Lenox Time Table, Thursday, January 29, 1914, p. 5
Obituary
On Monday afternoon of this week, the funeral and interment of John Hay took place in Lenox, his old home for many years, but the past 16 years were spent in the town of Springdale, Ark., where lives also the youngest surviving daughter, Mrs. Buseler.
During the night of Jan. 13th, he took a congestive chill, which was quickly followed by uremic poisoning following acute Bright's disease of the kidneys which, with a cold and weakened condition, resulting from a fractured hip 3 yrs. ago. He grew rapidly worse and the end came peacefully on Thurs. morning, Jan. 23. The suffering and delirium was intense, requiring the services of two physicians and the constant care of two skilled nurses.
Born in Wood Co., Ohio, Nov. 27, 1827, he was in his 87th year of age and remarkably well preserved for a man of his age, having always enjoyed the best of health. He gained such education, principally of the three R's, as the country afforded in those early days and emigrated to Illinois for a season and thence to Viroqua, Wis. where he established himself on a farm near town. It was here he met and was married to Miss Lucinda A. Clawson in 1858. From this union there were born seven children, three boys and four girls: Milton, Eugene, Frank, Doretta, Ida, Edna, and Lulu.
In 1875 the entire family moved to Yolo Co., Cal., but returned east the next spring and settled near Lenox in 1876, when this vicinity was very little more than vast uncultivated prairie, where you could drive over what is now cultivated fields of corn, oats and wheat. It was here the death of Milton, the eldest son, also Mrs. Hay and Frank, the youngest son, took place, Doretta having died in infancy in Wisconsin. The four survivors are: Mrs. Ida E. Crow, Des Moines, Iowa, Dr. Eugene T. Hay, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Edna N. Newman, Thorp, Wash., and Mrs. Lulu E. Buseler of Springdale, Ark.
Eugene and Lulu were both with him to the end, the former having gone from Chicago and both accompanied the remains to Lenox, after a short service at the old home in Springdale. The funeral was held here in the Christian church, where he formerly attended and where Frank's funeral was held also. He was buried in the family lot beside Mrs. Hay and near the other children.
Pomp and ceremony were not to the liking of the deceased. No clubs or societies could lay any claim to him. Sufficient for him to lead a home life surrounded by relatives and friends, hence no active politics, merely serving in the ranks of the Republican party, not engaging in the party squabbles for party pelf and graft, but voting for what he believed would keep this nation a prosperous, progressive and united people. Though not a regular communicant with any church, he attended most of the time the Christian Church while residing in Lenox and the Methodist Church while in Springdale, there being no church of his denomination in these places. He was always a believer in the Universalist faith and consistently followed this belief.
Never having preached the gospel of Christ except through his life of constant devotion to the practice of Christian Ethics, honesty of purpose and unfailing truthfulness, "owing no man anything save to love one another." His everyday life, illustrating the text he often quoted, "By their fruits, ye shall know them," was above reproach.
He made many friends wherever he went, being recognized for his true worth. His passing will be mourned by a large circle of friends.
We shall meet, but we shall miss him,
There will be a glorious dawn,
In the bright, the bright forever
On the resurrection morn.
Obituary
On Monday afternoon of this week, the funeral and interment of John Hay took place in Lenox, his old home for many years, but the past 16 years were spent in the town of Springdale, Ark., where lives also the youngest surviving daughter, Mrs. Buseler.
During the night of Jan. 13th, he took a congestive chill, which was quickly followed by uremic poisoning following acute Bright's disease of the kidneys which, with a cold and weakened condition, resulting from a fractured hip 3 yrs. ago. He grew rapidly worse and the end came peacefully on Thurs. morning, Jan. 23. The suffering and delirium was intense, requiring the services of two physicians and the constant care of two skilled nurses.
Born in Wood Co., Ohio, Nov. 27, 1827, he was in his 87th year of age and remarkably well preserved for a man of his age, having always enjoyed the best of health. He gained such education, principally of the three R's, as the country afforded in those early days and emigrated to Illinois for a season and thence to Viroqua, Wis. where he established himself on a farm near town. It was here he met and was married to Miss Lucinda A. Clawson in 1858. From this union there were born seven children, three boys and four girls: Milton, Eugene, Frank, Doretta, Ida, Edna, and Lulu.
