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- Mrs. Mary L. GOODRICH, who for more than three score
years has resided in the
- vicinity of or in Milton, passed away suddenly Friday morning,
January 27, 1922.
- Mary L. HAMILTON was a daughter of Horace G. and Catherine
BURDICK
- HAMILTON. She was born in Alfred, N.Y., June 29, 1836.
She had two brothers, one of whom, Arthur D., was killed in action
in the Civil War. In his honor the local G.A.R. Post was named.
The other brother died in New York city one year ago. There were
also two sisters, Mrs. Madee FOSTER of Independence, Kan.,
and Mrs. Mattie COON, who died years ago.
- When Mrs. GOODRICH was six years old her parents came
to Wisconsin and took
- up government land three miles east of Milton. Her father
was a carpenter and built the home in Milton into which they
afterwards moved. Mr. HAMILTON was one of the builders
of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Milton.
- On Sept. 18, 1851, she was married to Joshua DAVIS.
In 1863, she passed
- through the vales of deep sorrows when her husband and two
daughters died.
- In January, 1867, she was married to Charles H. GOODRICH.
To them were born
- three children, Mrs. Cora JACKSON who was deceased
December 18, 1900, a daughter who died in childhood, and Asa
who with his family were tenderly caring for his mother who had
become almost totally blind.
- Mrs. GOODRICH was an active member of the Seventh
Day Baptist Church at
- Milton, having been baptized into the fellowship of the church
in 1851. She loved the Word of God and tried faithfully to live
its teachings in her daily life. It was a sore trial to her to
realize that approaching blindness would deprive her of many
social and religious privileges. But though the light of the
sun was denied her, yet this deprivation only revealed more clearly
the light that shone from the Sun of righteousness.
- Mrs. GOODRICH was an active member of the Women's
Relief Corps of Milton.
- Farewell services were held at her late home on Sunday afternoon,
Jan. 29, conducted
- by her pastor, Henry N. JORDAN. Mrs. J. H. BABCOCK
and Mrs. D. N. INGLIS accompanied by Miss Dorothy MAXSON
sang two songs of comfort.
- Burial was in the cemetery at Milton. [Thursday edition,
p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Mrs. Edward COON [nee Annis Rosette BURDICK]
of Milton was taken ill last
- Tuesday evening, Jan. 31 and died about 10:30. Although she
had been in poor health for some time, her death came as a great
shock to her family and the community.
- Mrs. COON was born August 3, 1853, in Lincklaen, Chenango
Co., New York.
- When she was but two years old, she came with her parents
to Wisconsin where they settled at Utica, Dane Co. Her common
school education was obtained in the Utica schools and she began
teaching school when but fifteen years of age.
- Her father, Russell G. BURDICK, being a minister and
at that time pastor of the
- Utica church baptized her and received her into the fellowship
of the Utica Seventh Day Baptist Church in her early girlhood.
- On October 14, 1871, she was united in marriage to Edward
D. COON with whom
- she lived in the happiest relationship for over fifty years.
Their Golden Wedding anniversary was observed in the parlors
of the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist Church when a large
circle of friends gathered to help celebrate that happy event.
- To this union were born two children Fay B. COON,
teacher of the Science of
- Agriculture in the public schools at Wausau, Wis., and Mrs.
George GREEN of Milton.
- Except for a short period in 1862 and 1863, seven years spent
in Parker, N. Dakota,
- and seven years at Albion, Wis., their lives were spent at
Milton and Milton Junction, where they enjoyed a large circle
of relatives and friends.
- Mrs. COON was a woman of splendid Christian character
and as a member of the
- church shared in all reforms and movements for social and
civic betterment. She was a member of the W.C.T.U. and especially
during their residence in Dakota took an active part in the temperance
and civic work of that state.
- She was a faithful wife and fond mother and has done well
her part in life's work.
- While her home going was sudden and unexpected, she was ready
and many pleasant and helpful memories will remain to bless those
she has left behind.
- Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. Edgar
D. Van Horn of Milton
- Junction assisted by the Rev. Henry N. Jordan of Milton.
Music was furnished by a mixed quartet from the Milton church
and the body was laid to rest in the Milton Junction cemetery.
[Thursday edition, p. 1]
- After a brief serious illness which culminated in pneumonia
Henry Francis
- CRANDALL died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Floyd
T. COON, early Sabbath morning, February 4, 1922.
- He was born in Milton Junction, Wis. February 25, 1847, the
only child of Amos
- Sidney and Arminda FRINK CRANDALL. His mother
died when he was nine years old. His father's family were of
sturdy New England stock, who were influential persons in the
civic, industrial and religious life in the early history of
Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut. Henry was a lineal descendant
of John CRANDALL, who emigrated to the New England colonies,
presumably about 1636. This ancestor was originally a Baptist
in his religious belief.
- But after coming to America he accepted the tenets of the
Seventh Day Baptists and
- became a member of their pioneer church at Newport, Rhode
Island. The record is that he was a prominent influential person,
as he held positions of responsibility in the church and community.
- The traits of moral, civic and religious integrity were prominent
in succeeding genera-
- tions and Henry CRANDALL became a just inheritor of
the excellent qualities of character of his ancestors. His father
and grandfather were pioneer settlers on Du Lac Prairie in southern
Wisconsin. Here, with other emigrants from New York state, they
began the formidable tasks of clearing and breaking the land
preparatory to the establishing of permanent homes.
- On March 19, 1868, Henry was married to Lucinda E. COTTRELL
of Milton
- Junction. They resided in this village for a few years until
their removal to Denison, Iowa, where Mr. CRANDALL engaged
in business. When settlers began taking up land in the Loup Valley,
Nebraska, Mr. and Mrs. CRANDALL went to North Loup where
they experienced the deprivations and hardships which were common
to those early settlers. Later on, they removed to Farina, Ill.
In March of 1900, they came to Milton where they resided till
the time of their deaths. Mrs. CRANDALL, after a long
and painful illness, died June 5, 1919.
- Seven children were born to them, two of whom died in infancy.
There are still living
- Wilmer H., Harry B., Fred A., and Mrs. Maud HURLEY
of Riverside, Cal. There are also twelve grandchildren. A half-brother,
George A. resides in Yakima, Wash.
- Mr. CRANDALL, when a young man, became an earnest
believer in Christ and
- joined the Seventh Day Baptist church at Milton. He has been
a humble, earnest supporter of the church and of every good cause.
While living at North Loup, he was the successful teacher of
a class of young men. He was ordained deacon by the church at
Farina, and faithfully and efficiently served in that position
both at Farina and at Milton.
- Mr. CRANDALL was a man in whom all who knew him had
the utmost confidence.
- His uprightness, courtesy and considerate bearing gained
for him lasting friendships. For a time he worked at carpentry
with his brother-in-law, Ormanzo COTTRELL. For twenty
years or more he was connected with the firm, now F. C. DUNN
and Company.
- Farewell services were held at the home of Floyd T. COON
and at the Seventh Day
- Baptist church on Monday afternoon, Feb. 6, conducted by
Pastor Henry N. Jordan. A Male quartet composed of Mr. Leslie
BENNETT, Prof. W. D. BURDICK, Prof. L. H. STRINGER
and Prof. A. E. WHITFORD sang three songs of hope and
consolation.
- Mr. CRANDALL was buried in the family plot in the
cemetery at Milton Junction.
- [Thursday edition, p. 1]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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