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| Name | Rev. Datus Dewitt Proper |
| Photographer | F. LaRoche |
| Highest Rank | 2nd Sergeant |
| Unit | Co. I, 19th Iowa Infantry |
| Born | January 31, 1844 |
| Place Born | Van Buren County, IA |
| Died | March 2, 1922 |
| Place Died | New York City |
| Buried | Vale Cemetery, IA |
| Service Record | Residence Bonaparte, IA; 18 years old, born Iowa; enlisted on 8/14/1862 as a Corporal; on 8/21/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. IA 19th Infantry; wounded 12/7/1862 Prairie Grove, AR (wounded slightly); promoted to 2nd Sergeant 3/1/1863; POW 9/29/1863 Atchafalaya, LA; Mustered Out on 7/10/1865 at Mobile, AL |
| Obit/Notes | --Des Moines Tribune March 8, 1922 (posted by Gloria Jean Dodds on Iowa GenWeb Project)
The funeral of Rev. Datus D. Proper was held at Harrisburg church on Wednesday afternoon. March 8, with interment beside his wife in the Vale cemetery.
Rev. Proper died quite suddenly at the home of Rev. J. S. Stump in New York City early Thursday morning, March 2. Proper had an attack of influenza, but was not considered seriously ill. Members of the family heard him moving about his room about 4:30 o'clock Thursday morning. When he was called for breakfast there was no response and he was found lying on his back across the bed with his arms folded across his chest, it being evidence that he had passed away soon after they had heard him.
Rev. Stump accompanied his remains here, arriving Thursday morning. Funeral services were held at one o'clock. Prayer by the pastor Rev. J. S. Coppoc. An historical sketch was read by Rev. Stump. Rev. G. P. Mitchell of Des Moines Baptist Missionary Secretary of Iowa gave a sketch of the work which the deceased had done in Iowa. Rev. A. A. DeLarme, pastor of the First Baptist church of Omaha, Neb. of which Rev Proper was a member, gave a splendid eulogy of the deceased as he had known him. Mr. Pillsbury of Omaha was also present. Buried at Vale Cemetery beside wife Amanda E. Dodds Proper. |
| Subjects (TGM) | Proper, Datus Dewitt, 1844-1922--Portrait photographs
Grand Army of the Republic. Stevens Post No. 1--People--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
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| Digital Collection | Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
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| Order Number | GAR070 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission, contact the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room in The Seattle Public Library at (206) 386-4633 or send email to sea@spl.org. |
| Photograph Number | 19.1 |
| Repository | Seattle Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room, Local History Collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as 400 ppi TIFF on a Microtek 9800 scanner; derivatives created using Adobe Photoshop (600 pixels wide) and saved as a JPG file using Photoshop's image quality "8". Scanning performed in 1/2007. |
| Studio Location | Seattle, WA |
| Original Creator | Laroche, Frank |
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