This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#267143) Bascom Chamberlin <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=267143> AUTHOR: Judy Kelley, vo DATE: 2/20/2010 at 15:44:52 Surnames: CHAMBERLIN,MCCLEARY Source: Unknown newspaper clipping found in LCHS scrapbook, date unknown. Bascom Chamberlin was born in Dunkirk, Chautauqua county, N.Y., Dec. 20, 1837, and departed this life Sunday, Oct. 7, 1906, at his home near Grandview, Iowa, after a lingering illness of several months. He came to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1855, and in 1861 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Anna McCleary, they then settled on the farm where he died. Besides his sorrowing wife, he leaves one brother and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his departure. The funeral occurred Tuesday p.m. at 2 o'clock from the M.E. church with Rev. Longnecker conducting the services. Interment in the Grandview cemetery.