Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1909 — AN OLD MEXICAN WAR VETERAN PASSES AWAY- [ARTICLE]

AN OLD MEXICAN WAR VETERAN PASSES AWAY-

Newman Snow, One of the County’s Oldest Residents, Died Friday Afternooh. ■ ' Newman Snow, 82 years of age, and one of the oldest settlers of Jasper county, died Friday afternoon at the home of his Son, Theodore Snow, in Barkley township, about 6 miles north of Rensselaer. He was a veteran of the Mexican war, having enlisted in the Volunteer service from this county at the outbreak of the war. After the War he returned to this county, where he has since resided.

The latter part of February Mr. Snow suffered a stroke of paralysis. He rallied from its effects but a few days ago he was taken down again and sank gradually to the end. Deceased was born in Ohio, and came to Jasper county in the early forties.

He leaves eight sons, all with families, to mourn his loss. They are, George and Theodore, of Barkley township; Frank and Charles, of Foresman; Commodore, of Panora, Iowa; Martin, of Fonda, Iowa; Henry, of Lisbon, N. Dak., and Benjamin, of Princeton, Minn. The sons, George and Theodore, were at home when death came, and the sons Frank and Charles, arrived a few hours after death. The others have been notified.

The funeral will be held Sunday at the church at Aix, and will be conducted by Rev. G. H. Clarke, pastor of the Rensselaer Christian church. Burial will be made in the Hurley grave yard in Barkley township.