STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1900, pg. 1, col.7

HIRAM CROXTON, 22 Aug 1824 - 15 Feb 1900

   DIED at his home in Hillsdale, Michigan, Feb. 15, 1900, 
Hiram Croxton, aged 75 years, 5 months and 24 days.
   Deceased was born in Carrollton, Carroll county, Ohio, Aug. 
22, 1824.  In the year 1847 he married Martha Thompson, who 
survives him.
   Mr. Croxton's early business life was spent in Monroeville 
and Salineville, Ohio, where he was engaged in the furniture 
business.  In 1863 he moved to Pleasant Lake, Ind., to engage 
in farming.  When the Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw R. R. was 
built through the county he built the freight house and grain 
elevator at Pleasant Lake, representing that company as its 
agent for eight years.  In 1888 he moved to Angola where he 
resided for three years and then moved to Hillsdale.  He was a 
member of the Masonic fraternity for over forty years, andmany 
members of the order at Angola, Hillsdale and other places 
were present at the funeral to express sincere fraternal 
sympathy with the bereaved.
   Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Croxton, of whom 
three have died, and four remain to be the comfort of the 
mother in her declining years.  The surviving children are 
John G. Croxton, of Reading, Michigan; Worthington A. Croxton, 
of Fort Wayne; Emmet S. Croxton, of Angola; and Mrs. Arthur 
Robertson, of Hillsdale.
   Funeral services were held at the home in Hillsdale 
conducted by Elder Charles S. Medbury, pastor of the First 
Christian church in Angola.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Son: Emmet S. Croxton, 31 Dec 1862 - 10 Apr 1938, married 
1st:  Eula (Vandercook) Croxton, 19 Oct 1862 - 20 Aug 1919, 
daughter of Frederick and Emeline (McPherson) Vandercook.  He 
married 2nd, Ruth E. (Kimsey) Croxton, 09 Oct 1881 - 05 Jul 
1960. They are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben 
County, Indiana.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, pages 446, 447.
"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885", pages 779, 780, 
biography of Hiram Croxton. 

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net