Joseph H. CLOUGH

                   Dies in Oaklahoma
Joseph H. Clough Succumbs to Heart Failure Last Friday
Interrment at Denison
Funeral of this well Known Pioneer at Kemming Residence at Three O'Clock Tomorrow
Mr.  Joseph H. Clough for many years one of Denison's best known and most highly respected citizens,  died last Friday morning at Woodward, Oklahoma.  He had been ill but a few days with stomach trouble but on the day prior to his death he was much better and was able to sit up and be about the hotel where he was making his home.  He retired about ten o'clock and shortly after mid-night the proprietor, while passing his room noticed through the open door that Mr. Clough was lying in an uncomfortable position.  he went in to see if he could be of assistance and found the body already cold in death.
His children were immediately notified and his son Frank who resides at San Marcial, New Mexico, went at once to Woodward.  He was delayed twenty four hours by a burning bridge and it was not until this morning that he was able to reach Denison with the remains of his beloved father.
The funeral services will take place at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. C. Kemming, on tomorrow, Thursday afternoon, at three o'clock,  Rev. W. E. Bryce officiating.
Mr. Joseph H. Clough was born in New Hampshire May , 1831.  He came of a long line of Americans, his ancestors having come to this country early in the seventeenth century.  He spent his youthful days in New England and it was at Clinton, Massachusetts that he was married to Sarah Howe, the loving and beloved wife who has preceded him to the grave.  In 1867 the Clough family came to Iowa,  settling in Maquoketa.
In 1874 he came to Denison and it was here that his family was raised and that he spent the prime of his years.  In 1899 he resigned the office of County Coroner to which he had been elected and moved to Oklahoma.  He was engaged in the cattle business at Woodward.  Last spring he made a visit to Denison to see his old time friends and no one who saw him then appearing so much younger than his years,  thought that he woud pass from earth before the year had closed.
Mr.  Clough leaves three children Mr. Frank Clough of San Marcial, New Mexico, Mrs. Nettie Smith of Teloga, Oklahoma,  and Mrs. C.C. Kemming of this city.
Mr. Clough was an honest, honarable and conscientious man.  He was a contractor and builder and no man excelled him in workmanship and in an honest effort to do his best.  His disposition was of the kindliest and he had as many friends as he had acquaintances.  He was a good neighbor and an upright citizen and in every way a man beyond reproach.
We extend our heartfelt sympathy to those bereft of his love and kindness but know that they will find great comfort in the history of his well spent life.