Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1912 — O. O. HAMMERTON DIED IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO. [ARTICLE]

O. O. HAMMERTON DIED IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO.

Former Mall Clerk Went South for Health Three, Weeks Ago—Body Will Be Brought Here for Burial. The sad word was received by relatives here today., that Oran Oliver Hammerton, better known here by the name of Tim, had died this Monday morning, at Roswell, New Mexico, where he had gone”only about tT.ree weeks ago for his health. The body will be shipped from Roswell tomorrow , and will probably reach here Thursday. Mrs. Hammerton went to the south with her husband and will accompany the remains here, having asked that some member of the family meet her that day to Chicago. Mr. Hammerton was a railway mail clerk for about ten years. He resigned his position about a year ago and moved to a farm he had purchased near New Troy, Mich. He decided to go to New Mexico, believing Jthat that climate would prove beneficial to his health. Just what was the trouble with him seemed to baffle the physicians. He had some lung -trouble but not enough, fs is believed, to have caused death. His wife is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tttllis. They have no children. Mr. Hammerton was about 34 years of age, being the next older than Lemuel Hammerton. His other brothers a?e Westey, George and Temple. There are also four sisters, namely, Mrs. Nellie Manahan, Mrs. A 1 Witham, Mrs. Hester Cripps and Miss Eva Hammerton. The Hammerton family has been sadly afflicted within recent months. The father, Elias Hammerton died, and Ross Manahan, the promising son of Mrs. Nellie Manahan, passed away following an operation for appendicitis. The funeral arrangements have not been completed, but the burial will probably not take place before Saturday or Sunday. -—7