on the Arkansas River which measured 6 feet and 4 inches from beak to toes. It was reported by the Le Mars Sentinel, and went on exhibition in Le Mars. Charles A. Spring, Sr., died on January 17, 1892, at the age of 91, from complications of 'la grippe' (influenza). His obituary in the Le Mars Sentinel spoke of his many passions. He was a member of the American Sunday School Union, and labored for many years for the American Tract Society, “building school houses as places of worship in different needy localities.” Descendants Charles's eldest son, Charles A. Spring Jr., was Cyrus McCormick's most trusted adviser, and general manager of the McCormick plant for many years. His second eldest son, Winthrop, along with Winthrop's wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law, all died in the catastrophic Iroquois Theatre Fire in Chicago in 1903. His grandson, Dr. Samuel Newton Spring, was a noted forestry professor at Yale and Cornell, Dean of the New York State forestry department, and was a correspondent and friend of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His great-great-grandson, Charles A. Spring IV, was a bridge engineer for United States Steel in Pittsburgh. References 1800 births 1892 deaths People from Newburyport, Massachusetts American Presbyterians Deaths from influenza People from Rock Island, Illinois People from Le Mars, Iowa People from Manteno, Illinois Illinois Democrats Iowa Democrats