Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1905 — ZECHARIAH SPITLER DIES. [ARTICLE]

ZECHARIAH SPITLER DIES.

Zechariah Spitler, an old settler of Newton county, died last Friday at his home in Morocco, at the age of 88 years. In the early days he was, for two years, deputy sheriff of the territory comprising Newton, Jasper and Benton counties. He was the first clerk of Newton county, and later acted as postmaster for several years. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity.