REV. RICHARD S. ISAAC, LIME SPRINGS, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA.
Born at Llwyn-y-Ci near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales. His early days were spent at Gwyddelwern, working in his father’s blacksmith shop. When he was sixteen years old his father died and he carried on the work alone.December 4th, 1840, he married Miss Elizabeth Roberts, of Tynant Gwyddelwern, a most estimable young woman.
In the summer of 1842 they emigrated to America, settling at Trenton, Oneida county, N. Y., where he worked at his trade about two years. He then removed to Utica where he continued at the blacksmith trade for ten years.
At Utica, about 1852, he began to preach at the C. M. churches. In 1854 he removed to Bryn Mawr, where he remaimed until April, 1857, when he went to take charge of the churches at Collinsville, Constableville and Tug Hill, Lewis county, N. Y. He was ordained at the C. M. Synod which met at Utica, in 1858. The next spring he removed to South Trenton, N. Y., but after nine years he returned again to his old pastorate with the churches in Lewis county. In March, 1874 he accepted a call to the church of Foreston, Iowa, where he continued until his death which occurred February 7th, 1892.
He was possessed of an excellent memory and strong- reasoning faculties which fitted him specially for doctrinal preaching. While not great as a popular preacher his sincerity and faithfulness as a pastor and his g'odly walk and conversation as a man gave him great power and efficiency with young and old.
Hanes Cymry Minnesota, Foreston a Lime Springs, Iowa.
REV. RICHARD S. ISAAC, LIME SPRINGS, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA.
Rev. Richard Isaac died Saturday at his home in Lime Springs, Iowa. On the evening of the same day his wife also died, and the funeral services of both will be held Wednesday.Mr. and Mrs. Isaac had many friends in Lewis County, to whom the annoucement of their death will be a great surprise and affliction. Mr. Isaac was formerly pastor of the Welsh Church at Collinsville and accompanied by his wife paid Lewis County a visit last season. Mrs. Isaac was a sister of Hon. Hugh Hughes of Turin.
The remains of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac will be interred at Lime Spring.