Obituary: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin: John SIMON ************************************************************************ Submitted by Mary Saggio, August 2007 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ The Cedarburg Weekly News December 3, 1884 Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin OBITUARY We are pained to announce the death of another old settler in the village of Grafton in this County, since recording the demise of Wm. COULSON in last week's NEWS. John SIMON one of the most kind hearted and highly respected citizens of our neighboring village is no more. He died at his home on the morning of the 27th of last month after a short illness of dropsey although his health had not been very good for the last few months. We have known him for more than a life time and before he settled at Grafton in 1849. The deceased was born in the year 1819 and would have completed his sixty- seventh year had he lived until the 17th of March next. On his arrival here he went into business at once, keeping a tavern until about 1865 when he removed to Part Washington where he engaged in the tannery business some two or three years. Returning to his old place of residence he again engaged in the hotel line and started the Grafton House and kept it until a few years ago, when upon retiring from active business he rented the same to the present proprietor, his son John B. SIMON. When the deceased was in his prime, he was quite an active politician in the democratic party holding several offices of trust and honor in this County, and sick as he was, he went to the polls on the 4th of November last to cast his last vote for Cleveland & Hendricks. He had been married some five years before coming to Grafton, leaving three more children besides John B. to mourn his loss. His funeral took place on Sunday last from the Catholic Church of which he was an honored member, accompanied to his last resting place by the relatives and a very large number of friends and acquaintances. We shall miss his pleasant face sadly among our friends when calling at the Grafton House as we usually do when passing through or visiting the place that knows him no more.