- Traer Star Clipper, Friday, April 17, 1914 page 1
DEATH OF JAMES DINSDALE
Pioneer Buckingham Citizen Passes Away.
VICTIM OF CANCERS OF THE TANCIEAS
James Dinsdale's physical trouble is over. The end came at 11 a. m. Monday. He had been in poor health for years. Of late he was a victim of cancer of the pancreas, next to the stomach. He had been gradually failing for months. Mr. Dinsdale was one of the most prominent citizens of northwest Tama and a man who stood high in the community. He was a native of England, having been born October 10, 1839, in Yorkshire. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Dinsdale, who were prominent farmers northwest of Traer many years. The family went to Canada in 1845, and in 1869 they located in this vicinity, west Buckingham. In 1801 deceased married Ann Nicoll, of Norwood, Canada, the couple farmed in Buckingham until the fall of 1893, when they located in the village of Dinsdale, which had been laid out and named after the family in 1891. Up to 1893 he and his father were interested in Shorthorn cattle Breeding, and they were owners of the widely known Allendale Stock Farm, where some of the best cattle in the county could be seen.
Mr. Dinsdale's possessions increased until he owned 900 acres of rich north Tama land, which he deeded to his children eight years ago. The first wife was the mother of ten children, seven of whom are living, namely: Mrs. J. S. Breakenridge, Dinsdale; Martha, at home; John, Independence; Mrs. W. J. Clark, Mrs. Samuel Hulme, Thomas, and Mrs. Joseph Tomlinson, on farms near Dinsdale. In 1880 Mr. Dinsdale married a second wife, Elizabeth Atkinson, of Westmoreland, England. Two children followed this union, George, near Dinsdale, and Mary, wife of Peter DauSchmidt, of Buckingham. Deceased had thirty-eight grandchildren, thirty-one of whom are living, and one great grandchild. He leaves four sisters?Mrs. John Stevenson, Goldfield; Mrs. Alex Nicoll and Mrs. Robert Fothergill, Eagle Grove; Mrs. John Nicoll, Cedar Rapids. He also leaves a legion of friends and a good name.
The funeral was held at 2 p. m. yesterday. Services were conducted in the Congregational church in Dinsdale by Rev. Kennedy, a former pastor, of which church Mr. Dinsdale was a member. There was a very large assemblage of relatives and friends. Interment was in the Buckingham cemetery.
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