Chetopa Advance (Chetopa, Kansas), Thursday, September 6, 1917
Death Ends Long Suffering of N. J. Stratton, Aged 80
Nathan Johnson Stratton died Monday morning at 5 o'clock from a dilated heart. He had been in ill health for several years. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. J. R. Hankins officiating and burial being in Oak Hill cemetery. A large crowd attended the service, many of the family's Bartlett and Edna friends being present.
Mr. Stratton came from New England parentage. His parents, Lemuel Page Stratton and Sarah B. Johnson Stratton, moved from the east to Illinois in an early day. The subject of this sketch was their third child and was born in Upper Alton, a few blocks east of Shurtleff college, March 20, 1837, thus being at the time of his death 80 years, 6 months and 14 days old. When he was 3 years old his parents moved to Brighton, Macoupin county. There he grew to manhood. He was converted at family worship when he was 14 years old, uniting with the Presbyterian church in which he has ever since been active, serving as an elder most of the time for more than 40 years. He had a very high ideal of the responsibilities and privileges belonging to church membership and keenly regretted that failing health had prevented his being identified with the local church activities.
Mr. Stratton was married to Miss Clarissa Rice April 19, 1858. Of this union one son was born, Edwin Luther, who now lives in Pueblo, Colo., and is present today. The son is also an elder in the Presbyterian church. Miss May Blair has for years been virtually the same as a daughter to the Strattons. She lives in Canadian, Tex., and came here for the funeral.
At the time of his marriage Mr. Stratton was in the grain business and followed this, together with banking, for many years. When business reverses came, his unfaltering trust in God's care was never shaken. Later the Strattons have lived in Missouri and Texas, moving from Canadian, in the latter state, to Edna, Kas., about five years ago. Hoping to benefit his health by drinking the artesian water in Chetopa, he moved to this place from Edna last fall. His business had called him into many localities and he had made an unusually wide circle of warm friends. Letters from these friends from all over the country have brightened his days while he has been a shut in.
His strong characteristics were inherited. His parents were among the few in that early day in Alton who dared to attend the funeral of Lovejoy, the noted anti-slavery newspaper man who lost his life because of his fearless use of his paper to advocate freedom for the negro race.
Mr. Stratton was reared in a Christian home and when he was married established his own home along the same lines, always adhering to family worship and strict Sabbath observance.
Through his long illness his wife has been his constant companion, caring tenderly for him to the last. The beauty of his married life, his quiet courtesy and his Christian influence is a memory which will remain with his friends as a benediction.
Contributor: Julia Johnson (47176433) • [email protected]
Death Ends Long Suffering of N. J. Stratton, Aged 80
Nathan Johnson Stratton died Monday morning at 5 o'clock from a dilated heart. He had been in ill health for several years. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. J. R. Hankins officiating and burial being in Oak Hill cemetery. A large crowd attended the service, many of the family's Bartlett and Edna friends being present.
Mr. Stratton came from New England parentage. His parents, Lemuel Page Stratton and Sarah B. Johnson Stratton, moved from the east to Illinois in an early day. The subject of this sketch was their third child and was born in Upper Alton, a few blocks east of Shurtleff college, March 20, 1837, thus being at the time of his death 80 years, 6 months and 14 days old. When he was 3 years old his parents moved to Brighton, Macoupin county. There he grew to manhood. He was converted at family worship when he was 14 years old, uniting with the Presbyterian church in which he has ever since been active, serving as an elder most of the time for more than 40 years. He had a very high ideal of the responsibilities and privileges belonging to church membership and keenly regretted that failing health had prevented his being identified with the local church activities.
Mr. Stratton was married to Miss Clarissa Rice April 19, 1858. Of this union one son was born, Edwin Luther, who now lives in Pueblo, Colo., and is present today. The son is also an elder in the Presbyterian church. Miss May Blair has for years been virtually the same as a daughter to the Strattons. She lives in Canadian, Tex., and came here for the funeral.
At the time of his marriage Mr. Stratton was in the grain business and followed this, together with banking, for many years. When business reverses came, his unfaltering trust in God's care was never shaken. Later the Strattons have lived in Missouri and Texas, moving from Canadian, in the latter state, to Edna, Kas., about five years ago. Hoping to benefit his health by drinking the artesian water in Chetopa, he moved to this place from Edna last fall. His business had called him into many localities and he had made an unusually wide circle of warm friends. Letters from these friends from all over the country have brightened his days while he has been a shut in.
His strong characteristics were inherited. His parents were among the few in that early day in Alton who dared to attend the funeral of Lovejoy, the noted anti-slavery newspaper man who lost his life because of his fearless use of his paper to advocate freedom for the negro race.
Mr. Stratton was reared in a Christian home and when he was married established his own home along the same lines, always adhering to family worship and strict Sabbath observance.
Through his long illness his wife has been his constant companion, caring tenderly for him to the last. The beauty of his married life, his quiet courtesy and his Christian influence is a memory which will remain with his friends as a benediction.
