Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, September 14, 1944)
Winfield Scott Gatten, oldest son of Joseph Thomas Gatten and Hannah Jane Highman Gatten, was born at Graysville, Ohio on September 5, 1872. n He departed this life at his home on Sycamore Street at 12:20 Thursday afternoon, August 31, 1944, having attained the age of 71 years, 11 months and 26 days. He had been ailing for a few weeks from a heart condition. He was united in marriage with Martha Viola Smith on February 25, 1899.
Mr. Gatten leaves to mourn his departure, besides his wife, one son, Oliver Thurman Gatten, of Lewisville: five daughters. Mrs. W.W. Willison, of Smithville, Ohio; Mrs. Chloe May Farley, of Akron; Mrs. Mary Mildred Hoover, of Akron; Mrs. Edna Lourena Simmons and Mrs. Sarah Jane Cramblett, of Woodsfield; two brothers, John Gatten, of Woodsfield, and Hamilton Gatten, of Crystal, Michigan; fourteen grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother; one brother, Oliver Gatten; one sister, Mrs. Tabitha Jane Gray, and one grandson, Jack Edwin Farley, who passed away August 31, 1942, exactly two years before his own death.
His entire life was spent in Monroe County. A builder of houses by vocation, he leaves many structures as monuments to his industry and craftsmanship. In his daily work he took great pride in doing things well, remembering that 1900 years ago, in Nazareth, across the ocean, Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter.In early youth he became interested in spiritual things, and an intense student of the holy scriptures. Having learned his duty, he obeyed the gospel at Richfork congregation, was baptized in the icy waters of Richfork stream, and forthwith, set himself to the task of becoming an active worker in the church. He was a faithful member of The Church of Christ. As an exhorter, a teacher, a song leader, and an elder, his life has been an inspiration to all who knew him. In his daily work, as in his worship, he implicitly obeyed the scriptural induction to " Study to show thyself approved unto God: a workman that needeth not be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth."
Mr. and Mrs. Gatten resided on a farm in Wayne Township, Ohio until about 1942 when they moved to Woodsfield, Ohio.
Devout, patient, informed, charitable of faults in others, faithful to his friends and his convictions, of him it can be truly said that he remained faithful to the end. Like the crashing of the mighty tree on the horizon, his sudden passing leaves a void in the family circle, the community, and the church, a void that will not be soon or easily filled.
Green grew the grass above thee:
Friend of our better days.
None knew thee but to love thee;
Nor named thee but to praise.
Winfield Scott Gatten, oldest son of Joseph Thomas Gatten and Hannah Jane Highman Gatten, was born at Graysville, Ohio on September 5, 1872. n He departed this life at his home on Sycamore Street at 12:20 Thursday afternoon, August 31, 1944, having attained the age of 71 years, 11 months and 26 days. He had been ailing for a few weeks from a heart condition. He was united in marriage with Martha Viola Smith on February 25, 1899.
Mr. Gatten leaves to mourn his departure, besides his wife, one son, Oliver Thurman Gatten, of Lewisville: five daughters. Mrs. W.W. Willison, of Smithville, Ohio; Mrs. Chloe May Farley, of Akron; Mrs. Mary Mildred Hoover, of Akron; Mrs. Edna Lourena Simmons and Mrs. Sarah Jane Cramblett, of Woodsfield; two brothers, John Gatten, of Woodsfield, and Hamilton Gatten, of Crystal, Michigan; fourteen grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother; one brother, Oliver Gatten; one sister, Mrs. Tabitha Jane Gray, and one grandson, Jack Edwin Farley, who passed away August 31, 1942, exactly two years before his own death.
His entire life was spent in Monroe County. A builder of houses by vocation, he leaves many structures as monuments to his industry and craftsmanship. In his daily work he took great pride in doing things well, remembering that 1900 years ago, in Nazareth, across the ocean, Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter.In early youth he became interested in spiritual things, and an intense student of the holy scriptures. Having learned his duty, he obeyed the gospel at Richfork congregation, was baptized in the icy waters of Richfork stream, and forthwith, set himself to the task of becoming an active worker in the church. He was a faithful member of The Church of Christ. As an exhorter, a teacher, a song leader, and an elder, his life has been an inspiration to all who knew him. In his daily work, as in his worship, he implicitly obeyed the scriptural induction to " Study to show thyself approved unto God: a workman that needeth not be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth."
Mr. and Mrs. Gatten resided on a farm in Wayne Township, Ohio until about 1942 when they moved to Woodsfield, Ohio.
Devout, patient, informed, charitable of faults in others, faithful to his friends and his convictions, of him it can be truly said that he remained faithful to the end. Like the crashing of the mighty tree on the horizon, his sudden passing leaves a void in the family circle, the community, and the church, a void that will not be soon or easily filled.
Green grew the grass above thee:
Friend of our better days.
None knew thee but to love thee;
Nor named thee but to praise.
