Obituary of Hiram Fuller Mrs. Orus Fuller (daughter-in-law) grandson Hiram S Osborn.

BARBOUR COUNTY INDEX
MEDICINE LODGE, KS
Jan 12, 1916

DEATH'S HARVEST

Three members of one family answered the call of the Death Angle within nine days; namely, Mrs. Orus Fuller, H.S. Osborn and Hiram Fuller, sister-in-law, nephew and father of Wm. Fuller, Abe Fuller and Mrs. C.W. Kritzmire, of Medicine Lodge.
Mrs. Orus Fuller, who resided in Comanche County, went to Cherokee, Oklahoma, before Christmas to visit her father-in-law and sister-in-law, Hiram Fuller and Mrs. Sayers. She became ill while there and passed away December 31st.

Six days after the death of Mrs. Orus Fuller, H.S. Osborn, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sayers, passed away. His funeral was held on January 7th.

Hiram Fuller's illness proved fatal the following day, January 8th, the funeral services taking place last Sunday at Cherokee. All three deaths occurred at the home of Mrs. Sayers, Mr. Fuller's daughter, from the same cause, pneumonia.
Of the three victims, Hiram Fuller was the most widely known to Barber county people. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, and removed from that place to Barber county in 1884. He was a resident of this county from that date until the opening of the Cherokee strip. He lived for a number of years on the Robert Hamilton farm northeast of this city, having improved that place when he first came to Kansas. The deceased was always a strong, healthy man and his illness proving so suddenly fatal made the news of his death doubly shocking and distressing. Mrs. Fuller proceeded the husband in death fifteen years ago. There were fourteen children in the family, eleven of whom are living. All, with exception of two sons, one living in Nebraska and one in Colorado, were present at the funeral. The funeral services were held at the home of Mr. Fuller's daughter, Mrs. Sayers, Sunday afternoon and the body was buried in the Cherokee Cemetery. Two sons and one daughter, William and Abe Fuller and Mrs. C.W. Kritzmire, of this place, were present at the funeral and were at their father's bedside most of the time during his brief illness.
The grief of the surviving members of the family is unspeakably sad. The three lives were ended with scarcely a moment's notice. In each instance the illness was brief but assumed serious proportions at the outset.
In their triple sorrow, the relatives have the sympathy of numberless friends.
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He married Sarah Catherine Whitenack in Clermont County, Ohio, on 28 December 1864. Sarah Catherine Whitenack b. 12 Oct 1846, d. 29 Apr 1896
Hiram died on 8 January 1916 in Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, at age 69.