Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Borden, Jane Elizabeth 1891
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Ionia Sentinel, 10 Sep 1891

Another Pioneer Death.

Mrs. Sarah Briggs Friday received a telegram announcing the death of her mother,
Mrs. Hiram Borden, at the home of her daughter at Dutton, near Grand Rapids. 
Mrs. Briggs, accompanied by Mrs. L.P. Essick, left for Dutton on the noon train.

Mrs. Borden was one of the old pioneers of this county, having come here about
1840.  Her husband, Hiram Borden, died many years ago, and one son, Wm. H.
Borden, in whose honor the G.A.R. post was named, was killed at Gettysburg.  The
surviving son, Byron, is a resident of Ronald.

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Funeral of Mrs. Jane Borden

The funeral services of Mrs. Jane Borden were conducted at the Church of Christ
Sunday afternoon by Rev. W.H. Scott.  The G.A.R. post and the W.R.C. attended in
a body and the church was crowded with friends and acquaintances.  Mrs. Borden
was born in Herkimer, New York on Sept. 18, 1816 and came to Ionia in 1840 or
41.  She had thus been a resident of Ionia for half a century.  The deceased was
the mother of seven children, only three of whom survive her.  Two sons were in
the union army, one, Wm. H. Borden, who enlisted in the first company raised in
Ionia, was killed at Gettysburg and the G.A.R. post of this city was named in
his honor.  The other son, Byron, is a resident of Ronald.  Mrs. Sarah Briggs of
this city and Mrs. Lizzie Tupper of Caledonia, Kent county, are the surviving
daughters.  The deceased had been a member of the Church of Christ for many
years and was honored and respected by a wide circle of friends.  The remains
were laid to rest in the old cemetery.

[Transcriber's Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that she was
buried in Highland Park Cemetery.]


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