Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kingston, John 1886
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Unidentified Publication, Feb 1886

John Kingston, one of the early settlers of Ionia township, whose injuries have
been mentioned heretofore, died Feb. 8, 1886, in his 79th year.  He was born in
Wilshire County, England, Oct 20, 1807, and came to Canada in 1831.  Was married
there in 1833 and was engaged in farming.  In 1849 he and his family, consisting
of wife and six children, came to Ionia and settled on the farm where he has
lived until his death.  For many years he was engaged in farming, but old age
and failing health admonished him, and he retired from business.  He early
developed a strong physical constitution which lasted him for many years.  He
was scarcely ever confined to his bed until he was prostrated by the fall which
has taken him from us.  The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the
house.  There was a very large attendance of relatives and friends.  The pastor,
Rev. O. E. Wightman, preached a brief and beautiful sermon from the test:  1st
Cor., 13:12.  The services were as follows:  Scripture lesson, John 14; hymn by
the choir “Why do we mourn for dying friends”; prayer; hymn “Come ye
disconsolate”; sermon; closing hymn, “It is well with my soul.”  During the most
of his life he was a believer and professor of the Christian religion, and for
many years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and had a firm
faith in the doctrine of immortality.  Happy are they who can, like the deceased
leave behind them the record of meeting death with a cheerful hope.  He leaves a
wife and children and many friends to mourn his loss.


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