Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, April 11, 1912 JOSEPH G. CASH was born in Perry County, Kentucky, March 11, 1835, and immigrated to Decatur County, Iowa, in the year, 1845. Thence he went to California in 1849, returning to Iowa in 1852. He was married to MARY E. SCOTT, November 13, 1856, and to this union were born six children, three sons and three daughters, namely: WILLIAM, COMODORE, JOHN, ZORA, NAOMI and IDA. Uncle JOE, as he was known far and wide, resided with his family at their country home north of Lamoni for about fifty-five years, his noble wife and he remaining faithful to the rearing of their family, all of whom are now men and women. Some sixteen years ago the mother died and the father continued to reside at the old homestead with his son, JOHN, and daughter, ZORA, until March, 1911, when he retired from business and moved with his son and daughter to Pawnee City, Nebraska, where he died on the morning of April 4th, from paralysis. He had not been well for the past few years but his death came unexpected by the family. There were at his bedside at the time of his death, his son, JOHN and daughter, ZORA, and his daughter and her husband, Mr. And Mrs. H.S. TENNANT. The other three children were hastily summoned by wire but the distance was too great and in their race with death lost. Mrs. J.P. HARDIN, of Oklahoma City, arriving only a very short time after her father's death, while W.H. CASH, of New Castle, Wyoming, and C.W. CASH, of Gregory, South Dakota, also arrived too late. Upon the arrival of all the children, appropriate home services were held from the late residence by the Rev. Mr. Stiffler, and the body was prepared for shipment to Decatur County, Iowa, for burial, and accompanied by all the members of the family, it was brought to Lamoni. There on Easter morning amid the flowers and songs of Easter the last sad rites of the church were conducted by the Rev. R.M. Shipman who delivered in fitting and beautiful words the sermon at the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lamoni, after which all that remained mortal of Uncle JOE CASH was laid to rest in the Lillie Cemetery in the family lot beside the wife and mother whose death had preceded his. Hundreds of relatives and friends and neighbors took the last loving look at him whom they had known so long in life and whom for his goodness and friendship and Christian life they all had learned to love and reverence. The deceased is survived by six children, by his brother, WM. CASH, of Decatur, and by one sister, Mrs. LOTTIE SELLERS, also of Decatur. The deceased was seventy-seven years old at the time of his death and leaves a host of friends in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska to mourn his loss, aside from his bereaved family and relatives. May the great and loving God in all His wisdom see fit to transplant in the lives of others that Christian faith and Christian spirit which were possessed by him for whom we shall mourn. ---------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 13, 2009 [email protected]

NANCEE, thanks. Didn't have this one. This is a brother to our Charlotte Violet Cash Sellers. marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancee Seifert Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IADECATU] DEATH OF JOSEPH G. CASH Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, April 11, 1912 JOSEPH G. CASH was born in Perry County, Kentucky, March 11, 1835, and immigrated to Decatur County, Iowa, in the year, 1845. Thence he went to California in 1849, returning to Iowa in 1852. He was married to MARY E. SCOTT, November 13, 1856, and to this union were born six children, three sons and three daughters, namely: WILLIAM, COMODORE, JOHN, ZORA, NAOMI and IDA. Uncle JOE, as he was known far and wide, resided with his family at their country home north of Lamoni for about fifty-five years, his noble wife and he remaining faithful to the rearing of their family, all of whom are now men and women. Some sixteen years ago the mother died and the father continued to reside at the old homestead with his son, JOHN, and daughter, ZORA, until March, 1911, when he retired from business and moved with his son and daughter to Pawnee City, Nebraska, where he died on the morning of April 4th, from paralysis. He had not been well for the past few years but his death came unexpected by the family. There were at his bedside at the time of his death, his son, JOHN and daughter, ZORA, and his daughter and her husband, Mr. And Mrs. H.S. TENNANT. The other three children were hastily summoned by wire but the distance was too great and in their race with death lost. Mrs. J.P. HARDIN, of Oklahoma City, arriving only a very short time after her father's death, while W.H. CASH, of New Castle, Wyoming, and C.W. CASH, of Gregory, South Dakota, also arrived too late. Upon the arrival of all the children, appropriate home services were held from the late residence by the Rev. Mr. Stiffler, and the body was prepared for shipment to Decatur County, Iowa, for burial, and accompanied by all the members of the family, it was brought to Lamoni. There on Easter morning amid the flowers and songs of Easter the last sad rites of the church were conducted by the Rev. R.M. Shipman who delivered in fitting and beautiful words the sermon at the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lamoni, after which all that remained mortal of Uncle JOE CASH was laid to rest in the Lillie Cemetery in the family lot beside the wife and mother whose death had preceded his. Hundreds of relatives and friends and neighbors took the last loving look at him whom they had known so long in life and whom for his goodness and friendship and Christian life they all had learned to love and reverence. The deceased is survived by six children, by his brother, WM. CASH, of Decatur, and by one sister, Mrs. LOTTIE SELLERS, also of Decatur. The deceased was seventy-seven years old at the time of his death and leaves a host of friends in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska to mourn his loss, aside from his bereaved family and relatives. May the great and loving God in all His wisdom see fit to transplant in the lives of others that Christian faith and Christian spirit which were possessed by him for whom we shall mourn. ---------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 13, 2009 [email protected] www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message