Mr. Eston McClintock was born October 8, 1826, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and died in De Soto March 1, 1909, aged 79 years, 5 months and 24 days.

In 1853 he moved to Allamakee county, Iowa, and one year later came to Fairmont in Jasper county, where he made his home until he came to De Soto in 1902.  On February 5, 1853, he married Hulda Mitchell.  To this union were born 6 children all of whom with the mother are alive at this time. Mr. McClintock united with the Baptist Church in 1892 and remained in that communion through life.  He was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisting in Company I, 27th Iowa Volunteers,  August 15, 1862 and was honorably discharged because of disability January 17, 1863, at Jackson, Tennessee. It was from hardship and disease of soldiers' life that wrecked his health and entailed years of pain and weakness.  The last two years left him a helpless invalid at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jennie Taylor.

Fold him in his country's stars
Roll the drum and fire the volley.
What to him are all our wars,
What but death bemocking folly.

Leave him to God's watching eye
Trust him to the hand that made him.
Mortal love weeps idly by
God alone has power to aid him.

The funeral services were held in the Christian church.  Rev. A. E. Foutch of the M. E. church preached from 1 Cor. 15.26, "Fought his last enemy." Interment was made in Oakland cemetery.

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our neighbors for the kindness shown us during the death and burial of our father.

(Parenthetical info is from the loose leaf page in the Bible)

Mrs. Mary Taylor (born Mary Ellen McClintock Dec 5, 1854)
Mrs. Jennie Taylor (born unreadable Jane McClintock Apr 15, 1855 d. June 9, 1932)
Mr. Grant McClintock (born Ulysses Grant McClintock Feb 5, 1864)
Mr. J. H. McClintock (born James Hiram McClintock Feb 10, 1867)
Mrs. Minnie Hummel (born Minnie Belle McClintock Oct 17, 1868)

Additional notes:

There are some discrepancies in the age/date of birth of Eston McClintock (1826 vs. 1829)

TOPIC:  ESTON'S BIRTHDAY... IN SUPPORT OF 1826

1. The enlistment records for the Iowa 27^th have him claiming to be 37 in August of 1862, thus born 1825. (He was born on October 8).
2. The 1860 census lists him as 35, thus born 1825-1826.
3. The 1880 census lists him as 55, thus born 1825-1826.
4. The 1909 obituary lists his birthdate as 1826.

TOPIC:  ESTON'S BIRTHDAY...IN SUPPORT OF 1829

1. The loose-leaf register of births I found in the family Bible perfectly matches 1860 census ages for all family members except Eston! 
2. A loose leaf page found in a family Bible says Eston McClintock was born Oct. 8, 1829, not 1826, as the obituary says.  Going by the obit date of Eston's birth, he was somewhere over 26 years old, and Hulda, according to the loose leaf page, was born March 23, 1827, which would make her almost 26.
3. The 1870 census lists him as 47, born 1823-1824.  It seems this is a transcriber's error, and his age should be 41, not 47.
4. The 1856 census lists him as 26, thus born 1829-1830.
5. Medical exam on 10-14-1891 age  62    (My copies from 2002 trip to the National Archives.)
6. "                      "       7-12-1893 age 63     (My copies from 2002 trip to the National Archives.)
7. "                      "      12-26-1896 age 67    (My copies from 2002 trip to the National Archives.)
8. "                      "      5-5-1897 age 67     (My copies from 2002 trip to the National Archives.)
9. "                      "     10-18-1899 age 70  (My copies from 2002 trip to the National Archives.)
10. The printed obituary is calculated from 1829, but typed 1826.  Going by the October 8, 1829 date, I came up with 79 yrs from October 8, 1829 to October 8, 1908. There are another 23 days to finish up October of 1908.  November, December, January, and February are 4 months, and then 1 more day to, March 1, 1909, for a grand total of 79 years, 4 months, 24 days, if my math is correct. So, it seems that the obituary's typist was calculating from 1829, but typed 1826.  It also seems that the typist typed 5 months instead 4 months by mistake.  
11. Biography published while Eston was living says his birthdate is 1829. http://iagenweb.org/jasper/history/1901/photos/page42/
12. Tombstone says his date of birth is Oct. 8, 1829.
     

Mrs. Jennie Taylor, mentioned above, was born Alicia (Alitia, Alishea) Jane McClintock.  She was one of the daughters of Eston McClintock and Hulda Mitchell.  Jennie was born Apr. 15, 1855 in PA and died June 9, 1932.  On August 22, 1874, in Newton IA, Jennie McClintock married Robert Clinton Taylor, who was born about 1852 in Indiana.  She died June 9, 1932).  She is buried at the IOOF cemetery in Norman, OK at lot S06-R16-06.   

One of their children was Benjamin Lee Taylor, born Aug. 22, 1879 in Nebraska and died March 14, 1948 in Los Angeles, California.  On Jan. 26, 1903 in Des Moines IA, Benjamin Lee Taylor married Katherine Carter, who was born about 1883 and died about 1947.  Katherine and Benjamin Lee are both buried in Norman, OK at the IOOF cemetery (She at lot number S11-R05-36 and he at lot number S11-R05-37).  One of their children was Rex Clark Taylor, my grandfather, born July 14, 1907 in Iowa.  

(Note:  Eston McClintock's wife Hulda was born Hulda Rush.  In a Disability Pension Deposition given on Eston's behalf to the Special Examiner on January 20, 1887, William L. Rush, a 58 year old carpenter and farmer stated, “I am not related to claimant.  My sister was married to him: but they are divorced now."  Likewise Isaac Woodmansee, a 57 year old farmer stated, “I am a brother-in-law of claimant's, or rather I was.  He married my wife’s sister, but they are now divorced.”  His wife was Susan Rush.  Finally, Jackson Mitchell, 69 year old post master stated, “Am a brother-in-law to claimant.  Claimant was one of the handiest (or hardiest) men to cradle in harvest work that you could find.”  So, Hulda Rush married a Mitchell before and/or after her marriage to and divorce from Eston McClintock.)