In 1875 the entire family moved to Yolo Co., Cal., but returned east the next spring and settled near Lenox in 1876, when this vicinity was very little more than vast uncultivated prairie, where you could drive over what is now cultivated fields of corn, oats and wheat. It was here the death of Milton, the eldest son, also Mrs. Hay and Frank, the youngest son, took place, Doretta having died in infancy in Wisconsin. The four survivors are: Mrs. Ida E. Crow, Des Moines, Iowa, Dr. Eugene T. Hay, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Edna N. Newman, Thorp, Wash., and Mrs. Lulu E. Buseler of Springdale, Ark.
Eugene and Lulu were both with him to the end, the former having gone from Chicago and both accompanied the remains to Lenox, after a short service at the old home in Springdale. The funeral was held here in the Christian church, where he formerly attended and where Frank's funeral was held also. He was buried in the family lot beside Mrs. Hay and near the other children.
Pomp and ceremony were not to the liking of the deceased. No clubs or societies could lay any claim to him. Sufficient for him to lead a home life surrounded by relatives and friends, hence no active politics, merely serving in the ranks of the Republican party, not engaging in the party squabbles for party pelf and graft, but voting for what he believed would keep this nation a prosperous, progressive and united people. Though not a regular communicant with any church, he attended most of the time the Christian Church while residing in Lenox and the Methodist Church while in Springdale, there being no church of his denomination in these places. He was always a believer in the Universalist faith and consistently followed this belief.
Never having preached the gospel of Christ except through his life of constant devotion to the practice of Christian Ethics, honesty of purpose and unfailing truthfulness, "owing no man anything save to love one another." His everyday life, illustrating the text he often quoted, "By their fruits, ye shall know them," was above reproach.
He made many friends wherever he went, being recognized for his true worth. His passing will be mourned by a large circle of friends.
We shall meet, but we shall miss him,
There will be a glorious dawn,
In the bright, the bright forever
On the resurrection morn.
Lenox Time Table, Thursday, January 29, 1914, p. 5
Obituary
On Monday afternoon of this week, the funeral and interment of John Hay took place in Lenox, his old home for many years, but the past 16 years were spent in the town of Springdale, Ark., where lives also the youngest surviving daughter, Mrs. Buseler.
During the night of Jan. 13th, he took a congestive chill, which was quickly followed by uremic poisoning following acute Bright's disease of the kidneys which, with a cold and weakened condition, resulting from a fractured hip 3 yrs. ago. He grew rapidly worse and the end came peacefully on Thurs. morning, Jan. 23. The suffering and delirium was intense, requiring the services of two physicians and the constant care of two skilled nurses.
Born in Wood Co., Ohio, Nov. 27, 1827, he was in his 87th year of age and remarkably well preserved for a man of his age, having always enjoyed the best of health. He gained such education, principally of the three R's, as the country afforded in those early days and emigrated to Illinois for a season and thence to Viroqua, Wis. where he established himself on a farm near town. It was here he met and was married to Miss Lucinda A. Clawson in 1858. From this union there were born seven children, three boys and four girls: Milton, Eugene, Frank, Doretta, Ida, Edna, and Lulu.
In 1875 the entire family moved to Yolo Co., Cal., but returned east the next spring and settled near Lenox in 1876, when this vicinity was very little more than vast uncultivated prairie, where you could drive over what is now cultivated fields of corn, oats and wheat. It was here the death of Milton, the eldest son, also Mrs. Hay and Frank, the youngest son, took place, Doretta having died in infancy in Wisconsin. The four survivors are: Mrs. Ida E. Crow, Des Moines, Iowa, Dr. Eugene T. Hay, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Edna N. Newman, Thorp, Wash., and Mrs. Lulu E. Buseler of Springdale, Ark.
Eugene and Lulu were both with him to the end, the former having gone from Chicago and both accompanied the remains to Lenox, after a short service at the old home in Springdale. The funeral was held here in the Christian church, where he formerly attended and where Frank's funeral was held also. He was buried in the family lot beside Mrs. Hay and near the other children.
