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BICKNELL, Marel S. (1842-1921)

BICKNELL, NORRIS, MCGARRY, DALTON, SETTELL

Posted By: Kathy Weaver (email)
Date: 5/2/2018 at 14:02:04

Mills County Tribune
Glenwood, Iowa
Thursday, April 7, 1921

M.S. Bicknell - - Marel S. Bicknell, the son of Marel and Sarah Bicknell, was born in Rush county, Ind., in 1842. He grew to young manhood on his father’s estate. He and two brothers, James and Willis, served in the Union army. Mr. Bicknell was a member of Company I, 13th Indiana regiment. At the close of the war he was mustered out and returned to his work on the farm.

On May 26, 1872, he was united in marriage to Miss Matilda C. Norris of Indiana. They resided in that state for two years, when he and his brother Willis and family came west. He settled on a farm southwest of Tabor, where he continued to live until the spring of 1915, when he and his wife moved to Tabor. They lived in Tabor until the time of his death, April 3, 1921.

Mr. Bicknell was a quiet, unassuming, Christian man. He was always ready to help friends and neighbors who were in need. His motto in life was “Live and let live.” He suffered a great deal the last two years of his life and often expressed his desire to go to the great beyond, where suffering is no more. Uncomplaining and with fortitude he bore his sufferings.

Six children blessed this home: Lewis Harvey, who died in infancy; Mrs. Tom McGarry, Glenwood; Mrs. Sam Dalton, Jr., Tabor; Fred C. Bicknell, Tabor; Mrs. Bert Settell, Thurman, and Thomas E. Bicknell, Thurman. These with the wife and mother, a brother, Willis Bicknell (who was present at the serves) and six grandchildren, mourn his death.

It was forty-seven years ago that Mr. Bicknell came to southwestern Iowa. While this was not as early as the earliest of the pioneers, he shared in the hardships, trials and difficulties experienced by the early settlers. The present generation is deeply indebted to the sturdy plainsman of that earlier history.

In the death of Mr. Bicknell this community loses a worthy citizen who served his country in the crucial days of the Civil war and who served this state in preparing the wilderness and the prairies for the present civilization.

Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Peter Jacobs, pastor of the Methodist church at Randolph. Three hymns were sung by a quartet. Interment in the Tabor cemetery.


 

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