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- Lucius H[enry] GARTHWAITE, one of the old residents
of Milton township, was
- born at Scott, Courtland County, N.Y., December 30, 1838
[1833], and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elmer L. BARNES
in Milton, Friday morning, January 26, 1923.
- His parents were Henry and Mercy CRANDALL GARTHWAITE.
To them were
- born eight children of whom three are living - Orson C.,
of Milton Junction, Mrs. Fairy ASHLEY of Milton Township
and Mrs. D. J. SAUNDERS of Garwin, Ia. Those of his
brothers and sisters who are deceased are Oliver C., Lorenzo
H., Esther (mother of C. M. GARTHWAITE) and Emogene.
- In the spring of 1852 the family emigrated from New York
state to Rock county and
- settled in Milton township. Lucius has since lived in the
vicinity of this early settlement.
- On December 13, 1856, he was married to Miss Hannah S. JENKINS
of New
- Market, N.J. Seven children were born into this home, Henry
Samuel, of Madison, William J., of Ft. Atkinson, Fred (deceased),
Nettie A. (Mrs. Wm. TANNER), of Edgerton. Charlotte F.
(deceased), Mrs. Clara BARNES of Milton and Mrs. Hettie
HURD, of Detroit.
- Mr. GARTHWAITE has resided at Rock River, Milton Junction,
and since June 12,
- 1905, with his daughter in Milton. His wife died April
26, 1904.
- Although enfeebled by the infirmities of old age he did not
take to his bed until one
- week before his death. He is survived by five children,
twelve grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, one brother
and two sisters.
- Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home of
his daughter in Milton,
- Pastor Henry N. Jordan officiating.
- Burial was in the cemetery at Milton Junction. [Thursday
edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Stiles Russell LANPHERE, who has resided in Milton
for the past fifteen years, died
- suddenly on Sunday morning, February 11, 1923. He was one
of the two sons born to George W. and Frances MASON LANPHERE
and was born May 20, 1872, on Bells Run, near Ceres, Pa. The
other son is Martina M., of Milton.
- In 1875, when Stiles was three years old, the family came
to Milton Wisconsin, and
- settled on a farm southeast of this village. In September,
1887, they removed to South Dakota territory and located on government
land in the southeastern part, at Smythe, near Flandreau. Because
of protracted droughts and continued crop failures many of the
families located in the colony were forced to relinquish their
claims and remove to other localities.
- In 1898 Stiles and his wife located at North Loup, Neb.
Then they removed to
- Gentry, Ark., where they lived until August, 1907, when they
established their home in Milton.
- While living at Smythe, Stiles was married to Miss Maude
Sylvia MAXSON on
- December 16, 1893, by Rev. Darius K. DAVIS, then pastor
of the Pleasant Grove Seventh Day Baptist church. Three children
were born to them, Vira Estell (Mrs. Harry JOHNSON) of
Webster Groves, Mo., Beulah Lucile and Milo Maxson, of Milton.
- In his boyhood days Stiles became a professor of Christian
principles and was
- baptized by the Rev. Elston M. DUNN into the fellowship
of the Seventh Day Baptist church of Milton. He has always
actively supported the interests of the christian church. Especially
was this true in the interests of the Pleasant Grove church whose
building was located on a corner of his father's farm. In every
one of the four churches of which he has at one time been in
fellowship he has been the successful leader and teacher of a
class of boys. He was superintendent of the Sabbath school
at Pleasant Grove.
- In his every day life he was quiet and undemonstrative.
He held true to principle and
- was loyal to his convictions. He made friends among young
and old of the community and held their confidences and friendship.
This was especially true in the case of the pupils of the graded
school where he was janitor. Kindness and affection was the
law of his life in his home. Filial devotion characterized
his attitude toward his aged father and mother.
- He was a member of the local lodge of the Odd Fellows and
of the Modern Woodmen.
- He was also a member of the Milton Band.
- He is survived by his wife, children, one grandchild, Stiles
Douglas JOHNSON, his
- parents, and brother and a host of friends who sincerely
lament the decease of this loyal friend and neighbor.
- Pastor Jordan and Dr. Edwin Shaw conducted the services which
were held at his late
- home on Tuesday afternoon, February 13. Strength and comfort
were given to the sorrowing ones by the singing of three songs
by a male quartet composed of Rev. E. M. HOLSTON, Julius
NELSON, and Professors L. H. STRINGER and A. E.
WHITFORD.
- Interment was in the village cemetery at Milton. [Thursday
edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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