Contributor: Julia Johnson (47176433) • [email protected]
Chetopa Advance (Chetopa, Kansas), Thursday, September 6, 1917
Death Ends Long Suffering of N. J. Stratton, Aged 80
Nathan Johnson Stratton died Monday morning at 5 o'clock from a dilated heart. He had been in ill health for several years. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. J. R. Hankins officiating and burial being in Oak Hill cemetery. A large crowd attended the service, many of the family's Bartlett and Edna friends being present.
Mr. Stratton came from New England parentage. His parents, Lemuel Page Stratton and Sarah B. Johnson Stratton, moved from the east to Illinois in an early day. The subject of this sketch was their third child and was born in Upper Alton, a few blocks east of Shurtleff college, March 20, 1837, thus being at the time of his death 80 years, 6 months and 14 days old. When he was 3 years old his parents moved to Brighton, Macoupin county. There he grew to manhood. He was converted at family worship when he was 14 years old, uniting with the Presbyterian church in which he has ever since been active, serving as an elder most of the time for more than 40 years. He had a very high ideal of the responsibilities and privileges belonging to church membership and keenly regretted that failing health had prevented his being identified with the local church activities.
Mr. Stratton was married to Miss Clarissa Rice April 19, 1858. Of this union one son was born, Edwin Luther, who now lives in Pueblo, Colo., and is present today. The son is also an elder in the Presbyterian church. Miss May Blair has for years been virtually the same as a daughter to the Strattons. She lives in Canadian, Tex., and came here for the funeral.
At the time of his marriage Mr. Stratton was in the grain business and followed this, together with banking, for many years. When business reverses came, his unfaltering trust in God's care was never shaken. Later the Strattons have lived in Missouri and Texas, moving from Canadian, in the latter state, to Edna, Kas., about five years ago. Hoping to benefit his health by drinking the artesian water in Chetopa, he moved to this place from Edna last fall. His business had called him into many localities and he had made an unusually wide circle of warm friends. Letters from these friends from all over the country have brightened his days while he has been a shut in.
His strong characteristics were inherited. His parents were among the few in that early day in Alton who dared to attend the funeral of Lovejoy, the noted anti-slavery newspaper man who lost his life because of his fearless use of his paper to advocate freedom for the negro race.
Mr. Stratton was reared in a Christian home and when he was married established his own home along the same lines, always adhering to family worship and strict Sabbath observance.
Through his long illness his wife has been his constant companion, caring tenderly for him to the last. The beauty of his married life, his quiet courtesy and his Christian influence is a memory which will remain with his friends as a benediction.
Contributor: Julia Johnson (47176433) • [email protected]
Death Ends Long Suffering of N. J. Stratton, Aged 80
Nathan Johnson Stratton died Monday morning at 5 o'clock from a dilated heart. He had been in ill health for several years. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. J. R. Hankins officiating and burial being in Oak Hill cemetery. A large crowd attended the service, many of the family's Bartlett and Edna friends being present.
Mr. Stratton came from New England parentage. His parents, Lemuel Page Stratton and Sarah B. Johnson Stratton, moved from the east to Illinois in an early day. The subject of this sketch was their third child and was born in Upper Alton, a few blocks east of Shurtleff college, March 20, 1837, thus being at the time of his death 80 years, 6 months and 14 days old. When he was 3 years old his parents moved to Brighton, Macoupin county. There he grew to manhood. He was converted at family worship when he was 14 years old, uniting with the Presbyterian church in which he has ever since been active, serving as an elder most of the time for more than 40 years. He had a very high ideal of the responsibilities and privileges belonging to church membership and keenly regretted that failing health had prevented his being identified with the local church activities.
Mr. Stratton was married to Miss Clarissa Rice April 19, 1858. Of this union one son was born, Edwin Luther, who now lives in Pueblo, Colo., and is present today. The son is also an elder in the Presbyterian church. Miss May Blair has for years been virtually the same as a daughter to the Strattons. She lives in Canadian, Tex., and came here for the funeral.
At the time of his marriage Mr. Stratton was in the grain business and followed this, together with banking, for many years. When business reverses came, his unfaltering trust in God's care was never shaken. Later the Strattons have lived in Missouri and Texas, moving from Canadian, in the latter state, to Edna, Kas., about five years ago. Hoping to benefit his health by drinking the artesian water in Chetopa, he moved to this place from Edna last fall. His business had called him into many localities and he had made an unusually wide circle of warm friends. Letters from these friends from all over the country have brightened his days while he has been a shut in.
His strong characteristics were inherited. His parents were among the few in that early day in Alton who dared to attend the funeral of Lovejoy, the noted anti-slavery newspaper man who lost his life because of his fearless use of his paper to advocate freedom for the negro race.
Mr. Stratton was reared in a Christian home and when he was married established his own home along the same lines, always adhering to family worship and strict Sabbath observance.
Through his long illness his wife has been his constant companion, caring tenderly for him to the last. The beauty of his married life, his quiet courtesy and his Christian influence is a memory which will remain with his friends as a benediction.
Contributor: Julia Johnson (47176433) • [email protected]
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