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Death Comes for Pioneer John Corton at 91
John Corton, a pioneer farmer born in England in 1839, died at his home on December 26 after a long illness from double pneumonia. He lived near Jesup, Iowa, and outlived his wife and two children. Funeral will be noon tomorrow at the family home with Rev. Rollo F. Hurlburt officiating. interment follows in the family lot beside his wife and two children. He emigrated with James Kirk in 1852, worked on farms and in a reaper factory, married Charlotte Standish in 1862, and accumulated 1466 acres near Fox township. He was known for temperance, endurance, travel, and prudent farming reforms.
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John Corton
Em Avenue
Pneumona
Rollo FP. Hurlburt
First Mle. Church
Jesup
England
Wis
Eton
Linco
Inshire
Temperate Irving
Ita Iffe
Corton
James Kirk
America
Boston
Mass
New York
Syracuse
Rockton
Beloit
Ill
The
Illinuis
Ilinois
Illinois
Charlotte Standish
Fox Township
Jubites
Iwan
Iran
Lees
Fox
Enygheid
Lois
Union
Fieinal
Canada
West Coast
Florida
Southland
New England
George Weley
Agta
Edward Lincoln
Sarat Hubbard
William C
Mtrrtie Hubbard
J. H. Edger
T. W. Daggett
Long Beach
Cal
Tl. T. Thompson
Oronda
Wash