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- In Milton, Wis., May 6, 1882, of consumption,
Mr. Frederick BUTON [BUTEN],
- in the 70th year of his age. He was
born in Hancock, Berkshire Co., Mass., Dec. 8, 1812. When a
young man he settled in Alfred, N.Y., where he married Miss Mary
Ann EDWARDS, Dec. 12, 1834, with whom he lived nine years.
In March 7, 1844, he married Bathsheba EDWARDS, with
whom he lived twenty-two years. He married his third wife,
who survives him, Charlotte CRUMB, June 23, 1866. He
professed hope in Christ about 1853, and united with the Milton
Seventh-day Baptist Church, and became a constituent member of
the Milton Junction Seventh-day Baptist Church in 1875. In
his Christian character he was not demonstrative, but reliable,
firm, prompt, and liberal, and in his quiet way ever exhibited
a deep and abiding interest in the prosperity of the cause.
He was remarkable for his hospitality, and his open-handed benevolence
to the needy. His fervor of spirit rapidly developed towards
the last, and death was welcomed as a friend. He leaves, besides
his widow, three sons and a daughter, and many relatives and
friends to mourn his loss. His funeral services were, by his
request, held in the Milton Church, of which he was the master-builder
in the early history of the society. The sermon was by his
pastor from 2 Peter 3: 13. N. W. [Vol. 38, No. 16, p.
5]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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