My great grandfather, "Newt" Vernon, was the youngest son of Josiah Moses "Joe" Vernon and Prudence Emily Hunter.
I have a typed copy of his obit, which is probably the original:
"Joseph Newton, known as Newt Vernon, son of Joe M. & Prudence Hunter vernon, was born August 15, 1880 in Moniteau County, Missouri, and died at his home in Lebanon, Mo., Monday, March 25, at 10:55 p.m. at the age of 82 years.
His grandparents, Obediah and Sallie Vernon, were pioneer settlers of Mo. coming from Tennessee in 1844 when Newt's father, Joe M., was an infant. They settled in the Blackfoot community, homesteading the farm now owned by Dallas Vernon and which has been in the Vernon family continuously since it was homesteaded.
When Joe M. & Prudy were married they lived for a time in Moniteau County later moving to a farm adjoining that of Newt's grandmother and here reared their family of 8 children, Newt being among the younger ones.
Two sisters died in infancy, one brother, Bill, when a young man, and a sister, Brooks Alexander, a few years later. But two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Adkins and Mrs. Mead King, and a brother, Don O. Vernon preceded him in death only a few years, all living to more than three score years and ten, and all living in or near Lebanon where they enjoyed the fellowship of one another.
In January 11, 1903 Newt married to Miss Corda Jones, daughter of Jasper Jones, also of Laclede County and to this union two sons were born; Claude, of Lebanon and Don Clifford of Seattle, Washington; also three grandsons, Bill and Bob, sons of Claude, who are associated with their father's business, Lebanon, and Don C. Jr., of the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Abilene, Texas, and one granddaughter, Gayla Lynn of Seattle; three great granddaughters, Sherry, Kathy and Julie Vernon of Lebanon.
Shortly after their marriage, Newt and Corda moved to a place adjoining that of his parents in the Blackfoot Community and he began operating a country store which was a real need in those days. He continued to operate this business until 1953 when ill health forced him to retire.
He built a house in Lebanon, near his son Claude, and he and his wife moved from the community he had been a part of and which he had meant so much to, for so many years. As a country merchant, he was friend, counselor, and helper, to all who came his way.
In his, as in any community, there were always those who needed help and such were never turned away empty handed; In as much as ye have done it unto of the least of these, my brethern, ye have done it unto me.
His philosophy of life could be summed up by these words of the poet:
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
It's here the race of men go by.
They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are
strong,
Wise, foolish -- so am I;
Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
His death followed a lingering illness and although loving hands cared for him tenderly the Grim Reaper is no respecter of persons and when his summons came, he went, not as the quarryslave at night, but as one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
I have a typed copy of his obit, which is probably the original:
"Joseph Newton, known as Newt Vernon, son of Joe M. & Prudence Hunter vernon, was born August 15, 1880 in Moniteau County, Missouri, and died at his home in Lebanon, Mo., Monday, March 25, at 10:55 p.m. at the age of 82 years.
His grandparents, Obediah and Sallie Vernon, were pioneer settlers of Mo. coming from Tennessee in 1844 when Newt's father, Joe M., was an infant. They settled in the Blackfoot community, homesteading the farm now owned by Dallas Vernon and which has been in the Vernon family continuously since it was homesteaded.
When Joe M. & Prudy were married they lived for a time in Moniteau County later moving to a farm adjoining that of Newt's grandmother and here reared their family of 8 children, Newt being among the younger ones.
Two sisters died in infancy, one brother, Bill, when a young man, and a sister, Brooks Alexander, a few years later. But two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Adkins and Mrs. Mead King, and a brother, Don O. Vernon preceded him in death only a few years, all living to more than three score years and ten, and all living in or near Lebanon where they enjoyed the fellowship of one another.
In January 11, 1903 Newt married to Miss Corda Jones, daughter of Jasper Jones, also of Laclede County and to this union two sons were born; Claude, of Lebanon and Don Clifford of Seattle, Washington; also three grandsons, Bill and Bob, sons of Claude, who are associated with their father's business, Lebanon, and Don C. Jr., of the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Abilene, Texas, and one granddaughter, Gayla Lynn of Seattle; three great granddaughters, Sherry, Kathy and Julie Vernon of Lebanon.
Shortly after their marriage, Newt and Corda moved to a place adjoining that of his parents in the Blackfoot Community and he began operating a country store which was a real need in those days. He continued to operate this business until 1953 when ill health forced him to retire.
He built a house in Lebanon, near his son Claude, and he and his wife moved from the community he had been a part of and which he had meant so much to, for so many years. As a country merchant, he was friend, counselor, and helper, to all who came his way.
In his, as in any community, there were always those who needed help and such were never turned away empty handed; In as much as ye have done it unto of the least of these, my brethern, ye have done it unto me.
His philosophy of life could be summed up by these words of the poet:
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
It's here the race of men go by.
They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are
strong,
Wise, foolish -- so am I;
Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
His death followed a lingering illness and although loving hands cared for him tenderly the Grim Reaper is no respecter of persons and when his summons came, he went, not as the quarryslave at night, but as one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
My great grandfather, "Newt" Vernon, was the youngest son of Josiah Moses "Joe" Vernon and Prudence Emily Hunter.
