
Dark County, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1837, to Martha Chenoweth, and two years later they
came to Montgomery County and settled on a farm four miles south of Red Oak,
living there forty-three years or until they removed to Red Oak to make their
home in 1902.
Mr. Flood saw much active service in the Civil War, enlisting at Red Oak in
Company K of the Fourth Iowa Infantry, Feb. 23, 1864, and being in many of the
fiercest engagements of the closing year of the war, including Lookout
Mountain. He was with Sherman on the famous march to the sea, and is said to
have always been in the thickest of the fight. He was wounded at Ezra Chapel
but served until the war was ended and was mustered out at Louisville, KY,
July 24, 1865.
His father was a Methodist minister, and Mr. Flood was the youngest of fifteen
children, and the last one to pass away. He became a member of the Protestant
Methodist church when a boy, but when that church was disorganized in 1888, he
joined the Methodist church. He was a member of the G. A. R. and an honorary
member of the Circle and in both church and lodge affiliations he was faithful
and active.
Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs Flood, nine of whom survive him,
together with thirty-four grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
The living sons and daughters are Jonathan and Oliver of Red Oak; N. S.living
at Greenwood, Neb; Mrs. Eli Resh and Mrs. Lewis Jones, at Coburg; Mrs. Fred
Stiles at Star, Idaho; Mrs. L. L. Aldrich, Gurherie Center, Iowa; Wm P. at
Villisca; and Mrs. David Bashaw of Moville. All were here at the time of his
funeral except Mrs. Stiles.
Many were here from a distance, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welton of Greenwood, L. L.
Aldrich of Guthrie Center, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Resh, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Resh, and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weldman, John Dukeshire and numerous other old-time
friends from the vicinity of Coburg, all paying a sorrowful tribute to the
memory of a man whom they had loved in life as a neighbor and as a true
Christian and upright citizen.
Civil War Service:
Enlisted at Red Oak in Company K of the Fourth Iowa Infantry, Feb. 23, 1864, and being in many of the
fiercest engagements of the closing year of the war, including Lookout
Mountain. He was with Sherman on the famous march to the sea, and is said to
have always been in the thickest of the fight. He was wounded at Ezra Chapel
but served until the war was ended and was mustered out at Louisville, KY,
