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Subject: Bio of S. T. Chruchill
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:06:26 EST

NORTHWESTERN
IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926

S. T. CHURCHILL

A representative citizen of Ida county and a member of one of its worthy old
families was Samuel T. Churchill, of Arthur, who died April 26, 1926. He
spent practically his entire life in this county and contributed his full share
to the development and prosperity of this section of the state, belonging to
that class of citizens who while advancing individual success also promote
the public welfare.

Mr. Churchill was born in Clinton county, Iowa, on th e4th of July, 1861, a
son of Enoch and Susan (Williams) Churchill, the latter of whom was a native
of New York state. Enoch Churchill was born June 10, 1830, near Bristol,
Gloucestershire, England, and died on his farm in Ida county, Iowa, March 16,
1912, in his eighty-second year. At an early age he was brought to the United
States, the family stopping first in New York state, where they remained
about five years. In 1841 they came to Iowa, where he was reared to manhood and
secured his education. In 1879 he came to Ida county, where he engaged in
farming, becoming the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and sixty-three
acres, and here spent his remaining years. On May 1, 1860, Mr. Churchill was
married to Miss Susan P. Williams, of Dewitt, Iowa, and they became the parents
of six children, namely: Samuel T., whose name appears at the head of this
sketch; Robert, of Omak, Washington; Elizabeth, the wife of G. E. Clifford, of
Arthur, Ida county; John of Des Moines, Iowa; Mary Grace, who still lives on
the home place; and Stephen, who died in infancy.

Enoch Churchill was a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted as a member
of Company C, Twenty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which
command he served until the close of the conflict. He took part in many of the
important battles and campaigns of that great struggle, including Sherman's
march from Atlanta to the sea, and was mustered out of the service at
Washington, D. C. Politically he gave his support to the republican party, while his
religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal church, the society at
Arthur having been founded by him and his wife. He was long a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic and was a public-spirited man, taking a commendable
interest in everything relating to the welfare of his community. There were
in him sterling traits which commanded uniform confidence and regard, and his
memory is today honored by all who knew him and is enshrined in the hearts of
his many friends.

Samuel T. Churchill resided on the old homestead and devoted himself to its
operation until his death. Among his fellow argiculturists he was regarded
as a man of more than ordinary capacity and business ability, his career
having been marked by sound judgment and wise discretion. His splendid character
and his industry were recognized and appreciated, and he left many friends who
mourned his passing.


Debbie Clough Gerischer

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