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Henry Porter Frazey, son of Samuel and Frances Frazey, was born near
Cherrey Grove, Bedford,[sic] Co., Pennsylvania, Feb. 20th, 1842, where he
grew to manhood on his father's farm, and died March 23, 1915, at his
home in Cantril, Iowa. At the age of 20 years, on the 8th day of Sept.,
1861, he enlisited [sic] in the Union Army in Co. A, Eleventh Penn.,
volunteers, for a period of three years. On Jan. 1, 1864, he reinlisted
[sic] at Cedar Mountain,Va., under Capt. James Noble. Feb. 6th, 1865, he
was wounded and carried tothe hospital where he lay for several weeks,
returning to the field as soon as he was able. He fought in some of the
hottest engagements of the war, suchas the second battle of Bull Run and
the battle of Gettysburg, being honorably discharged at Harrisburg,
Penn., on July 8th, 1865. After the war he came to Scotland, [sic] Co.
Mo., and settled on a farm near Upton where he resideduntil July 3,
1913, when he moved to Cantril, Iowa, where he has since lived.When a
young man he united with the Lutheran church and remained in that faith
until the year 1883 when he joined the Methodist church at Upton, Ia. May
28, 1874 he was united in marriage to Nancy Elizabeth Cretcher. To this
union 7 children were born (six sons and one daughter). Four of the sons
preceded him to the spirit land. He leaves to mourn his death an aged
wife, two sonsand one daughter: Fred W. of Arbela, Mo., Gertrude Short
and Charles L. of near Cantril, six grandchildren besides a host of
neighbors and friends. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church,
March [can't read], at 2 p. m., conducted by Rev. W. I. N. Densmore.
Interment in the Maple Grove cemetery. Members of G. A. R. [can't read]
acting as pall bearers were M. [I. or T.] Burkett, Keosauqua; T. B.
Smith, Mt. Sterling; J. R. Armstrong, B. R. Grinstead, A. Carns, Geo.
Boyd, S. H. Bennett and J. H. DeFord of Cantril.
(Photocopy ofthis obit is located on page 15 of Obit Book A found in the
Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua
Public Library in October 1999. Name and date of newspaper not given.)
Goetz
Krueger
