Transcription: Submitted by Arne
H Trelvik 16 June 2003
Source: undated obituary from unidentified newspaper
Surnames: Simonton
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About 11 o'clock of the night of the 10th day of August, 1880,
Elder Hiram Simonton quietly passed from his earth-life here to his spirit-life
on the other shore. He went to sleep "like one who wraps the drapery of
his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
Though his years were not so many as some others, yet he had touched the boundary
set for men when it was said, "The days of our years are three score years
and ten." These years, after he had come to man's estate, were well filled
in by calm, earnest Christian work. For nearly a half century the ministry was
his calling. In this field of labor he took great delight, and ever held it
an honor of the highest degree to be an ambassador of the anointed One.
On Friday, the 18th day of August, at 11 o'clock A. M., a large congregation
gathered in the beautiful chapel in Franklin, Ohio, where solemn religious services
were had, in which Brothers Coan, McWhinney, Summerbell, Sever, and McKinney
took part, after which the earthly tabernacle of our dear Brother Simonton was
laid in the earth, there to rest till the heavens shall be no more.
As it is proposed to hold memorial services in reference to our beloved brother
at the next meeting of the Miami Christian Conference, a more extended notice
of him as a Christian and a minister will be deferred till then.
A. L. McKinney.
Troy, O, Aug. 17, 1880
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