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- Vera Mae COON was born at Milton, Wisconsin, December
20, 1901 and entered
- into rest Sabbath day, February 28, 1920, aged 18 years,
2 months, and 8 days. She was the oldest child born to Floyd
T. and Nellie Bird COON. Besides her parents she is survived
by a younger brother.
- Vera was an affectionate daughter with a happy cheery disposition.
God shall bless
- the ministry of her life for she gave her best.
- Services of consolation were held at her parents' home Tuesday
afternoon, March 2,
- 1920, conducted by Pastor Henry N. Jordan. Burial was in
the cemetery at Milton. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
- Mrs. Rebecca COTTRELL was born at Alfred, N.Y., May
18, 1836 and died at
- Milton Junction, Wis., February 24, 1920, being eighty-three
years, nine months and six days old.
- Rebecca was the youngest child in a family of four children
born to George and Diana
- MACOMBER BURDICK.
- When she was but six years of age she came with her family
to Wisconsin and settled
- on a farm in the town of Lima. This was in the pioneer days
when the country was but thinly settled and some ten years before
the Railroad was pushed through from Milwaukee. Accustomed to
simple ways of life, as well as the hardships of those pioneer
days, she wove into her life many of those sterling qualities
which are all too rare in the life of today.
- On November 28, 1867 Miss Rebecca BURDICK was united
in marriage to
- Thomas COTTRELL by the Rev. Darwin E. MAXSON.
In this union she became the step mother of Mr. COTTRELL's
two children by a former wife, Ormanzo COTTRELL, a well
known citizen of this town for many years and Mrs. Henry CRANDALL
of Milton, both of whom are deceased; and the mother of two children,
Lorena, who became the wife of Rev. O. S. MILLS and died
April 18, 1918 and Eldon, who is left alone to mourn the death
of his mother. Mr. COTTRELL died in April 18, 1892. As
a bride she went to the farm in which she has always lived and
in which she died.
- On August 23, 1856 she was baptized and united with the Milton
Seventh Day Baptist
- church but when the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist church
was organized in 1876 she became one of the constituent members
and has remained a faithful and honored member to the time of
her death. We record with regret the passing of these sturdy
pioneers for we are reminded that it was their unconquerable
faith, their steadfastness of purpose, their sacrificing labors
that built churches, founded schools, and gave to us many other
blessings of a christian civilization for which we ought to be
grateful. Truly, other men have labored and we have entered into
their labors.
- Besides those qualities already mentioned, Mrs. COTTRELL
was a woman of
- refined tastes possessing a keen appreciation of the real
values of life. She not only believed, but acted upon that belief
that "a man's life consists not in the abundance of the
things he possesses," but in those Christian virtues that
make the life sweet, gentle and lovable. She lived the life of
prayer with the open Bible, looking unto Him who was the author
and perfector of her faith. Like Paul of old, she had fought
the good fight and kept the faith.
- The four children of which Mrs. COTTRELL was the youngest
all lived until Mrs.
- COTTRELL was past eighty and then died in order of
their ages.
- Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. Edgar
D. Van Horn, February
- 26, from her late home and the Milton Junction S.D.B. Church
and the body was laid to rest in the Milton Junction Cemetery.
Appropriate music was beautifully rendered by Mrs. Edward HULL
and Miss Marian COON. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Charles D[ensmore] BALCH was born in Madison Co.,
New York, August 18,
- 1840 and died in Milton Junction, Wis., March 11, 1920. He
was one of a family of five children born to Charles and Harriet
HINES BALCH.
- He came to Wisconsin when he was but twenty-one years of
age and two years later,
- 1863, enlisted in Co. F. of the 16th Wis. Reg. and served
his country till the close of the war. It was while he was home
on furlough that he purchased the farm on which he was living
when he died.
- On Jan. 20, 1866, he was married to Silvia BLIVEN,
who was his faithful and
- devoted wife throughout his life. To this union were born
four children, Cora May, who was the wife of Frank MILES
of this village and is deceased; William H., Mrs. Harry GREENE,
and Homer, all of Milton Junction.
- The exact date of his conversion and baptism are not known
but it was in one of the
- early revivals of Elder John HUFFMAN that he was converted.
He was baptized by Elder L. C. ROGERS and joined the Rock
River S.D.B. Church and remained a faithful and staunch supporter
of that church until it was disbanded some ten years ago.
- Mr. BALCH was one of the early settlers of the Rock
River neighborhood and
- having spent his married life there, he was well known and
highly respected. He was an industrious citizen, a good neighbor,
a faithful husband and father and a man of sound convictions
and of loyalty to truth as he conceived it. So long as the Rock
River Church was in existence he attended faithfully its services
and took an active part in all its activities. Declining health
for some time has deprived him of church privileges during his
later years but he fought the good fight and kept the faith.
- The large circle of friends and neighbors who gathered at
the funeral, showed the high
- regard in which he was held.
- Farewell services were conducted by the Rev. E. D. Van Horn,
pastor of the Milton
- Junction S.D.B. Church, assisted by the Rev. Henry N. Jordan,
pastor of the Milton S.D.B. Church. The body was laid to rest
in the Rock River Cemetery.
- He leaves, besides the widow and sons and daughter already
mentioned, eleven
- grandchildren and one great grand child. [Thursday edition,
p. 1]
- Albertus CLARKE was born in Plainfield, New York,
April 2, 1835, and died in
- Milton Junction, Wis., March 13, 1920, being eighty-four
years, eleven months and eleven days old. Had he lived nineteen
longer he would have been eighty-five. He was the fifth child
in a family of eleven children born to Alvit and Sally DAVIS
CLARKE.
- When he was but a boy attending DeRuyter Institute, New York,
he was converted
- and was baptized and joined The First Brookfield S.D.B. church
at Leonardsville, N.Y.
- At twenty years of age, he moved with his family to Wisconsin
and settled on a farm
- near Milton. About two years later he joined the Milton S.D.B.
church where he held his membership until the Milton Junction
S.D.B. church was constituted in 1875 at which time he became
one of the constituent members. Here he held his membership the
remainder of his life. He prized his fellowship with his brethren
of the church and often grieved that ill health deprived him
of its advantages and blessings. Shortly before he died, he told
how he would sit on the Sabbath morning at his kitchen window
where he could hear the church bell ring and watch the people
assembling for worship and in spirit go with them to the service.
- March 19, 1860 he was united in marriage to Miss Barbara
BARNHEART, who
- has been his faithful companion throughout life. To them
was born one child, Ella, who died in 1914. It will be noticed
that had Mr. CLARKE lived until the 19th of this month
they would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. He
leaves besides his widow, five grandchildren and other relatives
and friends to mourn his loss.
- Mr. CLARKE was an honest and industrious citizen,
interested in moral uplift of the
- community. He was faithful husband, kind, and thoughtful
in the home and provided well for those dependent upon him. A
resident of the community for the most of his long life, he had
a large circle of friends and acquaintences, who will join in
extending sympathy to the widow and family.
- Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon from his
late home by his pastor
- assisted by Rev. George W. Burdick and the Rev. H. N. Jordan,
former pastors. Music was furnished by a mixed quartet consisting
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred BURDICK, Mrs. Edward HULL
and E. M. HOLSTON. The body was laid to rest in the Milton
Cemetery in the family lot. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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