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- Ervin Finch DAVIS, son of James and Amanda DAVIS,
was born in Shelby county,
- Ohio, June 27, 1837, and died in Milton, May 24, 1927, being
89 years, 10 months and 27 days of age. He was one of a family
of three of which two survive, Elizabeth Jane DAVIS of
Garwin, Iowa, and Rev. John T. DAVIS of Riverside, Calif.
- At the age of 24 years, he was married to Sarah LIPPINCOTT.
Two children were
- born to them, one, Mrs. Josephine McWILLIAM, survives.
Mr. DAVIS's first wife died at Garwin, Ia., in 1868, and
on June 18, 1879, he was married to Lauretta KESEE, who
survives him. Three children were born to this union: Dennis
A., Janesville; Mrs. Bertha KEPLER, Sidney, Neb.; and
Earl F., Minneapolis, Minn. Fourteen grandchildren and eighteen
great grandchildren also survive.
- Mr. DAVIS served in the Civil war and was the last
Milton member of the A. D.
- Hamilton post, G.A.R. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- O. C. GARTHWAITE and Miss Mercy GARTHWAITE
received a telegram last
- week from Danbury, Iowa, stating that Luther W[illiam] PIERCE,
oldest brother of the late Mrs. GARTHWAITE, had died early
Thursday, June 9, after an illness of about five weeks duration.
He is survived by an invalid wife, one son and two daughters.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon. His brother,
Sam PIERCE, of South Milwaukee attended.
- Mr. PIERCE was born in New York state and came to
Wisconsin with his parents
- when he was a child, and the family settled at Rock River.
He was married to Abbie OGDEN, also well known here.
He and his family moved to Iowa about forty five years ago,
but visited here four years ago at which time an OGDEN
family picnic was held at "The Mounds," a part of the
old family home. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
- Milton Clarke WHITFORD, age 61, prominent traveling
man and sportsman and
- known throughout the state, died in his home in Milton at
3 a.m. Saturday, from a stroke of paralysis, which he suffered
following a trip to the northern part of Wisconsin in company
with Mrs. WHITFORD, from which they had just returned.
- Mr. WHITFORD, son of the late Rev. and Mrs. William
C. WHITFORD, former
- president of Milton College, was born in Milton on Sept.
17, 1866. He was united in marriage to Miss [Mrs.] Myrtle BLEASDALE
in Milton Junction on June 19, 1897. One child, William O.
was born to this union on April 10, 1904.
- Surviving Mr. WHITFORD are his widow, two daughters,
Mrs. A. E. JONES by a
- former marriage of Mrs. WHITFORD, and Mrs. F. W. TANFIELD
by a former marriage of Mr. WHITFORD, and the son, W.
O. WHITFORD of Janesville. Two grandsons also survive.
- Mr. WHITFORD was a member of the I.O.O.F., the United
Commercial Travelers,
- the Iowa State Traveling Men's association and the Izaac
Walton league.
- Funeral services were held in the home in Milton at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon. Rev.
- MacLellan, Rosendale, and Prof. Edwin Shaw of Milton officiated
at the home. The Odd Fellows held the services at the grave.
The pall bearers were Frank E. BIRCH, Cedar Falls, Iowa;
Dr. F. C. BINNEWEIS, Janesville; Dr. C. E. PERRY,
and Dr. Walter SWEENEY, Milwaukee; George MONKS,
Rockford, Ill.; and Elbert MARSH, Madison. [Thursday
edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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