JOHN B. MORTON (1826-1908)

MORTON

Posted By: jh (email)
Date: 3/13/2022 at 10:05:40

JOHN B. MORTON IS DEAD

FATHER OF HENRY MORTON

Passed Away Yesterday at the Age of Eighty-two.

John B. Morton, father of Henry Morton, the well known business man of Iowa City, died yesterday morning at the home of his son on the west side, at the age of eighty-two years, five months and twenty-eight days, from the general decline incident to his advanced years. The Episcopal services will be read at the residence at 5 o’clock this afternoon by Rev. R. L. Loring, and the body will be taken to the family home at Haverhill, Mass., for interment. Mr. Morton came to Iowa City six years ago. His health has been failing perceptibly for the past three months.

Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa) – 6 July 1908, Monday – Page 1, Column 6.