Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1904 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Father Isaac V. Alter of Union township, departed this life on Sunday, Sept. 18, at the age of seventy-eight years. He came to this county with three of his brothers in 1847 and settled on a little creek four miles west of Remington. Here, with no other companions than the prairie wolves, they turned the virgin sod with ox learns. His middle life was spent in.the mill business,. His old mill on the Iroquois was known and patronized by all of Jasper and part of Xe.vton countv. In 1851 he married Eliza Wiliet, with whom he lived a happy life until death i took her away in 1883. after which he divided the property among his sons and has lived with them in all ways possible. He has been an untiring agent in the work of the church, both in church extension and revivals, ever seeking to alleviate the sufferings of the poor and needy. Everyone acquainted with the past history of the Rose Bud church will testify that his work has been faithfully done and that he was filled with that whole-souled religion which knows no bounds. President W. W. Lineberry of the M. P. Conference officiated at the funeral 'services, and a large concourse of people followed the remains to their last resting place. The funeral services were conducted at Rose Bud church, Monday at 2 p. m., and interment made in Sand Ridge cemetery, in Barkley township. ***