Nancee, thanks for the information. The Mrs. L. J. LANDES (Dr. Lucious Johnson LANDES) was the former Miss. Rose Estelle De KALB. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 2009-12-28 3:09 PM Subject: [IADECATU] DR. B.D. DEKALB > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > Thursday, March 28, 1912 > > BENJAMIN DREW DEKALB, son of SAMUEL and SUSANNA DEKALB, was born in London > County, Virginia, on the 17th day of July, 1841. Died March 29, 1912, > being > 70 years, 8 months and 3 days old. > > He studied medicine and graduated from Jefferson Medical College, > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the year 1865, going from there to > Sharpsburg > Maryland, where he practiced with Dr. A.A. Biggs until 1868. Here he was > married to MARGARET A. SMITH on the 18th day of January, 1866, who with > four > children, HARVEY DUNGLESON, at home; Mrs. L.P. VAN WERDEN, Leon, Iowa; > Mrs. > E.H. SHARP, Leon, Iowa; Mrs. L.J. LANDIS, Grand River, Iowa, survive him. > In the fall of 1868, they came to Leon, Iowa, and lived in the house with > Dr > And Mrs. Gardner until the following spring when they moved to the farm > which has been their home for 43 years. He followed his profession after > coming here, riding miles and miles over the prairies and unbroken > country, > over rough roads and trails frequently being called into adjoining > counties > and into Missouri, enduring the trials and hardships that came to the > pioneer doctor. In 1880, on account of poor health, he gave up active > practice. From then on he engaged in managing his farm, in mercantile and > banking, until 13 years ago when he retired from all business. Nine years > ago the disease that caused his illness developed, and while he has been a > continuous sufferer, yet he bore it all patiently and was ready to go when > the summons came. > > He united with the M.E. Church, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, when 25 years of > age. After coming west being so far distant, he was denied church > privileges but never lost faith in his God. > > Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday at 1 o'clock by Rev. > J.L. > Boyd, Glidden, Iowa, formerly Pastor of the M.E. Church, Leon. The > remains > were then borne by train to Leon and tenderly laid to rest just as the sun > was going down behind the western hills. The floral tributes were many > and > beautiful. Dr. DEKALB was a man of strong and admirable character. Quiet > and retiring by nature, he was nevertheless firm in his convictions, > persistent in his purposes, steadfast in his friendships and faithful to > every trust. How sad it all is! One instinctively shudders in imagining > the > disorder and havoc and chaos which might characterize this sphere of > mortal > habitation, if it were not for the innate conviction that death cannot > possibly end all and that the curtain which veils our eyes and refuses us > permission to see the morrow or beyond the grave is simply the dividing > line > between two realms of existence. > ---------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > December 28, 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 >