I have a typed copy of his obit, which is probably the original:
"Joseph Newton, known as Newt Vernon, son of Joe M. & Prudence Hunter vernon, was born August 15, 1880 in Moniteau County, Missouri, and died at his home in Lebanon, Mo., Monday, March 25, at 10:55 p.m. at the age of 82 years.
His grandparents, Obediah and Sallie Vernon, were pioneer settlers of Mo. coming from Tennessee in 1844 when Newt's father, Joe M., was an infant. They settled in the Blackfoot community, homesteading the farm now owned by Dallas Vernon and which has been in the Vernon family continuously since it was homesteaded.
When Joe M. & Prudy were married they lived for a time in Moniteau County later moving to a farm adjoining that of Newt's grandmother and here reared their family of 8 children, Newt being among the younger ones.
Two sisters died in infancy, one brother, Bill, when a young man, and a sister, Brooks Alexander, a few years later. But two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Adkins and Mrs. Mead King, and a brother, Don O. Vernon preceded him in death only a few years, all living to more than three score years and ten, and all living in or near Lebanon where they enjoyed the fellowship of one another.
In January 11, 1903 Newt married to Miss Corda Jones, daughter of Jasper Jones, also of Laclede County and to this union two sons were born; Claude, of Lebanon and Don Clifford of Seattle, Washington; also three grandsons, Bill and Bob, sons of Claude, who are associated with their father's business, Lebanon, and Don C. Jr., of the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Abilene, Texas, and one granddaughter, Gayla Lynn of Seattle; three great granddaughters, Sherry, Kathy and Julie Vernon of Lebanon.
Shortly after their marriage, Newt and Corda moved to a place adjoining that of his parents in the Blackfoot Community and he began operating a country store which was a real need in those days. He continued to operate this business until 1953 when ill health forced him to retire.
He built a house in Lebanon, near his son Claude, and he and his wife moved from the community he had been a part of and which he had meant so much to, for so many years. As a country merchant, he was friend, counselor, and helper, to all who came his way.
In his, as in any community, there were always those who needed help and such were never turned away empty handed; In as much as ye have done it unto of the least of these, my brethern, ye have done it unto me.
His philosophy of life could be summed up by these words of the poet:
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
It's here the race of men go by.
They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are
strong,
Wise, foolish -- so am I;
Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
His death followed a lingering illness and although loving hands cared for him tenderly the Grim Reaper is no respecter of persons and when his summons came, he went, not as the quarryslave at night, but as one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
I have a typed copy of his obit, which is probably the original:
"Joseph Newton, known as Newt Vernon, son of Joe M. & Prudence Hunter vernon, was born August 15, 1880 in Moniteau County, Missouri, and died at his home in Lebanon, Mo., Monday, March 25, at 10:55 p.m. at the age of 82 years.
His grandparents, Obediah and Sallie Vernon, were pioneer settlers of Mo. coming from Tennessee in 1844 when Newt's father, Joe M., was an infant. They settled in the Blackfoot community, homesteading the farm now owned by Dallas Vernon and which has been in the Vernon family continuously since it was homesteaded.
When Joe M. & Prudy were married they lived for a time in Moniteau County later moving to a farm adjoining that of Newt's grandmother and here reared their family of 8 children, Newt being among the younger ones.
Two sisters died in infancy, one brother, Bill, when a young man, and a sister, Brooks Alexander, a few years later. But two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Adkins and Mrs. Mead King, and a brother, Don O. Vernon preceded him in death only a few years, all living to more than three score years and ten, and all living in or near Lebanon where they enjoyed the fellowship of one another.
In January 11, 1903 Newt married to Miss Corda Jones, daughter of Jasper Jones, also of Laclede County and to this union two sons were born; Claude, of Lebanon and Don Clifford of Seattle, Washington; also three grandsons, Bill and Bob, sons of Claude, who are associated with their father's business, Lebanon, and Don C. Jr., of the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Abilene, Texas, and one granddaughter, Gayla Lynn of Seattle; three great granddaughters, Sherry, Kathy and Julie Vernon of Lebanon.
Shortly after their marriage, Newt and Corda moved to a place adjoining that of his parents in the Blackfoot Community and he began operating a country store which was a real need in those days. He continued to operate this business until 1953 when ill health forced him to retire.
He built a house in Lebanon, near his son Claude, and he and his wife moved from the community he had been a part of and which he had meant so much to, for so many years. As a country merchant, he was friend, counselor, and helper, to all who came his way.
In his, as in any community, there were always those who needed help and such were never turned away empty handed; In as much as ye have done it unto of the least of these, my brethern, ye have done it unto me.
His philosophy of life could be summed up by these words of the poet:
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
It's here the race of men go by.
They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are
strong,
Wise, foolish -- so am I;
Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
His death followed a lingering illness and although loving hands cared for him tenderly the Grim Reaper is no respecter of persons and when his summons came, he went, not as the quarryslave at night, but as one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
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