Pomp and ceremony were not to the liking of the deceased. No clubs or societies could lay any claim to him. Sufficient for him to lead a home life surrounded by relatives and friends, hence no active politics, merely serving in the ranks of the Republican party, not engaging in the party squabbles for party pelf and graft, but voting for what he believed would keep this nation a prosperous, progressive and united people. Though not a regular communicant with any church, he attended most of the time the Christian Church while residing in Lenox and the Methodist Church while in Springdale, there being no church of his denomination in these places. He was always a believer in the Universalist faith and consistently followed this belief.
Never having preached the gospel of Christ except through his life of constant devotion to the practice of Christian Ethics, honesty of purpose and unfailing truthfulness, "owing no man anything save to love one another." His everyday life, illustrating the text he often quoted, "By their fruits, ye shall know them," was above reproach.
He made many friends wherever he went, being recognized for his true worth. His passing will be mourned by a large circle of friends.
We shall meet, but we shall miss him,
There will be a glorious dawn,
In the bright, the bright forever
On the resurrection morn.
Obituary
On Monday afternoon of this week, the funeral and interment of John Hay took place in Lenox, his old home for many years, but the past 16 years were spent in the town of Springdale, Ark., where lives also the youngest surviving daughter, Mrs. Buseler.
During the night of Jan. 13th, he took a congestive chill, which was quickly followed by uremic poisoning following acute Bright's disease of the kidneys which, with a cold and weakened condition, resulting from a fractured hip 3 yrs. ago. He grew rapidly worse and the end came peacefully on Thurs. morning, Jan. 23. The suffering and delirium was intense, requiring the services of two physicians and the constant care of two skilled nurses.
Born in Wood Co., Ohio, Nov. 27, 1827, he was in his 87th year of age and remarkably well preserved for a man of his age, having always enjoyed the best of health. He gained such education, principally of the three R's, as the country afforded in those early days and emigrated to Illinois for a season and thence to Viroqua, Wis. where he established himself on a farm near town. It was here he met and was married to Miss Lucinda A. Clawson in 1858. From this union there were born seven children, three boys and four girls: Milton, Eugene, Frank, Doretta, Ida, Edna, and Lulu.
In 1875 the entire family moved to Yolo Co., Cal., but returned east the next spring and settled near Lenox in 1876, when this vicinity was very little more than vast uncultivated prairie, where you could drive over what is now cultivated fields of corn, oats and wheat. It was here the death of Milton, the eldest son, also Mrs. Hay and Frank, the youngest son, took place, Doretta having died in infancy in Wisconsin. The four survivors are: Mrs. Ida E. Crow, Des Moines, Iowa, Dr. Eugene T. Hay, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Edna N. Newman, Thorp, Wash., and Mrs. Lulu E. Buseler of Springdale, Ark.
Eugene and Lulu were both with him to the end, the former having gone from Chicago and both accompanied the remains to Lenox, after a short service at the old home in Springdale. The funeral was held here in the Christian church, where he formerly attended and where Frank's funeral was held also. He was buried in the family lot beside Mrs. Hay and near the other children.
Pomp and ceremony were not to the liking of the deceased. No clubs or societies could lay any claim to him. Sufficient for him to lead a home life surrounded by relatives and friends, hence no active politics, merely serving in the ranks of the Republican party, not engaging in the party squabbles for party pelf and graft, but voting for what he believed would keep this nation a prosperous, progressive and united people. Though not a regular communicant with any church, he attended most of the time the Christian Church while residing in Lenox and the Methodist Church while in Springdale, there being no church of his denomination in these places. He was always a believer in the Universalist faith and consistently followed this belief.
Never having preached the gospel of Christ except through his life of constant devotion to the practice of Christian Ethics, honesty of purpose and unfailing truthfulness, "owing no man anything save to love one another." His everyday life, illustrating the text he often quoted, "By their fruits, ye shall know them," was above reproach.
He made many friends wherever he went, being recognized for his true worth. His passing will be mourned by a large circle of friends.
We shall meet, but we shall miss him,
There will be a glorious dawn,
In the bright, the bright forever
On the resurrection morn.
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