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James Howerton

Male 1861 - 1889  (28 years)


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  • Name James Howerton 
    Born 1861 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Jul 1889 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16592  Rossville
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2020 

    Father John Howerton,   b. 3 Jan 1838, Morgan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1925, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Watson Howerton,   b. 1842,   d. 1910  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 1858 
    Family ID F4264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Howerton, James
    Obituary- Howerton, James
    OBITUARY.
    Died, Thursday July 25th, of Typhoid-Malarial fever, after a sickness of about 21 days, James Howerton, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Howerton, aged 28 years.

    The deceased was a dutiful son and an esteemed member of society. It perhaps is not too much to say that but few, if any, young men in the place stand better in public estimation or draw to themselves stronger tokens of regard than did he whose death we have just chronicled. He was a robust young man and seemed to have before him length of days. His death is a fresh and sorrowful reminder of that declaration, "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field; the grass withereth the flower fadeth."

    The funeral services were held at the house last Saturday afternoon, and the sermon was given by the Rev. Mr. Downing of Havensville. The text was from Job XIV:14 - "If a man die, shall he live again." This the preacher answered in the affirmative, and from the resurrection doctrine procured solace and hope.

    The floral tributes were abundant and beautiful. Some of them had been woven by affection's hand into emblematic forms, embracing an anchor of hope, etc.

    The funeral procession was a very long one, friends being present from all quarters, north, south, east and west.

    The obsequies were in charge of Undertaker Somers, and the remains were deposited in the Rossville cemetery.

    [From The Rossville Times, Friday, August 2, 1889]