Jackson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Heckathorn, George W April 7, 1900 ************************************************ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth C jaxsearch@hotmail.com May 12, 2006, 10:45 pm Medford (Oregon) Mail, Friday, 13 Apr 1900, Eagle Point Eaglets, p. 5, c. 1 Died–At the family residence, near Eagle Point, on Saturday morning, April 7, 1900, George W. Heckathorn, aged sixty-one years, eight months and twenty-six days. Mr. Heckathorn was born in Ohio, July 11, 1838, and at the age of twenty- two was married to Miss Isabella Diveny. In June, 1876, he settled in this valley, having lived most of the time since in the Butte creek country. He lived to see all of his children, except his only son, Jerry, grown and married. They were all present at the funeral, except one daughter, Mrs. Ball, who resides in California. Besides his six children, he leaves a devoted wife, a number of grandchildren, one brother and one sister, and a large circle of friends to mourn his death. Funeral services were conducted at the residence on Sunday morning, by Rev. J. P. Moomaw. Interment was made in the Central Point cemetery, A. C. Howlett conducting the services at the grave. A large number of his friends followed the remains to the cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/jackson/obits/h/heckatho1507gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb