Landrine Tatum
Dine Tatum as he
was more
familiarly
called by
everyone who
knew him, was
born at
Marysville,
Kansas, on the
9th day of March
1859. He died at
the Bloomfield
hospital on
October 11,
1913, at 11
o'clock pm about
4 1/2 days after
undergoing an
operation for
appendicitis,
aged 54 years 7
months and 2
days. His
father's family
moved in early
days from
Marysville,
Kansas, to Floyd
County, Iowa,
where the
subject of this
sketch grew to
manhood. He was
married in
Marble Rock,
Iowa, on the 8th
day of December
1878, to Polly
A. Halstead and
came to Nebraska
in 1890 and
located for a
short time in
Cedar County. In
1891 they
removed to
Crofton,
Nebraska, which
place has been
their permanent
home until in
August 1912 they
located in
Bloomfield. Mr.
Tatum's last
sickness dated
from Saturday
evening October
4th. He was at
Verdigre with a
car load of
potatoes and was
taken sick that
evening. He was
brought home on
Sunday by Mr. E.
Alexander who
was over there
with him and was
immediately
confined to his
bed. His case
grew so much
worse that it
was decided that
an operation was
the only chance
to save his
life. Dr. Rowse
came up from
Sioux City and
the operation
was performed
about noon of
Tuesday. From
that time on he
hardly regained
consciousness
and peacefully
passed away last
Saturday night.
The deceased is
survived by his
wife, one son,
Arlie E. Tatum,
of this city and
one daughter,
Mrs. Iva Potter,
of Crofton
(adopted
daughter of
Emmaline
Halstead and
Clinton
Philbrook after
Emmaline died in
1890). He is
also survived by
an aged father,
Landrine Tatum,
of Barnard,
Kansas, and the
following
brothers and
sisters: Mrs.
Margaret Hayes,
of Crofton,
Henry C. Tatum
of Blessing,
Texas, C. A.
Tatum of
Palacios, Texas,
Orville M.
Tatum, Nancy
Tatum and
Tobitha Tatum,
of Barnard,
Kansas. The body
was taken to
Crofton on
Wednesday this
week for
interment in the
Crofton
cemetery, a
large delegation
of Bloomfield
masons and
friends
attending from
here. The
funeral services
were held fro
the
congregational
church at
Crofton at 2
o'clock pm under
the auspices of
Crofton Lodge
No. 273 A.F.&A.M.
Reverend C. H.
Moore of
Bloomfield,
conducting the
services. A
large concourse
of people
accompanied the
remains of their
brother and
friend to its
last resting
place and
witnessed the
beautiful
ceremony of
consigning his
body to the
grave. The
Monitor in
behalf of his
many warm
friends
expresses
condolence to
the bereaved
family in this
hour of their
grief and
sorrow.
CARD OF
THANKS---We
desire by this
means to express
our most sincere
thanks to the
master masons
and other
friends of
Bloomfield and
vicinity for
their great
kindness and
deeply expressed
sympathy during
the last illness
and death of our
beloved husband
and father and
to thank them
all for their
generous help
and assistance
during our sad
bereavement.
Mrs. L. Tatum,
A.E. Tatum, Mrs.
Iva Potter
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Landrine's
tombstone is in
Crofton
Cemetery, Knox
County.