LEVI C. MCMULLEN

LEVI C. SON OF ARCHIBALD AND SUSAN MCMULLEN, WAS BORN IN CASHOCTON COUNTY OHIO, AUGUST 26, 1857 AND DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS PARENTS IN KELLERTON, IA. FEBRUARY 14, 1900. THE REMAINS WERE LAID TO REST IN THE BLACKMORE CEMETERY. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO IOWA WHEN BUT A SMALL BOY. LEVI HAS ALWAYS LIVED AT HOME LOOKING AFTER THE INTERESTS OF HIS AGED PARENTS.  HE WAS A DUTIFUL SON AND WAS RESPECTED AS AN INDUSTRIOUS UPRIGHT MAN BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. MANY YEARS AGO HE MADE A PROFESSION OF RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE SEVERAL MILES NORTH OF KELLERTON. THOUGH HE NEVER IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH ANY CHURCH IN MEMBERSHIP, HE NEVER THE LESS OFTEN SPOKE IN PUBLIC RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS. THOSE WHO KNEW HIM LONGEST AND BEST EXPRESS  THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS OF MORAL CHARACTER. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS PARENTS AND FIRENDS. THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED FROM THE M.E. CHURCH IN KELLERTON, FEBRUARY 16 BY REV. C. KNOLL ASSISTED BY ELDER J. D. FORSYTHE