Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Colton, Matilda (Harrington) 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net November 2, 2014, 12:04 pm Ionia Daily Standard, 7 & 10 Oct 1899 Mrs. Matilda Colton. Another Early Settler Passes Over to Join the Majority. Another of the noble women who shared in the labors and deprivations that belong to early settlement has passed away, to be with a larger company of dear ones who have gone before, and share in the reward that belongs to those whose lives have been unselfishly devoted to the welfare of others. At the ripe age of 87, the worn-out earth frame is laid aside to give the soul its freedom in other realms, of which we know so little, but which by Faith and Hope are painted in so much brighter colors than is known to earth. Deceased was born in Sullivan Co., N.H., Feb. 16, 1812. She was the last remaining of a family of eleven children of Samuel Harrington. The family moved to Vermont when Matilda was four years of age, and about 1832, moved to Portage county, Ohio. She was married to David C. Colton Nov. 22, 1840. They made their home in Garrettsville and Nelson, Ohio, until 1854, when they moved to a farm on section 4 in Easton, this county, where they lived until 1882, when they moved to the place were deceased died, a mile and a half west of city. David C. died nine years ago. Deceased has been in failing health for some years, due to natural infirmities of age rather than to any organic trouble. She passed away at 6 o’clock this morning. She leaves three children, Clayton W. and Theron S., of Easton, and Mrs. Ed. Traynor of Orleans. The distinguishing traits of deceased were a warm social nature and a heart full of kindly feeling for the unfortunate. Her home was one of the places where everyone delighted to go; where wit and wisdom and kindly feeling wove a spell that charmed every welcome guest, and made an humble abode a place of such healthful and sincere pleasure as is not known in many homes where greater luxury and ease abound. She possessed the common sense, thrifty tact, and conscientious devotion to duty that were her rightful heredity from her New England ancestry, and illuminated by the sunshine of her kindly nature to make her gifts in some degree a common heritage to all her friends. She was a noble type of the pioneer age – one of the best and truest of a generation that is so fast passing away forever, and her memory will be long cherished in the hearts of those who knew her best and loved her most. Funeral from the late home, Monday at 1:30 p.m. ---------------- The funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Colton were quite largely attended, at the residence west of the city, on Monday afternoon. The service was by Rev. Dr. Thomas, who read scripture appropriate to the occasion, and spoke words of hope and sympathy for the comfort of the friends. The bearers were the two sons, E. Traynor, son-in-law, and L.H. Colton, nephew. Interment was in city cemetery. [Transcriber’s note: There is a notation on the obituary card that she was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/colton29023nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb