| Obit For | Adaline (Binion) (Jackson) Calton |
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| Headline | Mrs. Adaline Calton, 101, is Dead: Lived Here Since Civil War |
| Text | Obit #1 Barry County’s oldest resident, Mrs. Adaline Calton, 101 years of age, died Wednesday night at the home of her son by a previous marriage, S.S. Jackson, in Pleasant Ridge township. She was a native of Tennessee but came west during the Civil War to settle in the old Indian Territory and came to Barry County at its close. Mrs. Calton was married to C.C. Jackson in 1867, He died in 1901 and she was married to Dave Calton. She was the mother of ten children, seven of whom died in infancy. Two died later and the only survivor is Mr. Jackson. She was a woman who was held in high regard by those who have known her son long and well. Despite her years she retained her alert mental faculties and had a keen sense of humor to last during her last sickness. She was a consistent member of the Christian Church. Funeral services were conducted at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church by the Rev. Fred McPhail of Aurora Friday afternoon. Burial was to the Calton Cemetery. Obit # 2 DIES AT AGE 101 OLDEST RESDIENT Had Survived All of Her Ten Children But Two The oldest resident of Barry county, Mrs. Adeline Calton, died at the home of her son, S.S. Jackson in Pleasant Ridge township, Wednesday night , Nov. 7, at the age of 101 years, 8 months, and 17 days. She was the mother of ten children, nine of whom precede her in death. Of her immediate family only one son S.S. Jackson, and nieces and nephews survive. Her husband David Calton, died in 1925 and since that time she had made her home with her son. Mrs. Calton was born in Tennessee on February 20, 1844. During the Civil War she came with her parents to what was at that time the Indian territory. At the close of the war they came to Barry county, Missouri, to make their home south of Verona, and it was here that she married to C.C. Jackson. Mr. Jackson died in 1867, and in 1901 she was married to David Calton. Funeral services were held in the Pleasant Ridge Baptist church Friday afternoon, Nov. 9 conducted by Rev. Fred McPhail of Aurora. Burial was in the Calton cemetery by the side of her husband. Mrs. Calton had been a member of the Christian Church at Verona for a number of years. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Obit 1 - Cassville Democrat Obit 2 - Cassville Republican |
| Date | November 15, 1945 |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | Newspapers |
| Submitted by | Barbara Erwin |
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