At Zanesville, Ohio, on Thursday, the 21st of December, by Rev. Orville J. Naer of the Second Street M. E. Church, Mr. JOSEPH W. WRIGHT to Miss SARAH VIRGINIA CATON, daughter of Mr. Geo. W. Caton, of this vicinity, both of this County.
Evidence Category: The Shepherdstown Register
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Obituary: Mary Alice Kearney
Death is Every Busy.
Mrs. Mary Alice Kearney, widow of J. Kearsley Kearney, a former well-known resident of this county, died Tuesday at the home of her son, Mr. Stewart Kearney, in Sykesville, Md., after a lingering illness, aged 63 years. Mrs. Kearney was a sister of Mr. Dennis M. Daniels, of Bakerton, this county, and the mother of Mrs. Otho Williams, of Berkeley county. She is survived by five children, three sons and two daughters.
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Walter Caton Real Estate Purchase
Mr. Walter Caton has bought from Messrs. Brock and Joseph Reinhart their farm adjoining Capt. Lee Moler’s and Mr. A. P. Reinhart’s places a couple of miles southeast of town. It contains 57 acres and Mr. Caton pays $1,400 for it. It is a nice little farm in an excellent neighborhood, and can be made a most desirable home.
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Obituary: George W. Caton
Mr. George W. Caton, a well-known resident of this vicinity, died on Christmas day at his home near the cement mill, a mile or two below town. Mr. Caton had been in bad health for a long time, suffering from dropsy and heart trouble. He was an honest, upright man, sturdy in character as he was in body, and all who knew him respected him. He was a brave and useful soldier in the Confederate army during the civil war, and many deeds of daring are told of him. He was a member of Company D, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, commanded by Major Knott. He is survived by his widow, two sons and five daughters. The funeral was held in the Southern Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. J. L. Kibler, and the remains were interred in Elmwood Cemetery. The pallbearers were J. M. Hendricks, Capt. Lee H. Moler, W. J. Knott, A. P. Reinhart, Geo. W. Osbourn, and Wm. W. Myers.
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Walter Caton, frightened horse.
Last Thursday night an old gray horse belonging to James Wright, colored, fell on the ice on the public road near town, and could not regain its feet, dying a few hours afterward. Later while Walter Caton was driving along the road his horse became frightened at the dead animal, and wheeling around suddenly, trembled and fell dead in its tracks. It is supposed that Mr. Caton’s horse, which was a spirited driver, burst a blood vessel when it became suddenly scared.
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Sale of George W. Caton Place
The real estate of the late Geo. W. Caton, consisting of two houses and about five acres of land near the old cement mill, east of town, was sold last Saturday at public sale by Walter Caton, the administrator. Robert G. Miller was the purchaser at $600.
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Death Notice: Mabel Caton
Mabel Caton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caton, died Tuesday night at the home of her parents, southeast of town, aged nine years. A few months ago she had a severe attack of measles, and following this her heart became seriously affected. From the complications that ensued, her death resulted. She was a bright and lovable child, and the bereaved parents have the sincere sympathy of their friends in the great loss that has come to them. The funeral services will be held in the Reformed Church in this place Friday morning at 11 o’clock.
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Married: Margaret Helen Caton
Mr. Charles Sheridan Cookus, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cookus, and Miss Margaret Helen Caton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Caton, both of Berkeley County, were married on thanksgiving day in Martinsburg at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. J. Paul Wright. Both the bride and groom are natives of the vicinity of Shepherdstown.
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Obituary: Mabel Caton
Died on February 28, 1912, at her home near Shepherdstown, little Mabel Caton, the beloved and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caton. She leaves a fond mother and father and two bright little brothers to mourn her loss. As the tender flower is cut down by the first frost of autumn, so does the short life appear. We could see day by day that her little form was growing weaker, while her spirit was ever gaining strength. She was buried from the Reformed Church, of which her parents and grandparents are members. The church was filled with sorrowing friends and loved ones, and heartfelt was the sympathy extended to her bereaved father and mother. She had been the pride of their hearts for only nine short years, when for some unknown reason God sent his angel messenger to guide her safely home. While we cannot understand God’s dealings, yet we can look up to him and say, “Father, they will be done.”.
Cheer up father, cheer up mother,
Lay off your thoughts of grief and pain,
For you know that little Mabel rests so sweet,
And does not want this home again.
She is happy, O, so happy,
In her home far up above,
And she will tell the other angels
Of her mother’s and father’s love.
We all know how much you miss her,
And pray to see her just once more,
But if you’ll only trust in Jesus,
You will meet her in the land of evermore.
I know she is waiting there to see you,
For when she bid her last good-bye,
Her faint little voice well told you
To meet her in the sweet by-and-by.
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Obituary: Emma J. Caton
Mrs. Emma J. Caton, wife of Mr. John Will Caton, who lived at Bakerton, this county, died unexpectedly on Friday of last week, causing a great shock to her family and friends. Besides her husband, she leaves six little children to mourn the irreparable loss of a mother– the youngest of them being only about a month old. Mrs. Caton, who was a daughter of the late John Grif. Moler, was about 32 years of age. The funeral service was held in Bethesda Church last Sunday, Rev. J. R. Van Horne officiating, and the remains were buried in Elmwood Cemetery.