The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-02
MRS. SARAH H. LAYTON DEAD.
DIED IN NEW YORK CITY FROM
TYPHOID MALARIA.

Her Funeral to Take Place in savan-
nnh To-mOrrow-Her Children
with Her when She Died-Her
Body to BE Laid TO Rest in Bona
venture in the Lot TO Which the
Remains of Her Late Husband
VIII Be Removed.
Mrs. Sarah II. Lawton. widow of the
late Gen. Alexander r.. Lawton, died at
the Hotel Empire in New York city yes
terday at II o'clock. A telegram announc-
ing her death was received by Mr.. T. NJ
Cunningham, Jr.. at o'clock last night.
Her children-Col A. r. Lawton, Mrs
Leonard Mackan and Mrs Henry C. Cum
ningham-were at her bedside when she
died.
Mrs. Lawton was 70 years Of age and
was a member of one of the most proml-
nent families in Georgia. She had been
in i'll health for quite while, and with
the hope of bringing about some improve
ment in her condition went north In June,
and has been there since. She went first
to Chautauqua, then to Clifton Springs
and finally to New York city. Her con-
clifton remained unehanged-that is, so far
as warranting her return to the south was
concerned. She died from typho-malarial
fever.
Mrs. Lawton was born in Washington,
Wilkes county. Her father was Adam
Leopold Alexander She was a sister of
Gen. f. P. Alexander, Of ex-Mayor ]. II.
Alexander and Felix Alexander of Au-
gusta, Mrs. Boggs of Athens, Mrs. Wal
lace Cummings of Washington, Mrs. Has
kali of Columbia, s. c., and Mrs. Hull of
Baltimore, and OF the late Mrs. Gilmer of
Savannah.
Gen. Lawton husband of the deceased,
died in July, 1896, after having celebrated
the hfueth anniversary of their marriage.
Endowed with the richest graces of char
liable womanhood, Mrs. Lawton stood as
one of the most reliable members of the
Presbyterian church. She was a staunch
advocate of charity, and. possessed that
Kindness and disposition which is not
confined within the narrow limits of ones
own self, but a character which was
broad, expansive liberal, and could reach
out and let the sunshine which lighted her
own soul, light that OF others as well.
A deyout member of the Independent
Presbyterian church. she had been a con-
slant worker in both the church and Sum-
day school for years The Lawton Me-
mortal church, now building, was her gift
as a memorial to her late husband, and
the fact that she has failed to live to
see it completed, after such incessant la
bors In it's behalf, is source of much re-
greet to her hundreds of friends.
The remains will leave New York by
the Atlantic Coast Line this morning and
will reach Savannah tomorrow morning.
1t is expected that the funeral will take
place from the family residence, at Aber-
corn and Huntington streets, tomorrow
afternoon. No definite arrangements
have been made however, and probably
will not be until all the members of the
family, who will accompany the remains
from New York, have arrived. The fun
eral will be conducted by Rev. J. Y Fair,
pastor Of the Independent Presbyterian
church, and Rev William A. Nisbet, pas
ter of the Lawton Memorial church. The
interment will be in Bonaventure ceme-
terry. Gen. Lawton was buried in Laurel
Grove cemetery. but 1t is intended to REL
move his remains to Bonaventure.