Last Veteran of Unionville Answers Taps
Unionville, Iowa – Thagothilus [sic] Caton who was 90 years old April 2 of this year and the last surviving Civil War veteran of Unionville died at [8]:28 a.m. today. Mr. Caton leave seven children as follows: Mrs. Millie Pollard of Moravia; [Milthel] Caton of Oshkosh, Wis.; Edward Caton of Julesburg, Colo.; Mrs. Ethel Knapp of Hot Springs, Ark.; Mrs. Ola Hopkins of Unionville, Iowa; Arthur Caton of Unionville, Iowa, and Mrs. Laura Smith with whom Mr. Caton made his home. His wife has been dead 16 years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Baptist Church in Unionville and will be officiated by the Rev. Mr. Donahue of Moravia.
– Published in The Daily Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa, Saturday, October 17, 1931
