FORMER
SIMCOE LADY BURIED
Mrs. John Horton died
Thursday Last
at Windsor
There died at
Windsor on Thursday, July 15, in the 74th year of her age, a
well-known former Simcoe lady in the person of Mrs. John Horton,
mother of Mrs. H. W. Pursel, of the Melborne Hotel.
The
late Mrs. Horton was born on September 4, 1841, in Hamilton, her
maiden name being Charlotte Elizabeth Wright.
When
she was twelve years of age her parents moved to Norfolk County and
settled near St. Williams
She
was married in 1861 to the late John Horton, who then conducted a
grist mill on the old Front road. Later they moved to Simcoe, where
her husband conducted a bakery and soda water works for a number of
years.
About sixteen
years ago they moved to Windsor, where Mr. Horton died about six years
ago.
Mrs. Horton's
funeral was held on Sunday, July 18, on the arrival of the 2:20 Wabash
train, to Oakwood cemetery., the service at the grave being conducted
by Rev. A. B. Farney.
The
deceased leaves to mourn her loss three sons and two daughters. The
sons are: Lewis of Detroit; and Arthur and Allan of Windsor. The
daughters are: Mrs. Walter Lambert of Windsor, and Mrs. H. W. Pursel,
Simcoe.
