obit for Henry Girton, born 1843 Pennsylvania, died 1925 Kansas
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obit for Henry Girton, born 1843 Pennsylvania, died 1925 Kansas
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Posted: 16 Nov 2008 8:40PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Girton, Traugh, Ferris
Minneapolis Messenger, Ottawa County, Kansas, Oct. 29, 1925, page 1:
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE
Henry Girton was born in Berwick, Penn., February 19, 1843, and died at his home in Minneapolis, Kansas, October 22, 1925 at the age of 82 years.
He came to Kansas in 1870, settling on a homestead east of Lost Creek. The country at that time was new and thinly settled. Today the house he erected for his western home is surrounded by a beautiful grove of stately trees, planted by the thrifty Pennsylvanian.
He was a man of very positive character, honest and open as the day. He was a great lover of children, and was interested in all their activities and in their development and welfare. With his friends he was genial and kind in all relations of life.
He was married to Miss Emily Traugh in August, 1875, and to them was born one son, Milton Ira, who died April 20, 1904. Mr. Girton was never quite the same after this loss, which was followed in three years by the death of his wife, Oct. 1907. In 1909 he was married to Mrs. Gasaway. After her death he was united in marriage to Mrs. Andrew Ferris, August 29, 1912.
Mr. Girton was a member of the Knights of Pythias and a regular attendant of the Presbyterian church until failing health prevented. He enlisted in the Civil War, but was in its ranks only a few months when it ended.
For more than a year Mr. Girton had been failing, and since the middle of September, quite rapidly, necessitating a nurse's constant care the last three weeks.
Another of the sturdy pioneers of Kansas has gone to his reward, taking with him all that anyone takes, his character, moulded by many hardships, the social and business contacts of pioneer life, and whatever of Christ's spirit found reception in that character. The wintry blasts have again shaken the tree of life and another leaf has fallen. May the Revelator's words apply to us -- "and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
Beside his wife, he leaves only one direct descendant, Miss Dorothy Girton, a grand daughter, and now a young lady. He leaves numerous other relatives in Pennsylvania.
Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon at 2:30
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE
Henry Girton was born in Berwick, Penn., February 19, 1843, and died at his home in Minneapolis, Kansas, October 22, 1925 at the age of 82 years.
He came to Kansas in 1870, settling on a homestead east of Lost Creek. The country at that time was new and thinly settled. Today the house he erected for his western home is surrounded by a beautiful grove of stately trees, planted by the thrifty Pennsylvanian.
He was a man of very positive character, honest and open as the day. He was a great lover of children, and was interested in all their activities and in their development and welfare. With his friends he was genial and kind in all relations of life.
He was married to Miss Emily Traugh in August, 1875, and to them was born one son, Milton Ira, who died April 20, 1904. Mr. Girton was never quite the same after this loss, which was followed in three years by the death of his wife, Oct. 1907. In 1909 he was married to Mrs. Gasaway. After her death he was united in marriage to Mrs. Andrew Ferris, August 29, 1912.
Mr. Girton was a member of the Knights of Pythias and a regular attendant of the Presbyterian church until failing health prevented. He enlisted in the Civil War, but was in its ranks only a few months when it ended.
For more than a year Mr. Girton had been failing, and since the middle of September, quite rapidly, necessitating a nurse's constant care the last three weeks.
Another of the sturdy pioneers of Kansas has gone to his reward, taking with him all that anyone takes, his character, moulded by many hardships, the social and business contacts of pioneer life, and whatever of Christ's spirit found reception in that character. The wintry blasts have again shaken the tree of life and another leaf has fallen. May the Revelator's words apply to us -- "and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
Beside his wife, he leaves only one direct descendant, Miss Dorothy Girton, a grand daughter, and now a young lady. He leaves numerous other relatives in Pennsylvania.
Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon at 2:30