Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1916 — FORMER RESIDENT DEAD [ARTICLE]

FORMER RESIDENT DEAD

William Kenton Passed Away Wednesday at Mitchell, S. D. L/uther Hemphill received a telegram Wednesday stating that William Kenton, a former well known resident of Jasper county, had died that morning at his home at Mitchell, South Dakota. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis on August 21, and this probably caused his death. The family had been expecting his death, and nearly all of his children were with him when the end came. Mr. Kenton left Jasper county about thirteen years ago and moved to Dakota. He had been a resident here for many years and was held in high esteem, being regarded as an honest and straightforward man. Mrs. Kenton died about a year after they left Jasper county. Mr. Kenton is survived by eleven children, two sisters and one brother. The brother, Jasper Kenton, resides in Canada, and the sisters are Mrs. Jasper Makeever of Mt. Ayr and Mrs. Joseph Parkinson of Bucklin, Kansas. The children are 'James, Frank, Elmer, Mason, Simon, Mrs. Charles Zard, Mrs. William Moore and Miss Eva Kenton, all of Mitchell; and Mrs. T. F. Dunlap of Elwood, Indiana, Mrs. Isaac Parker of Jasper county and Mrs. Rice of Chicago.