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- Mrs. E. A. BABCOCK passed away at her home in Milton,
Friday, May 30, 1924,
- at the age of 53 years, 4 months, and 4 days. About the first
of last January she underwent an operation at Mercy Hospital,
Janesville, from which she seemed to recover. About a month after
her return home gall bladder trouble developed and she gradually
failed in health from that time.
- Martha [Ann] GODDARD was born January 26, 1871, at
Fort Atkinson, Iowa, and
- resided there until 18 years of age when she moved with her
parents to New Auburn, Wis. She attended school at Fort Atkinson,
Iowa, and the high school at Caledonia, Minn. She came to Milton
in 1900, and on May 19, 1902, she was united in marriage with
Edwin A. BABCOCK of Milton, at Janesville, returning to
Milton, where they have since made their home. Mrs. BABCOCK
was baptized by Rev. Lewis A. PLATTS and joined the Milton
Seventh Day Baptist church of which she was a faithful member
until her death.
- Besides her husband, Mrs. BABCOCK is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Gladys
- WEST of Madison; Doris and Lillian BABCOCK
of Milton, her mother, Mrs. CARTWRIGHT of Milton, and
a brother, Charles GODDARD of New Auburn, Wis.
- Funeral services were held from the home Monday afternoon,
June 2, 1924, at 2:30,
- and were in charge of Rev. Edwin Shaw. Burial was made in
the Milton Cemetery. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
- Dr. L[uther] L[aFayette] BOND, one of the best known
and oldest practitioners in
- Crawford county, Iowa, passed away at his home in Denison,
Iowa, Tuesday afternoon, May 27, 1924, after an illness covering
a period of more than two years.
- Dr. Luther L. BOND was born in Harrison county, West
Virginia, August 14, 1841,
- his parents being Richard C. and Eliza A. (GRANT)
BOND. When he was five years of age he accompanied his
parents west to Rock county, Wis., and settled at Lima. His father
was a Seventh Day Baptist minister. The family took up a homestead
near Lima where they lived for a number of years, moving from
there to Milton Junction. Mrs. BOND passed away in1896
in her 76th year and Mr. BOND answered the final summons
in January, 1910, at the age of 97 years.
- Dr. BOND obtained his early education in the district
schools and subsequently
- attended Milton College. At the outbreak of the war in 1861,
he endeavored to enter the Union army, but was rejected because
he was a minor and did not have the consent of his parents. In
September, 1861, he enlisted with a number of students of Milton
College, joining Co. K., 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and
rendezvoused at Janesville, Wis. With that command he remained
three months, holding the rank of sergeant. His was the first
brigade of the fourth division of the 20th army corps, Army of
the Cumberland, ... [Thursday edition, p. 1; continued on
p. 8]
- Ellen Augusta SAUNDERS was the daughter of Truman
and Phoebe WILCOX
- SAUNDERS, born at Berlin, N.Y., August 17, 1845, and
dying in her seventy-ninth year at her home in Milton, Wis.,
June 1, 1924.
- Her early childhood was at West Hallock, Peoria county, Illinois,
and it was there she
- was baptised by Rev. Nathan Wardner and became a member of
the Southampton Seventh Day Baptist church.
- While a student at Milton Academy, where she graduated in
the class of 1867, she met
- Albert R. CRANDALL to whom she was married Feb. 16,
1874. After her graduation from the Academy she was for a time
a student in the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston,
Mass.
- She was the only daughter and the oldest of six children,
the brothers being Truman
- Wilcox, Edward Bates, Charles Rogers, John Barber and Haldane
Cochrane, all of who have passed on before her.
- Her husband who survives her is Professor Emeritis of Natural
History and Physiology
- in Milton College. Her brother, Edward, was known throughout
the Seventh Day Baptist churches as "Missionary Secretary
E. B. SAUNDERS."
- There are three children, Miss Alberta CRANDALL, the
principal of the School of
- Music of Milton College; Ellen the wife of Mark H. PLACE
of Milwaukee, Wis; and W. Truman CRANDALL, one of the
professors in the Agricultural College of Cornell University
at Ithaca, N.Y.
- Farewell services were held at her home in Milton on June
3, 1924, and burial was
- made in the Milton cemetery. She, with the other members
of her family were members of the Seventh Day Baptist church,
to which she gave her unselfish, consistent service. She was
greatly honored and loved by all who knew her, and her loss will
be sorely felt in many circles of her acquaintance. [Thursday
edition]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Perry Clinton MAXSON passed away at his home in Fulton
township June 12, 1924.
- Deceased was born Jan. 26, 1854, in Waterford, Conn., and
was the son of Peleg H. and Lydia (ROGERS) MAXSON.
When a boy he moved with his parents from New York state, settling
first in Walworth county, where he remained one summer, thence
to Rock county, where he has since made his home. He received
his early education in the public schools of this county. He
has done his share toward making Rock county one of the richest
agricultural districts of the state. He was not one to shirk
responsibilities and held offices of trust which his friends
placed upon him.
- On January 17, 1906, Mr. MAXSON was married to Miss
Lora DODGE of Fort
- Atkinson, who remains to mourn his going.
- He has been a sufferer for years but his closest friends
never heard him complain, and
- he was ready to go and felt that his parents were waiting
for him.
- Funeral services were held at the home June 14, the Rev.
Erlo E. Sutton of Milton
- Junction, officiating. The remains were laid to rest by the
side of the parents and brother in the Milton Junction cemetery.
[Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Miss Lucy E. VINCENT passed away at her home in Milton,
Tuesday evening, June
- 24, 1924, at 9 o'clock, after an illness of about a month's
duration. She was 72 years, 4 months and 13 days of age.
- Lucy Ethel VINCENT, daughter of Jane and James VINCENT,
was born on a farm
- in Milton Township, February 13, 1852. She was one of a family
of seven children, and the last member of her family to pass
away. She spent her early childhood and grew to womanhood on
the farm on which she was born, moving from there to Milton village
about 30 years ago where she has since made her home. Miss VINCENT
has been a member of the Milton Methodist Episcopal church since
a child and has always been active in all forms of church work.
She was a woman of strong religious convictions and always kept
her faith and trust in God. She was a great lover of her home
and family and no sacrifice was too great for her, if by it her
family might be made a little more comfortable and happy.
- She was a sister of the late James VINCENT who passed
away last November. Miss
- VINCENT is survived by three nieces, who have made
their home with her for many years, and who feel their loss keenly.
They are, Miss Agnes VINCENT, Miss Alice VINCENT
and Miss Mary VINCENT.
- Funeral services will be held from the home Friday afternoon,
June 27, at 2:30. The
- services will be conducted by Rev. S. A. Sheard, assisted
by the Rev. M. A. Drew of Genoa City. Burial will be made in
the Milton cemetery. It has been asked that flowers be omitted.
[Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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