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JOHN HAMILTON DARRAH
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable John Hamilton Darrah, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
John Hamilton Darrah was born on February 10, 1857, and passed away in Belmond Community Hospital on February 19, 1956, at the age of ninety-nine years. He was the eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth Darrah; was of Scotch-Irish extraction, and was one of the first white children born in Franklin County.
He married Kate Estelle Elliott in 1881. Six children were born to this union, Grace, Gladys Ethel, Robert John, Dorothy, Max Wallace, and Merle DeWitt.
He was a member of Lee Center Methodist Church.
Mr. Darrah’s principal vocation was farming.
He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives and served in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh sessions of the General Assembly.
Mr. Darrah is survived by three children, Robert John of Silverton, Oregon; Max Wallace of Des Moines, and Merle DeWitt of Dallas, Texas. Also surviving are three grandsons, two granddaughters, and four great-grandchildren.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-seventh General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable John Hamilton Darrah, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful, useful public servant, and the House, by this resolution, would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
FLOYD P. EDGINGTON, SR.,
CLARK H. MCNEAL,
WAYNE W. BALLHAGEN,
Committee.