Joseph Marshall Larimer

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    Larimer, Joseph Marshall
    Posted by: Leah McKin (IP Logged)
    Date: April 30, 2004 02:25PM
    
    Obituary from an unidentified and undated news clipping photocopy
    J. L. [sic] Larimer, Washington, Dead, Aged 75
    Retired Railroad engineer Succumbs; Funeral Service Thursday.
    Special to The Democrat.
    Washington, Ia., Oct. 12.--Joseph Marshall Larimer, 75, retired railroad engineer, resident of Washington four years, died in the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. A. Jones, at 4 a.m. Tuesday after several months illness. He had been bedfast since last December.
    He was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1862, the family moving to Jerome, Iowa seven years later. He began his career as a railroad man in 1883, in Illinois and later worked on Iowa lines. He had seen 50 years active service before his retirement.
    His marriage to Miss Esther Dodds took place June 22, 1892, and the family home was in Oskaloosa a few years. Later he moved to Peoria, Ill., where his wife died in 1926.
    Surviving are five children; Mrs. Jones, Washington; Esther B. Larimer, Anaheim, Calif,; Floyd C., Kenosha, WIs.; Mrs. J. A. Bowers, Los Angeles; and James, Peoria, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Lincoln Moore, Jerome, Iowa; and a brother, George, Dwight, Ill. He had been chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Oskaloosa, and was a member of the Masonic and Pythian orders.
    Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Jones funeral home with the Rev. Arthur Atack officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery.
    
    
    1870 United States Federal Census
    about Joseph M Larimer
    Name: Joseph M Larimer
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
    Age in 1870: 8 
    Birthplace: Pennsylvania 
    Home in 1870: Lincoln, Appanoose, Iowa
    Race: White 
    Gender: Male 
    Value of real estate: View Image
    Post Office: Jerome 
    Household Members: Name Age
    Daniel Larimer 33 
    Amanda C Larimer 27 
    James Larimer 10 
    Joseph M Larimer 8 
    John A Larimer 5 
    Mary Larimer 2 
    
    
    
    Name: Joseph Larimer
    Age in 1860: 1 
    Birth Year: abt 1859 
    Birthplace: Pennsylvania 
    Home in 1860: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania
    Race: Mulatto 
    Gender: Male 
    Post Office: Johnstown
    Value of real estate: View Image
    Household Members: Name Age
    John Larimer 57 
    Sarah Larimer 39 
    John Larimer 23 
    Murray Larimer 18 
    Augustus Larimer 15 
    James H Larimer 9 
    William Larimer 6 
    Susan Larimer 3 
    Joseph Larimer 1