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James W. La Force

Birth	:	23 Jul 1826 Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, USA
Death	:	4 May 1914 Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Agency Cemetery, Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9916800, -92.3074000
Description	:	TRIBUTE TO OLD FRIEND I want space in the Republican to refer the boys of today to the life of the late Dr J W La Force, for his life is worthy of imitation. I first knew him when he was employed to teach a term of school in the log school house north east of Floris, about the winter of the 1848. At any rate it was the winter of the deep snow. I went to school to him wading in snow sometimes three feet deep and I had to go two miles for... Read More	TRIBUTE TO OLD FRIEND I want space in the Republican to refer the boys of today to the life of the late Dr J W La Force, for his life is worthy of imitation. I first knew him when he was employed to teach a term of school in the log school house north east of Floris, about the winter of the 1848. At any rate it was the winter of the deep snow. I went to school to him wading in snow sometimes three feet deep and I had to go two miles for it was that far from our home. That was the only school house I knew of at that time in the county. Dr La Force was there then working for money to enable him to attend a medical school. He later returned to Floris and commenced the practice of medicine, and his kindly disposition soon introduced him to the people and enabled him to get some calls for there was much more bilious and malarial troubles than now. He was very successful in his practice and soon made an enviable reputation as a physician. A man from his old neighborhood once asked me how he was liked as a physician. I said he was a fine practice, has been successful and is well liked as a physician and citizen. He replied, "Somehow I can't think he knows much, for when I think of him I can only think of the whiteheaded boy that used to drop corn for me." Self made men always have that kind of fool prejudice to contend with. Dr La Force was kind, sympathetic and generous, to administer to the sick and suffering without any assurance of pay for his services. He was energetic and industrious. He was moral, strictly temperate and was a member of the church from the time I first knew him, but in his religious life as in his professional life, he was not loud, but let his works show. While I knew him for more than sixty-five years I never saw him out of humor. He had his own views and allowed others every privilege he asked for himself. Once a neighbor had a very sick child. A local physician was called, but day after day the child grew worse. The parents became alarmed and while the father had to go ten miles for La Force, he went. When La Force arrived he asked to go for the attending physician as he felt it a duty to consult with him. Instead the other doctor sent back a very insulting message. Dr La Force only smiled and said ‘I hope I will be more successful with the case than he has been," and he was, for the patient began to recover under his treatment and recovered. When the south rebelled Dr La Force entered the army as a surgeon. After the war he engaged in farming and stock raising. He was a man of good judgement and invested in lands and stock. In these pursuits he made money rapidly and I am informed was quite wealthy. He had given up the practice of medicine for years, but always retained a good deal of knowledge on the subject. Several times he went with me last fall and winter to see a sick friend- not as a physician but as a friend, and while I had hope, and in fact all the friends had, he encouraged us with his opinion that she would get well and she did. (J M Duffield, Davis County Republican 1914) "Burlington Hawkeye", May 5, 1914: Dr. La Force of Bloomington Bloomfield, Iowa, May 4--Dr. James W. La Force was born in the state of Kentucky July 23, 1827, and died in Bloomfield, May 4, 1914, aged eighty-seven years, nine months and eleven days. The doctor came to Iowa when comparatively a young man and practiced medicine for a long while until the infirmities of age compelled him to abandon active practice, and since that time he has made his home alternately in Iowa and California, where his wife preceded him in death some months ago. For the last few months he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Richard Swinney, of this city, who cared for him during his last days. He has been feeble for some time and has been just awaiting his time to be called home. A short service will be held at the Swinney home Wednesday morning at 9:30; then the remains will be taken to Agency for burial.

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Where is James W. La Force's memorial?
James W. La Force's memorial is located at: Agency Cemetery, Agency, Wapello County, USA.
When did James W. La Force death?
James W. La Force death on 4 May 1914 in Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the James W. La Force's memorial?
Latitude: 40.9916800
Longitude: -92.3074000

Family Members:

Parent

Daniel Goodwin La Force

(1804 - 1863)

Spouse

Margaret A. Morgan La Force

(1831 - 1853)

Mary Jane Black La Force

(1832 - 1913)

Siblings

Dr George W. La Force

(1828 - 1851)

Catherine A. La Force

(1833 - 1857)

Nancy Ellen La Force Raney

(1835 - 1883)

Dr Daniel Alexander La Force

(1837 - 1912)

Sarah M. La Force

(1839 - 1858)

Children

Carrie E. La Force

(1855 - 1857)

Martha La Force Swinney

(1859 - 1925)

Jessie La Force Leonard

(1862 - 1920)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Agency Cemetery
Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9916800, -92.3074000

2. Chief Wapello Memorial Park
Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9918000, -92.2926000

3. Round Point Cemetery
Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0190000, -92.3270000

4. Hackney Grave
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9833429, -92.2640634

5. Brumsey Cemetery
Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0097386, -92.2668483

6. Cooper Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9442482, -92.3064423

7. Sterner Cemetery
Bladensburg, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0125008, -92.2497025

8. Kitterman Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0412000, -92.3430000

9. Ashland Cemetery
Ashland, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9570000, -92.2410000

10. Wapello County Care Facility Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0274420, -92.3728750

11. Bladensburg Cemetery
Bladensburg, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0456009, -92.2688980

12. Railback Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9250182, -92.2835155

13. Calvary Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0261002, -92.3897018

14. Ellsworth Cemetery
Ashland, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9500182, -92.2251806

15. McIntire Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9646988, -92.4005966

16. SIOC Cemetery
Eldon, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9190903, -92.2705612

17. Dahlonega Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0540000, -92.3700000

18. Fiedler Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9124985, -92.3131027

19. Garrison Rock Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0670000, -92.3440000

20. Ottumwa Jewish Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0362000, -92.4009000

21. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0471992, -92.3902969

22. Ottumwa Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0346985, -92.4049988

23. Eldon Cemetery
Eldon, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9296989, -92.2249985

24. Des Moines River Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9463000, -92.2042000