Iowa Old Press

LeMars Daily Sentinel: November 1, 1918

MRS. ADAM McLAIN FORMERLY LIVED AT O'LEARY
DEATH WAS DUE TO OLD AGE

Mrs. Adam McLain passed away at the home of her son, Joseph, in Davis
City, Iowa, on Sunday, October 27, death being due to the infirmities of old
age.

Mrs. McLain was born April 24, 1846, in Jefferson county, Iowa, and was
married to Adam McLain on November 24, 1864. Seven children were born to
them, one dying in infancy. Those who survive here are Mrs. J.A. Franklin,
Mrs. L.F. Bullington, Mrs. P.D. Rupert and Mrs. W.D. Hasbrook, of this
county; Joseph and Lyman, of Davis City; a brother, Douglas Wood, and a
sister, Mrs. Henderson, also residing at Davis City, besides thirty-three
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Mrs. McLain was an old resident of Plymouth county coming here with her
husband in 1891 and lived at O'Leary where they conducted a store until 1906
when they moved to Oklahoma and from there to Davis City, where they lived
until the death of Mr. McLain six years ago.

The remains were brought to LeMars on Wednesday and the funeral was held
at the First Presbyterian church, Rev. H.Y. Comin conducting the services.
The interment was made at the city cemetery. The pallbearers were J.S.
Hoyt, John Barnable, George Farrell, Andrew Paulson, Will and Peter Begg,
all old neighbors of the deceased.

Mrs. McLain was a loving mother, a good neighbor and will be mourned by
all who knew her.

LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, November 26, 1918, Page 1, Column 2:

BUILT FIRST HOUSE HERE

George Young Was Pioneer Lumber Man in LeMars.

    George W. Young, a pioneer resident of LeMars, died last week in
Cornucopia, Wis.  Mr. Young with a brother came to LeMars in the sixties and
conducted a lumber yard.  He built a house where the Free Methodist church
now stands opposite the court house and Dr. M. Hilbert built a house where
his present residence stands and they were the first houses in what is now
LeMars.  The Sioux City Journal says of Mr. Young:

    George W. Young, widely known in Sioux City, where he started the first
ice plant in the early 80s, died at his home in Cornucopia, Wis., Tuesday
morning from complications incident to an attack of dropsy.  He was 72 years
old.  His son, E. D. Young, 3525 Jackson street, who departed Wednesday to
attend the funeral services, thought it probable that his father's body
would be brought to Sioux City for interment.

    Mr. Young, who was chief of police in Sioux City during the
administration of C. W. Fletcher in 1894-5, was born in Medford, Mass.,
April 2, 1846, later moving with his father to Illinois.  He served two
years in the Sixteenth United States infantry, and in 1866, the year after
he was mustered out of service, he came to Sioux City.  In 1869 he married
Julia A. Earle, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. J. W. Earle.  For three years Mr.
and Mrs. Young lived in LeMars.  They erected the first dwelling house in
that city.  Returning to Sioux City in 1872, Mr. Young became an ice dealer.
He continued that business until appointed chief of police.

     Mrs. Young died in 1896 and Mr. Young lived with his son for seven
years, after which he moved to Wisconsin.  After locating at Cornucopia, Mr.
Young married a second time.  Two sons of this marriage, Howard and Charles
Young, and the widow survive.