Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1902 — A SUDDEN DEATH. [ARTICLE]

A SUDDEN DEATH.

Micah B. Halstead Expires Suddenly Sunday Morning, Micah B. Halstead, of Newton township, who has been in poor health for some time, died suddenly Sunday morning of neuralgia of the heart. The day before his death he was in his usual health but Sunday morning he was feeling badly and requested that a doctor be sent for. While waiting tor the doctor, Mr'. Halstead left the house unnoticed, and his absence was not discovered until the arrival of the physician. Search was made and he was found dead in an out building. Mr. Halstead was one of the old settlers of this vicinity. He located on Beaver Prairie, in Newton county, then a part of Jumper county, in 1857. In 1865 he moved to the scene of his death in Newton township, this county, and has resided there continuously ever since. He was married in 1857, and his wife and seven children survive to mourn his death, ll.s age lacked flvp days of being seventy years. The funeral will not be held until the arrival of his sons from Wyoming, who will probably get here some time the last of the week.