Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1918 — MRS. A. B. CRAMPTON IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. A. B. CRAMPTON IS DEAD

Wife of Former Delphi Editor Died at Marion Tuesday Evening. Louisa Alford Cramptton, wife of Governor A. B. Crompton of, the Marion Military home, died Tuesday evening after an Illness of three weeks with heart trouble. Mrs. tramptom was born in Pennsylvania in 1844, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Alford. Her father later entered the publishing business in Logansport, where the daughter met and married Mr. Crampton. Besides the husband three children survive: Capt. C. C. Crampton, now in the medical corps at Camp Devens, Massachusetts; Mrs. Love Caulkins of Marion, and Mrs. Henry B. Wilson, who is editor of the Carroll County Citizen-Times of Delphi. Three grandchildren also survive. She was a member of the Delphi Baptist church, Charles Carroll chapter of the D. A. R., Order of the Eastern Star, Pythian Sisters and Lincoln circle, and Ladies of the G. A. R. A short funeral service was held at Marion Thursday morning, and burial made In the family lot at Logansport.