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From Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905)
ABRAHAM B. NEWBERRY.
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After a long and useful life, Mr. Newberry passed to his rest at his home in Des Moines township, August i. 1898, his widow surviving until 1904. He was an active and hard-working man. a good citizen and a kind neighbor, and those who knew him best, speak of him in the highest terms. He was largely engaged in stock-raising. and was very fond of fine cattle and horses. To him. it is said, his neighborhood was greatly indebted for fine strains of equine blood. He was prominent in many ways in the community in wbicli he lived, and from time to time held local offices of honor and re- -sponsibility. In politics he was a Republican, and in the more exciting times of the past was outspoken and active in his championship of what he considered the right. Living as he did not far from the border line of freedom and slavery, the political issues of the old days were forever taking on moral aspects, and he did not hesitate to meet the issue. In later days, when the passions of the Civil War had burned to ashes, he made politics a matter of men and principles, and sought for the best men to fill the positions, for which character and ability should be the main qualifications. He was a good and faithful citizen, and will long be missed from the community where his life was mainly spent.
As printed in Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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