Calvin Street died at his residence in Cedar township,
Monday, July
4th, 1892 of paralysis, aged 66. His health had not been good
for some
years. Last spring he moved to Oklahoma but returned as he grew
worse.
Two strokes of paralysis brought him to the brink and death was
expected. The funeral occurred from the residence Tuesday at
11 a.m.,
conducted by the Altoona lodge A. F. & A. M. Elder Thos. Miller
preached
a short and appropriate sermon and the remains were interred in the
Hatler cemetery after the rites of the lodge. The deceased was
also a
member of the G. A. R. and the obsequies were attended and assisted
in
my members of that organization.
Mr. Street is survived by a wife (his second) and ten
children, six
sons and four daughters, most of whom are grown.
Calvin Street was a native of Ohio, from whence he removed
to Iowa.
During the rebellion he did service for his country as a member of
company E. 27th Iowa infantry. He enlisted May 22, 1862, and
was
discharged June 7, 1865. A year or more of that time he was confined
as
a prisoner of war at Cohaugah, Alabama.
He was a pioneer of Wilson County. In 1869 he settled
in Cedar
township on the farm of 160 acres on which he so long resided.
He
became well situated in this world's goods, but endorsing for erstwhile
friends left him financially embarrassed in his later years.
However,
he left his family the provision of $2,000 life insurance. In
all his
relations with his fellow men he was above reproach. All the
old
settlers knew him and without exception say he was a good man and a
generous neighbor.