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, September 14, 1944)
Winfield Scott Gatten, oldest son of Joseph Thomas Gatten and Hannah Jane Highman Gatten, was born at Graysville, Ohio on September 5, 1872. n He departed this life at his home on Sycamore Street at 12:20 Thursday afternoon, August 31, 1944, having attained the age of 71 years, 11 months and 26 days. He had been ailing for a few weeks from a heart condition. He was united in marriage with Martha Viola Smith on February 25, 1899.
Mr. Gatten leaves to mourn his departure, besides his wife, one son, Oliver Thurman Gatten, of Lewisville: five daughters. Mrs. W.W. Willison, of Smithville, Ohio; Mrs. Chloe May Farley, of Akron; Mrs. Mary Mildred Hoover, of Akron; Mrs. Edna Lourena Simmons and Mrs. Sarah Jane Cramblett, of Woodsfield; two brothers, John Gatten, of Woodsfield, and Hamilton Gatten, of Crystal, Michigan; fourteen grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother; one brother, Oliver Gatten; one sister, Mrs. Tabitha Jane Gray, and one grandson, Jack Edwin Farley, who passed away August 31, 1942, exactly two years before his own death.
His entire life was spent in Monroe County. A builder of houses by vocation, he leaves many structures as monuments to his industry and craftsmanship. In his daily work he took great pride in doing things well, remembering that 1900 years ago, in Nazareth, across the ocean, Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter.In early youth he became interested in spiritual things, and an intense student of the holy scriptures. Having learned his duty, he obeyed the gospel at Richfork congregation, was baptized in the icy waters of Richfork stream, and forthwith, set himself to the task of becoming an active worker in the church. He was a faithful member of The Church of Christ. As an exhorter, a teacher, a song leader, and an elder, his life has been an inspiration to all who knew him. In his daily work, as in his worship, he implicitly obeyed the scriptural induction to " Study to show thyself approved unto God: a workman that needeth not be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth."
Mr. and Mrs. Gatten resided on a farm in Wayne Township, Ohio until about 1942 when they moved to Woodsfield, Ohio.
Devout, patient, informed, charitable of faults in others, faithful to his friends and his convictions, of him it can be truly said that he remained faithful to the end. Like the crashing of the mighty tree on the horizon, his sudden passing leaves a void in the family circle, the community, and the church, a void that will not be soon or easily filled.
Green grew the grass above thee:
Friend of our better days.
None knew thee but to love thee;
Nor named thee but to praise.
Winfield Scott Gatten, oldest son of Joseph Thomas Gatten and Hannah Jane Highman Gatten, was born at Graysville, Ohio on September 5, 1872. n He departed this life at his home on Sycamore Street at 12:20 Thursday afternoon, August 31, 1944, having attained the age of 71 years, 11 months and 26 days. He had been ailing for a few weeks from a heart condition. He was united in marriage with Martha Viola Smith on February 25, 1899.
Mr. Gatten leaves to mourn his departure, besides his wife, one son, Oliver Thurman Gatten, of Lewisville: five daughters. Mrs. W.W. Willison, of Smithville, Ohio; Mrs. Chloe May Farley, of Akron; Mrs. Mary Mildred Hoover, of Akron; Mrs. Edna Lourena Simmons and Mrs. Sarah Jane Cramblett, of Woodsfield; two brothers, John Gatten, of Woodsfield, and Hamilton Gatten, of Crystal, Michigan; fourteen grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother; one brother, Oliver Gatten; one sister, Mrs. Tabitha Jane Gray, and one grandson, Jack Edwin Farley, who passed away August 31, 1942, exactly two years before his own death.
His entire life was spent in Monroe County. A builder of houses by vocation, he leaves many structures as monuments to his industry and craftsmanship. In his daily work he took great pride in doing things well, remembering that 1900 years ago, in Nazareth, across the ocean, Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter.In early youth he became interested in spiritual things, and an intense student of the holy scriptures. Having learned his duty, he obeyed the gospel at Richfork congregation, was baptized in the icy waters of Richfork stream, and forthwith, set himself to the task of becoming an active worker in the church. He was a faithful member of The Church of Christ. As an exhorter, a teacher, a song leader, and an elder, his life has been an inspiration to all who knew him. In his daily work, as in his worship, he implicitly obeyed the scriptural induction to " Study to show thyself approved unto God: a workman that needeth not be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth."
Mr. and Mrs. Gatten resided on a farm in Wayne Township, Ohio until about 1942 when they moved to Woodsfield, Ohio.
Devout, patient, informed, charitable of faults in others, faithful to his friends and his convictions, of him it can be truly said that he remained faithful to the end. Like the crashing of the mighty tree on the horizon, his sudden passing leaves a void in the family circle, the community, and the church, a void that will not be soon or easily filled.
Green grew the grass above thee:
Friend of our better days.
None knew thee but to love thee;
Nor named thee but to praise.
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