Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1889 — Death of a Venerable Man. [ARTICLE]

Death of a Venerable Man.

! Ira M. Tr issell died at the home of his son, Arthur, a few miles north of I * Rensselaer, last Saturday evening, May 25th, at the age, lacking only a 'fe w hours, of 81 years. His funeral ■ was held on Monday forenoon, in the Rensselaer M. E. church, Rev. Pelley conducting the services. Interment was in Weston cemetery. He was born in Canaan, New Hampshire, and was the seventh child in a family lof fifteen. At the age of 14 he learned the saddlers’ trade and fol- ' lowed it until 25 when his health failed and he was compelled to seek out-door employment. He upoved to Ohio in 1836 and in 1847, at Akron, was married to Weltha Hurlburt, who died in 1870. Three chilj dren wen; born to them, only one of i whom survives. He moved to Jas- ! per connty in 1863, and located on I the farm where he resided until his ‘death. A Leopold lias just received one of the finest stocks of Summer clothing, consisting of Alpaca coats and vests, of all colors. Trap-to-dae coats and vests; Seersucker and Seaside Linens. Call soon as they will be sold at such low prices as will astonish yon. ' Clothing Mold on lime at A. Leopold’*.