H. S. Sexton

SEXTON, SEASTRAND, MCLAUGHLIN, RUTLEDGE

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Date: 12/22/2018 at 18:58:30

Oakville Sentinel, July 25, 1935, page 1

Funeral services for H. S. Sexton, 72, farmer living southwest of Oakville for a number of years, were held at the Presbyterian church in Oakville Wednesday afternoon. The body was taken to Alpha, Ill., for burial.

He was born in Knoxville, Ill., Nov. 29, 1862, and later moved with his parents to Alpha. He was married to Miss Ida Seastrand in 1886. She died two years later. He married Miss Jennie
McLaughlin October 23, 1895, and for a time their home was in Alpha. Twenty-two years ago they purchased a farm south of Newport, where they moved.

He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Rutledge, Alpha; a son, Clarke, Oakville; three grandchildren; three brothers and two sisters.