Dubuque County IA Archives Obituaries.....Karrick, Michael G October 12, 1872
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Dubuque Herald, 15 October 1872
From the Dubuque Herald, 15 October 1872: Death of M.G. Karrick— "Michael G. Karrick
died at West 
Dubuque, Sunday evening last, in the midst of his family and friends, a little
upwards of forty-five 
years old. His funeral occurred yesterday afternoon, and his remains were interred
in Linwood. His 
youth was associated with the earlier history of Dubuque and the adjacent country;
he was born on the 
Illinois side of the river, a few miles inland, when the country was a howling
wilderness and scarcely a 
white man was to be found in it. Brought up to pioneer life, when he had attained
his maturity he 
crossed the plains to California, nearly twenty years ago, and after passing through
the varied 
vicessetudes of life in that then wild and lawless country for several years,
returned to Dubuque; a 
number of years ago he went to Rodney, Miss., where he remained until last summer,
his health 
became impaired, and he decided to return to Dubuque toward the close of September;
his wife went to 
meet him there and accompanied him to our cooler clime in the hope that he would be
benefitted by it. 
The change did not bring healing to his wasted health, however, and he was borne
away on the time of 
eternity. He leaves a wife and six children, the eldest of whom is a son 10 years
old." 


Additional Comments:
We know this last statement is incorrect as the eldest was Amanda who was 17 at the
time. 

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