Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-04
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After resting one day they concluded
to get married, and accordingly Rev.
G%ravengaard was called and spoke the
pleasant marriage ceremony. Well
bet our interest in a goose pasture
that this couple will prosper.
Mrs. Mary Slater, of Oakfeld, died
on Saturday night, February 27, 1897,
aged seventy-nine years, two months
and twenty-three days. Mrs. Slater
was born in Ross county, Ohio, on
December 4, 1878, and was married to
James Slater, who survives her, on
October 20, 1886. Her disease was
caused by lagrippe and complications.
There have been eleven children
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Slater of whom
nine survive the mother. Five are
living in this State, one in Kansas,
one in Missouri, one in Dakota and
one in Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slater came to Cedar
county, Iowa, in 1874 before Iowa had
assumed Statehood. They remained
there until 1881 when they moved to
Guthrie county where they remained
twelve years, thence coming to Oak
field, the present home. The welded
life of this couple has been over sixty
two years, long beyond that allotted
to most mortals, yet however long,
death enters and the family ties are
broken. Two, only, of the children
were present. Mrs. Danner and VIM.
Slater. A short service was held ut
the home on Monday, March LIST. The
service was necessarily brief, as Mr..
Slater is dangerously ill, also the two
children. Mr.. Slater is over eighty
six years of age, and the grippe and
heart failure is enteebling his system.
On the evening following the funeral
Mrs. David Zeither-eldest daughter
and husband, from Ida Grove, arrived
and are now with the father and his
children. B,
Mr.. EDITOR. In last weeks Jour-
nal appeared a short obituary notice
of Mr.. Young, of Brayton, and know
ing the friends desired a more extend
ed statement l send the following:
Asa Brown Young was born on
December 22, 1874, near Joliet, Will
county, Illinois, and was married to
Miss Julia Ann Liusberger, of Will
county, Illinois, on January IS, 1866.
He died at Brayton, Iowa, on Febru-
airy "a, 1897, of la grippe and COM
plications. To them were born four
children, three now living, who were
present when he ,died: Isaac l.. Young
and Mrs. Eta Brewer, of South
Omaha, and Elmer H. Young, OF
Brayton.
The greater part of Mr.. Yonng's
married life was spent at Oxford,
johnson county, Iowa. The last ols
and one-half years he lived at Braytor
where he bought grain for Counsel
man & Company.
This brief sketch closes the life of a
good and true man, M whom the
world was made better by his living
in it. No mar ever made more friends
in SO short q time than did Mr.. Young
and his estimable family during theiI
residence in Brayton. The whole
community mourn his loss. He was
a kind friend to children, and they
loved him dearly as was we'll attested
by their sorrow at the funeral. The
respect and confidence he had among
men was clearly shown when his
political party placed him in nomi-
nation for office and though his party
was in the minority, yet he received
more votes than any man running for
the same Office.
The funeral services were held a,
the Baptist church, in Brayton, OF
Friday, February 26, 1897, conducted
by Mr.. Nels Sorensen, assisted by w.
H. BrinEerhoff. The remains were
taken to Joliet, Illinois, for inter.
ment where he was buried on Sunday
b.
Last Sunday morning as another
beautiful Sabbath day was being ush.
cred in Mrs. l.. j. Hilton, who ha.
been SO ill at the home of her sister,
Mrs. /. H. jenkins, in Brayton, died
and the death angel bore her spirit to
the great beyond to dwell with the
sanity dead. The good lady has beef
a great sufferer for many months vel
with rare fortitude she awaited the
summons to come home. She wa
ever a kind and indulgent mother and
though strongly attached to her child.
rem yet she expressed a perfect resig.
nation to the Masters will and pa.
tiently awaited the end, and at five
o'clock she sank into a dreamless sleel
and the relatives gathered about hel
couch saw no change except that she
gradually lost hold Of life and drifted
OFT into the great unknown. Through
our long acquaintance with this lady
extending over more than twenty
years, we eve knew anyone who
had such q beautiful and kindly dis
position as did Mrs. Hilton.
Mrs. L. j.. Hilton was born in
Limrick, Ireland, in the year 1912.
When six years old she, with hel
parents, came to America, settling il
Massachusetts,. After three years
they moved to Dane county, Wiscon-
sin, where she lived until her marriage
to l.. j. Hilton. Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton
went to Colorado where they lived
for several years, then moving to
Extra, Iowa. They lived here about
two years, returning to Colorado
where she remained until April last
when she, with her youngest daught-
er, came to the home of her sister,
Mrs. l. Ii. jenkins, in Brayton. Mrs.