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Show Veteran, Age 95, Passes at Cphroirn Major T. D. Doke, veteran of the Civil war, who celebrated his ninety-fifth ninety-fifth birthday May 26th, at the home of his son, O. C. Doke, at Ephraim, died Sunday night following a heart attack. Major Doke had been a resident resi-dent of Ephraim for two years, having hav-ing come here from Bloomficld, Iowa. The Major has always been interested inter-ested in fine horses, and expressed a desire to go horse back riding on his ninety-fifth birthday. Major Doke was born May 26, 1835, in Ohio. He moved with his parents to Indiana, where he grew to manhood and at the outbreak of the Civil war enlisted as a private in company B, 44th Indiana Infantry. He served four years and three months, rising to the rank of major. After being mustered out of the army at Ft. Wayne he returned re-turned to his home in Piercston, and was married to Elizabeth M. Kuffell. Soon after he outfitted a wagon train and started west. On reaching southern south-ern Iowa he found a thinly settled country, with no railroads, so he conducted con-ducted stage lines until the railroads were built. He had many deals with the "Mormons," selling them provisions provis-ions and live stock on their way across Iowa. Major Doke has seen the U. S. involved in-volved in four wars. He was too young to serve in the war with Mexico, but volunteered his services in the other three. He was acquainted with Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln and voted for him twice. He has always been a staunch Republican Repub-lican and took a great pleasure in going go-ing to Washington, D. C, to see each president inaugurated. He always attended at-tended the G. A. R. meets and his regiment's encampment, no matter in what part of the United States it was held. Major Doke served five years as sergeant-at-arms for the Iowa state senate and was chief marshal at the Iowa State Fair for nineteen years. Major Doke frequently visited Gunnison Gun-nison and through his wonderful personality per-sonality and friendly ways he gained a wide friendship and his new acquain- j tances will be grieved to learn of his sudden death. Accompanied by his son, O. C. Doke, the body was taken to Bloomfield, Iowa, Tuesday, where interment will be held. |