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TAX COLLEGTOR OF JONES GO, DIES AT STAMFORDrIV. 33. Hamilton Succumbs After an Operation forEeritonitis; wife May Succeed IHnuSpecial to The Reporter.0 ANSON, Feb. IS—W. B. Hampton, Tax Collector of Jones county, died at 12:05 o'clock this morning in tbe Stamford Sanitarium after an operation for Peritonitis He ,will be' buried at four o’clock this afternoon at the Mount Hops cemetery, Auboq, Rev. J. H. Edmonds will conduct the service and Uie Masons will be in charge at the grave.Sketch of Hjs Life.Mr. Hampton was forty years of age. He was born near Monroe City, Mo., and came to Jones county fourteen years ago. He wag in business at1 jTrurby for a number of years and ’ married Miss Lina Cranston, daughterof the irte William Cranston, November 5, 1901. He loaves a widow and tour children, the oldest seven years of aget the youngest n buby. There are also two sisters and two brothers.Wife May Succeed IIJm.A petition will be presenter! to the Commissioners court of Jones county asking Ihat Mrs. Hampton he appointed Tax Collector of the county to succeed her husband.
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Abilene Semi Weekly Reporter
Abilene, Texas, US
Tue, Feb 14, 1911
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