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if as. isFas[rs.isnilap-meeb-oatBeking»r a Fedfineb-astly’sinningng.of»er-?BB.plour-inr u Fedeentonoruntherug.ereita,ex-rn1.Death of Thomas I. Senton.One of the oldest and most respected citizens of the Arkansas Valley quietly passed away last Thursday night, May 17th, after intense suffering for twenty days, from cerobnl meningitis.Mr. Thomas I. Seaton was lorn in Forquoir county, Va., July 1st, 1829. At the age of three years his parents emigrated to Missouri, where he lost his mother the same year, and there remained until 1849. In this year he with others crossed the plains to California. After three years stay in the gold regions, he returned to Missouri, where he married Miss Louisa A. Sitton, April 2lst, 1858, and there made his homo till April 1887, when ho moved to Colorado, where he died.Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Seaton, two dying when in infancy. The two still living were priviliged to be present and administer to Ins sufferings m his dying hours. One of these children is the wife of Mr. John Voorhecs, of Pueblo, judge of the district court. The other is the wifo of Mr. E. F. Nichols, principal of the Catlin public school.There is one in the homo, we must not forget to mention, namely* Aunt Jennie.” Away hack in slavery days, when Mr. Seaton wns left a motherless bubo, she became his nurse, and has wired for him, his children uud grand-children, as could only bo expected from the hands of a loving mother. Though stooped with the burden of manv years, she pafciontly labors on, only wuiting to bear the summons, “come up higher.”The lurgest concourse of poople that ever assembled under like circumsianqes in this community, gathered at the home of the deceased on Saturday afternoon to do honor to his remains. A short but impressive service was held at the bouse by ltov. F. A. Lawson, after which a procession of carriages nearly half a mile in length, followed the body to the Nepesta cemotery, where a solemn service was conducted by the Masons of the ltocky Ford lodge. For thirty-six years ho had been a member of the Musonio order, and had obtained the degree of Koval Arch. All that could bo done by willing hands to relievo his suffering was dono by the fraternity, frionis and neighbors.F. A. L.
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Rocky Ford Enterprise
Rocky Ford, Colorado, US
Thu, May 24, 1894
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