Image by jajacks62 2010-06-28 17:26:08 Company G, 9th Illinois Cavalry Valley Falls New Era October, 19, 1911, Pg. 1, Vol. 43, No. 45 Death of H. M. Doolittle. Henry Miles Doolittle was born in North East Pennsylvania, February 19, 1844; and died at Valley Falls, Kansas, October 13, 1911, aged 67 years, 7 months and 24 days. The cause of his death was from dropsy with which unconquerable disease he had suffered for a year and a half. With his brother Fred, Henry Doolittle, came from Iowa to Kansas in 1880, locating in Valley Falls and engaging in the hardware business. In a short time his brother retired and returned to Iowa. For twenty-five years the name of Doolittle & Co. was prominent in the business history of Valley Falls. In 1905 he sold out and retired from active business, investing part of his earnings in several quarter sections of western land. In 1881 Henry M. Doolittle was married in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Mrs. Missouri Bowling, and they immediately located in their new home at Valley Falls. Their cozy home and well-kept grounds attracted all passers-by. He is survived by his faithful companion of thirty years and one son, by a former marriage, Frank Doolittle of Oglesby, Illinois. Mr. Doolittle's father, who resided many years at Cedar Rapids Iowa, where Henry grew to manhood, was a Presbyterian minister and the son was baptized in infancy, and in early life made public confession of faith. During the thirty years of his life here Mr. Doolittle was a regular attendant and earnest worker in the Congressional church, although he never became a communicant. He loved the church and gave much of time and money to its upbuilding. In the last four weeks he expressed his faith in Christ as his personal Savior and his willingness to meet Him face to face. His was a strong personality with unusual determination and persistence of will power. Abiding the objection of his parents to enlist in the civil war he waited until he became of age and could do so legally-- he was 21 on Sunday, and on Monday he was a soldier enroute for the front, where he served with galliant distinction until the close of the war. He was a member of Co. G, 9th Illinois regiment. He gave close and personal attention tyo his business and was very successful as a merchant, and as a citizen of Valley Falls he always took an active part in every public enterprise and movemoent for the good of the town and community. He was a member of the A. O. U. W. for 28 years. The funeral was held from the home Monday afternoon, Rev. Festus Foster of the Congressional Church officiating at the services in the presence of many friends. The remains were escorted to Rose Hill cemetery by both the A. O. U. W. and the
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