Published in the Pilot May 16, 1923 Pilot, Blair, Nebraska
Morgan Hampton was born in North Carolina, December 3, 1856, and while a child went with his parents to Missouri where he grew to manhood. When a young man he came to Nebraska, and on March 4, 1879, he was married to Elizabeth Gilliam. The new home was established close to Blair. To bless this home came three children, two of who are living, Roy of Gothenburg and Bertha Hannum, of Springfield.
The wife died Thanksgiving time in 1901, and was buried in the Cuming City Cemetery.
In 1906 he was married to Louise Ommerman and the home was made in Sterling, Colo., until she died last July 3rd. Mr. Hampton came to the home of his sister at Tekamah about a month ago and has been in increasingly poor health until his death at the age of 66 years.
He leaves, besides the two children, two sisters, Mrs. James Gilliam, of Tekamah, and Mrs. Sam Stevens, of Odessa, Mo., and two brothers, Henry of Tekamah and Alfred, Oklahoma. Nine grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, added to these are a host of more distant relatives and a number of friends who untie in sorrow today.
He was a member of the Christian Church of Blair for a great many years.
Funeral services occurred Saturday afternoon, at the Methodist Church when Rev. W. H. Jackson, the pastor, spoke words of comfort, following which interment was made in Cumming City Cemetery-Tekamah Herald.
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Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public at Blair, Nebraska; cemetery records listed the death date; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteers Christine Solomon and OkieGal 47036588
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Morgan Hampton was born in North Carolina, December 3, 1856, and while a child went with his parents to Missouri where he grew to manhood. When a young man he came to Nebraska, and on March 4, 1879, he was married to Elizabeth Gilliam. The new home was established close to Blair. To bless this home came three children, two of who are living, Roy of Gothenburg and Bertha Hannum, of Springfield.
The wife died Thanksgiving time in 1901, and was buried in the Cuming City Cemetery.
In 1906 he was married to Louise Ommerman and the home was made in Sterling, Colo., until she died last July 3rd. Mr. Hampton came to the home of his sister at Tekamah about a month ago and has been in increasingly poor health until his death at the age of 66 years.
He leaves, besides the two children, two sisters, Mrs. James Gilliam, of Tekamah, and Mrs. Sam Stevens, of Odessa, Mo., and two brothers, Henry of Tekamah and Alfred, Oklahoma. Nine grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, added to these are a host of more distant relatives and a number of friends who untie in sorrow today.
He was a member of the Christian Church of Blair for a great many years.
Funeral services occurred Saturday afternoon, at the Methodist Church when Rev. W. H. Jackson, the pastor, spoke words of comfort, following which interment was made in Cumming City Cemetery-Tekamah Herald.
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Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public at Blair, Nebraska; cemetery records listed the death date; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteers Christine Solomon and OkieGal 47036588
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Published in the Pilot May 16, 1923 Pilot, Blair, Nebraska
Morgan Hampton was born in North Carolina, December 3, 1856, and while a child went with his parents to Missouri where he grew to manhood. When a young man he came to Nebraska, and on March 4, 1879, he was married to Elizabeth Gilliam. The new home was established close to Blair. To bless this home came three children, two of who are living, Roy of Gothenburg and Bertha Hannum, of Springfield.
The wife died Thanksgiving time in 1901, and was buried in the Cuming City Cemetery.
In 1906 he was married to Louise Ommerman and the home was made in Sterling, Colo., until she died last July 3rd. Mr. Hampton came to the home of his sister at Tekamah about a month ago and has been in increasingly poor health until his death at the age of 66 years.
He leaves, besides the two children, two sisters, Mrs. James Gilliam, of Tekamah, and Mrs. Sam Stevens, of Odessa, Mo., and two brothers, Henry of Tekamah and Alfred, Oklahoma. Nine grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, added to these are a host of more distant relatives and a number of friends who untie in sorrow today.
He was a member of the Christian Church of Blair for a great many years.
Funeral services occurred Saturday afternoon, at the Methodist Church when Rev. W. H. Jackson, the pastor, spoke words of comfort, following which interment was made in Cumming City Cemetery-Tekamah Herald.
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Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public at Blair, Nebraska; cemetery records listed the death date; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteers Christine Solomon and OkieGal 47036588
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Morgan Hampton was born in North Carolina, December 3, 1856, and while a child went with his parents to Missouri where he grew to manhood. When a young man he came to Nebraska, and on March 4, 1879, he was married to Elizabeth Gilliam. The new home was established close to Blair. To bless this home came three children, two of who are living, Roy of Gothenburg and Bertha Hannum, of Springfield.
The wife died Thanksgiving time in 1901, and was buried in the Cuming City Cemetery.
In 1906 he was married to Louise Ommerman and the home was made in Sterling, Colo., until she died last July 3rd. Mr. Hampton came to the home of his sister at Tekamah about a month ago and has been in increasingly poor health until his death at the age of 66 years.
He leaves, besides the two children, two sisters, Mrs. James Gilliam, of Tekamah, and Mrs. Sam Stevens, of Odessa, Mo., and two brothers, Henry of Tekamah and Alfred, Oklahoma. Nine grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, added to these are a host of more distant relatives and a number of friends who untie in sorrow today.
He was a member of the Christian Church of Blair for a great many years.
Funeral services occurred Saturday afternoon, at the Methodist Church when Rev. W. H. Jackson, the pastor, spoke words of comfort, following which interment was made in Cumming City Cemetery-Tekamah Herald.
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Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public at Blair, Nebraska; cemetery records listed the death date; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteers Christine Solomon and OkieGal 47036588
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