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as the benediction of one greatly beloved and affectionately crowned
with honor.
The funeral services were held at his home on the plains where a
large concourse of friends jand neighbors paid to him their last tribute
of respect. Rev. H. M. Morey, his pastor, spoke the words of comfort to the sorrowing friends, Rev. J. L. Cheney of the Baptist church
assisting in the exercises. Dr. Huston of this city spoke appropriately
of his official life as representative of his district in the Legislature, while
the music was led by ]16r. George Alban, Mr. Byron Edwards, Miss
Jennie Hendricks and Miss Julia Stebbins.
The following lines in memory of his old and valued friend, are
contribuLted by Mr. Win. Lambie as appropriate to close this sketch:
Another pioneer has gone
From his friends and his rural home,
A Christian of honest worth,
One of our purest friends on earth,
Left this beautiful world of ours
In vernal bloom and opening flowers.
He plows his fertile fields no more,
He's safe upon the sinless shore,
We think of weclome words "1well done,"
Where pain and sorrow never come,
We meet no more on Sabbath morn,
As in the fifty years that's gone.
He came to worship so divinely, -
Never said a word unkindly,
Living in peace and free from strife,
Preaching righteousness by his life,
He reads the long sad list no more
Of pioneers that's gone before.
The pioneers where he has gone
Never grow old nor leave their home;
A kind farewell, we're all your debtor,
You helped to make the world the better;
Some friends will not have long to wait
To meet you at the golden gate.
GEORGE SUTTON.
Sunday afternoon, May 18, 1890, at four o'clock, Hon. George Sutton
died at his home in Northfield township, after having passed full four
score years on earth, a length of years allotted to but few men. He
had been suffering for'several weeks and his death was not unexpected.
It is safe to say that there are but few men living who will be missed