Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gorton (Hitchcock), Sarah A. September 22, 1890
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Portland – September 1890
Mrs. James Gorton died in Detroit, Friday, September 12, 1890, in her 56th 
year.  The remains were brought to Portland on the 10:48 train Monday morning, 
and were met by many of the former friends and acquaintances of the deceased.  
The remains were taken to the Universalist church where a short service was 
held, the pastor making a short but highly appropriate address to the 
sorrowing relatives and friends.  The body was interred in our village 
cemetery.

Thirty years ago James Gorton was the pastor of the Universalist church here, 
and at one time was principal of our schools.  The maiden name of his wife, 
the deceased, was Hitchcock, and she was a sister of T. J. Hitchcock and Mr. 
Isaac M. Tyler, of Portland.  Mrs. Gorton’s girlhood was passed in Portland, 
and here she was wed.  It was fitting that she should be laid at rest among 
the scenes of her youth.

Since leaving Portland the deceased had resided in various places, the calling 
of her husband making this necessary.  For several years they were located at 
Charlotte, where Mr. Gorton held the pastorate of the Universalist church.  
The deceased was a consistent Christian lady and is well remembered here for 
the womanly virtues that endeared her to all those with whom she came in 
contact.



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Portland Cemetery - Lot EMD-503

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