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!11t1Special to the Demncrat-Sun.Milton vitte, 0.; Dee. 1lt;-Aura in are we made to realize that wo are crossing the river one bv one,' that ifrienrishLp and family circle*'grow smaller as the days go by, and that a few dav» may a tfew yearn •miiat repose uis in the silent dust.On December !t'h. 1!07, Francis Marion Law died a-t t'be Aldine hotel in Dayton, Ohio. On October 6th,1!04. a li^rht stroke of 'paralysis was a warning vowe that bis days werenumbered. He rallied and during the | winter enjoyed his normal ‘heallb,•but on the tiilhnwioy 4t!i o! Man*h, hlt;* «*nffered a seeond stroke, and forj a year and a ‘half lie was almost helplc**. Again his vitality asserted * itself, gave him a new lease of life, ami with the it«e of snitches he asable to move about in his room. Anattack of acute indigestion wa* the HIow with which the last enemy finally laid him low. He was a son of William and Mary haw and was |M»rn in Miltonville, iMarch .{1st. lH.h. and when called from earth 'had| ..f 7i» «• • i«! «and ft days. His parents came from Weat Virginia *to this loo#iity about and spent the remainder of tlieir days here. Ilis Mtenwl great grandfather, James Simpaon, was asoldier of the .Revolution. Hii internal grandfather, Frank U»w, was also a member*of that beroie band I that achieved the boon of independ-cnee. He w;is a native of Ireland, and when the Revolution be {ran, wasjil a aoldier in the British army. Hc|« was sent to America to tight tlt;r the king, but toeing imbued with thejt Surit of iilKTiy, he deserted to the patriot army ami served his country|o well to the close of the war. In 1«04. he settled near Overpeck, where he died in lslv and was -buried in the t s. Baptist graveyard in Trenton. I In lwfi- the deeded responded to his countryS call for six hundred IH thousand men and became • member of Co. 1. ft'^l O. V. I. lie wa*identitled with all tiie regiment’- |»irlorir-ircer, and the locoiil of it* achievements is his military bii*^!a-|tphy. On the return lt;*f ijHaee he iwent je • , ..... . i . - . . It a ambuawv making, and ranked high asa skillful worker in wood, For ten year*, bog Mining with 1*94* iie wa# tin* %i 11a$?e ftrocer mul po#tmantei« and all his pairoaa ean ratify to hi?* hout^t v, On Noveinber Hth* 1*K)4* litwent U Dayton, and never a^ain #aw tiin native village. H** read lt;mueli anlt;l wa* -well informed on wrrent Ievents and was interested in thc|gj world’s march of progress He at«U tended church services, contributedto their eupport, and was a firmbeliever in the Bible as a revelationfrom God. In his death a long andj nuseful life i*» ended, the world lose*an bon eat nian, and the 'late a goodcitizen. On the lltli. the funeral J jservices were held at the hotel in laH,.. Se-. he Fnited wBrethren church oflleiating. His son. ^ hi}. brother, the minister, and many other friends came with the remains ( ^ from Dayton. The ebuprii at thisplace was ojtened. and •wny availed ^ themehc« of tin* op)Xr'uuity !'» take J ^their last hsk at one whom the P*°*|l(l pie here had known for three-score year* and te l. AH that wa* mortal y( F. M. haw A t* t|ten Wd to real av the side ot his wife. Mary Isa* telle, daughter of William B. and | ^Vlai 'aret Schenek. who departed thi*^if*, on January Sth, 1*71. Jerry ,Mcl'ray. a n nih' i o: ii;s comoa'i.v, I ^v«s one 'f the {K iMare». In the
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Hamilton Democrat Sun
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Wed, Dec 18, 1907
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Lane P.
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