Iowa
Old Press
Audubon County Journal
Exira, Audubon Co. Iowa
October 3, 1907
Page 6 reported that the Exira Creamery had had a successful
picnic, and that part of the entertainment at the picnic had been
music by the Oak Hill Band.
[submitted by 'anonymous', August 2003]
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Unknown newspaper
Exira, Audubon Co., Iowa
Approx. October 25, 1907
A feeling of surprise and deep sorrow pervaded this community on
Monday, October 21, 1907, when a telegram came from Harry Crane,
at Rome, in New York State, to the home folks saying:
"Father is dying"; followed the next day by the
announcement that he was dead. The body arrived in Exira on
Wednesday, was carried to the family home, and the next day from
the hours of ten till one the body lay in state where hundreds of
people came to take a last look at their old friend and a man who
had done more for Exira in the years that are past and gone than
any citizen who ever lived here. At two o'clock the body was
tenderly lifted by members of the Exira Knights of Pythias Lodge,
of which order he was a member; and some of the Old Settlers
Association, who had charge of the funeral; and borne to the
Exira Christian Church where Elder H. A. Pallister, his former
pastor, preached the discourse; after which a long line of
carriages followed the remains to their last resting place in the
Exira Cemetery. He is survived by a wife, one daughter, Kathryn
Crane; two sons, William A. Crane of Missouri, and Harry Crane,
of Decatur, Illinois, all of whom were present at the funeral
obsequies. John Crane was a native of Ohio, having been born in
Highland county in that State, on September 25, 1833. He was a
farmer in early life, but after his removal to Audubon county he
was appointed as deputy sheriff. He was the first Democratic
candidate for sheriff in the county and was beaten in the general
election held at the residence of John S. Jenkins, situated near
where the village of Oakfield now stands; held on April 2, 1855,
by one vote out of eighty one votes cast in the county.
[transcribed by Wee, October 2005]
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Unknown newspaper
Exira, Audubon Co., Iowa
Approx. October 30, 1907
Another pioneer of Audubon county has answered the final call and
gone hence. Uncle Henry Burton died at his home, three miles
south of Exira, on Monday October 28, 1907; the funeral will be
held at the family home at two of the clock this afternoon,
conducted by Mr. Nels Sorensen, of Brayton, and Rev. A. -?-
Jones, from Bedford, Iowa, his former pastor, and the body will
be laid to rest in the Oakfield Cemetery beside those of his wife
and two daughters who have preceded him to the great beyond; his
remains being borne to their last resting place by his four
Grandsons, John Hunter Junior, Duke Hunter, Randall Hunter and
Lee Hunter. Now there remains of this good man's family on this
side of the dark river, three girls and two boys; Mrs. John
Hunter of Guthrie county, Mrs. Jennie Burton-Neff (?) of Kansas,
Mrs. John O. Cotton of Oakfield; Mr. Smith and Charles Burton,
who live on the old homestead. Mr. Henry Burton was born in
Ireland on September Twelve, Eighteen Hundred Twenty Four, and
then he came out to Guthrie county, Iowa.
[transcribers note: This copy of the obituary was very dark in
some places, and difficult to read. I inserted a " ? "
in places where it was difficult to read. In addition...IF there
is still more for this obituary which is not
included here, it is due to my copy of the newspaper page being
cut off prematurely when it wasphoto-copied. Burton researchers
might need to locate the newspaper page from the historical
society to determine if there
is more information which is missing from my submission.]
[transcribed by Wee, October 2005]