John Allen Dalrymple 1840-1917

DALRYMPLE, PLUM, HULL, BRADKE, NORDMAN

Posted By: Kathy Kurth Holtry
Date: 1/18/2010 at 12:07:43

Obituary of John Allen Dalrymple
John Allen Dalrymple, the youngest son and the last surviving member of a family of seven children born to John Edward and Nancy Plum Dalrymple, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, September 22, 1840, and died at his home in Hopkinton, Iowa, December 26, 1917.
When but a small child, he with his parents moved to Henry County, Ill. In the spring of 1852 the family moved by ox team crossing the Mississippi river at Dubuque by ferry to Iowa and settling on a farm in Delaware county three miles northwest of the town of Hopkinton.
On August 6, 1862, he enlisted in the War of the Rebellion in Co. K, twenty-first Iowa Infantry, commanded by Colonel Samuel Merrill. Company K was commanded by Alexander Vorhees. He was under General Grant through the siege of Vicksburg and was wounded in the charge of Black River, Mississippi, on the seventeenth of May, 1863. He was honorably discharged on the sixteenth of May, 1865, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After his discharge, he returned to Delaware county and made his home with his parents.
On May 23, 1868, he was united in marriage to Sarah Jane Hull of Delaware county, and they settled on a farm adjoining the old homestead. Here they lived until about twenty-five years ago, when they rented the farm and moved to the town of Hopkinton, where the home has been until Mr. Dalrymple's death. To this union were born three children, Roxanna Ellen, Henry Allen and Rosetta Jane.
Being of a very busy turn of mind, his life was one of activity. He was an auctioneer for over forty years, was assessor for sixteen consecutive years, took the U.S. census twice, and was filling the thirtieth year of his office as Justice of the Peace when he was stricken by apoplexy, November 17, 1917.
He was converted to the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ while a soldier in the far south. He was baptized May 2, 1864, at Matagorda Island, Texas, by Chaplain James Hill, and afterward lived a consistent christian life. He identified himself with the christian movement of the community, and not belonging to any one christian denomination, he was a friend to all. He was Sunday school superintendent at various times in different schoolhouses of the community.
He was a man among men, and considered every man a man until he proved himself otherwise. He extended a welcome hand to every individual and always stood ready to help those in need, and more than once his generosity was taken advantage of.
He was a loving husband and a kind father and he leaves to mourn their loss a loving wife, two daughters and one son; Mrs. W. C. Bradke of Hopkinton, Rev. H. A. Dalrymple of Burlington, District Elder of the Burlington District of the Free Methodist Church, and Mrs. George Nordman, six grandchildren and a number of relatives and many friends. A good man has gone to his reward and will be missed by the entire community. He was of a cheerful disposition and caused the silver lining of many a dark cloud to be seen.