Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-29
MEMORIAL SERVICES
 AT METHODIST CHURCH
HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN METHODIST CHURCH IN MEM ORY OF CARLTON c. DENIS TON.

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 Douglas. Ariz., Aug. 2S.-(Special)-
 Memorial services were held yester- day afternoon in the Methodist church in memory of c. C. Deniston, the late pastor of the church. Rev. I. L. Oakes l presided. and read an obituary pre- pared by Mir. Deniston's mother. Rev. ! S. W. Jackson of the Christian church | read several passages from the Bible and engaged in prayer Rev. T. F. | McCourtney of the Baptist church and Rev. George Logic of the Presbyterian church. both of whom were acquainted with Mir Deniston. paid high tribute to the memory of the deceased, wno was so earnest iG his work, so uncom- plaining in his sickness and so thought ml of others. The following is the obituary notice | prepared by his mother and read by | Rev l. L. Oakes
 | The Rev Carlton Clinton Deniston second son of John C. and Mary F. | DenistOn. was born in CadiZ. Green lcounty. Wisconsin. August 5. 1874. i Departei this life at the home of his parents near MOzOmanie, Dane county Wisconsin. June l9, 1905. He was a member of the Wisconsin conference of the M. E. church, holding the rank
 of acting elder.
 1 He was a Christian from childhood, having united with the Methodist church at the age of fifteen at Milford, ' Neb. where the family was then living. He was licensed to preach at Stafford, Kan. in 1894. when not quite twenty wears of age. and began at once to preach the gospel actively. His ap- pointments in the work of the MetLo dist ministry were as follows: Attica. | Kan. Burdette. Kan, Douglas, Kan; Oxford. la: Dane. Wis; Riceville, Ia; Vernons. Wis. StOningtOn. Wis, and Douglas. AriZ He dearly loved his | calling and from the first gave promise of great usefulness, showing much abfl;-v in evangelistic wOrK. He lDreached a various places while at
 tending college in Kansas and Iowa; lnot only during the vacations, but sup I.lied sJua charge on circuit most CT the time while in college, prachlnS leach Sunday from one to three times.
 He attended Baker university and other colleges in Kansas. and finally
 graduated from Cornell college, Mount
 Vernon. Ia. in 1899 two of his brothers taking the same Gegree-Bachelor oi lArts-the same day, all three having - begun preaching in Kansas.
 The three afJarWard took pO=CSrad iuate wors i- the Wisconsin State Unl
 versity at Madison. preaching at points J lnaar by at the same time. At this ', time Carton was preaching at Prairie
 in Sac and Lodi. near Madison. Later
 he gave his entire time and strength tc = Ithe ministry. and proved very success Y ful as a minister of the gospel he , held numerous reyivals and saw many ' DeoDle give themselves to Gods scrv 1 ice. Whatever he did was done with great earnestness, and he was gencr
 ous to such a degree that he responded , ] to many calls for assistance outside G
 his own field of labor and oyertaSC7 ; his strength when apparently in go1C '' health. Friends warned him to Do more careful, but it seemed impos5iSi' !, for him to spare himself.
 In August 1902, while pastor O. th' e church in StaugbtOn, Wis, he wal
 lsuddenly stricken down with herOrT 1 Ihages of the lungs. As soon as he wa IA able he went, in company with il , brother c. w. to Southern California early in October. where he had rela . ltives. who were all glad tO give al y assistance possible. The brother dit - not stay long with him.
 - He gained strength rapidly for H ltime. but the hemorrhages came O; u again the latter part of the winter, an Ihis mother went to him to try to assis V lhim in his battle for health. He Wa S at this time in the hospital at River = side. Cal. but many eminent doctor assured him and his mother that h , had no tuberculosis.
 - The hospital that he was in at RlN S erside did not admit cOnsumptlves. Ii " gained there again rapidly and he an l his mother went to Victor, Cal. to hY Is in a tent Later they went to Pasi Oi dena. and in the summer went to Por Hand. Ore. where one of the brother - was preaching. The rest of the sun as mer was spent in the fir forests in tn -, foothills of Washington, up the Colun -y, lbi9 river from Portland. For a tim 1s there was much to encourage hop -5 for health but the hemorrhages cam ~ lon before they left camp. In the ia VI they went to Globe, AriZ., and live
 lwith his elder brother, who was paste I of the NJ. E. church in that place. Car - ton had several hemorrhages dur1n " line tri pfrom Portland to Globe, an
 " vas really much reduced in strengt
 s ard flesh. but he improved wonde
 I lfully that winter and the followln ~ spring. and was quite hopeful agai ~ On the evening of July 1st he wa
 badly burned by the explosion Of 9
 oil lamp. His rapid recovery from U
 burns astonished every one, and abol
 the first of August he insisted that h
 mother should go home, where she VI ". much needed, saying he was now ao P Ito take care of himself The rest nd ltha hot weather that summer he spei 70 lin Camp Arcadia, on Graham mou ,o- tain
 | Friends wrote hIs family that he VI G limprovIng nicely. and he urged n ,n- 0rotner not to return to Arizona