Thomas R. Aiton, aged 78 years, a resident of Alexandria for 42 years, passed away February 26, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hugh H. Brown, from heart trouble. His health had been failing for some time, but his condition did not become critical until the Saturday preceding death.
Mr. Aiton was born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., on January 18, 1854, the son of the late John and Nancy Coleman Aiton. He came to Minnesota with his parents seventy-five years ago, the family settling in St. Paul, then a mere village. His father engaged in the building contracting business until 1869, when he homesteaded near Lake Reno in Pope County, Minnesota. The father and boys, in addition to operating the farm, did building contracting in Glenwood and vicinity. They erected the first brick school houses in Alexandria and Glenwood.
On May 8, 1879, he was united in marriage to Jennie Robinson in St. Paul, and they settled on the homestead near Lake Reno. In 1890, they moved to Alexandria. Mrs. Aiton passed away in March 1922.
Surviving are two sons, Arthur R. of Portland, Oregon and John of Brainerd, Minn., and three daughters, Mrs. B. A. Stricker of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Hugh H. Brown of Alexandria, and Mrs. Ernest J. Carlson of Stillwater, Minn. One son, William T., died three years ago. Mr. Aiton also leaves one brother, James L. Aiton of Los Angeles, Calif., and one sister, Mrs. William Potts of Oakland, Calif., while there are twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Mr. Aiton was a member of the Alexandria Lodge of odd Fellows for many years, also a member of the Imperial Order of Muscovites.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Anderson Chapel and the First N. E. Church of Alexandria, Rev. J. R. Davies officiating. Interment was made in the family lot in Kinkead Cemetery. Members of the Odd Fellow Lodge attended the funeral in a body, and the pallbearers were members of the lodge as follows: John F. Anderson, Herman S. Anderson, George Leighton, John H O'Brien, Richard Chase and Elmer Polzine.
(Park Region Echo, 3 March 1932)
Mr. Aiton was born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., on January 18, 1854, the son of the late John and Nancy Coleman Aiton. He came to Minnesota with his parents seventy-five years ago, the family settling in St. Paul, then a mere village. His father engaged in the building contracting business until 1869, when he homesteaded near Lake Reno in Pope County, Minnesota. The father and boys, in addition to operating the farm, did building contracting in Glenwood and vicinity. They erected the first brick school houses in Alexandria and Glenwood.
On May 8, 1879, he was united in marriage to Jennie Robinson in St. Paul, and they settled on the homestead near Lake Reno. In 1890, they moved to Alexandria. Mrs. Aiton passed away in March 1922.
Surviving are two sons, Arthur R. of Portland, Oregon and John of Brainerd, Minn., and three daughters, Mrs. B. A. Stricker of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Hugh H. Brown of Alexandria, and Mrs. Ernest J. Carlson of Stillwater, Minn. One son, William T., died three years ago. Mr. Aiton also leaves one brother, James L. Aiton of Los Angeles, Calif., and one sister, Mrs. William Potts of Oakland, Calif., while there are twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Mr. Aiton was a member of the Alexandria Lodge of odd Fellows for many years, also a member of the Imperial Order of Muscovites.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Anderson Chapel and the First N. E. Church of Alexandria, Rev. J. R. Davies officiating. Interment was made in the family lot in Kinkead Cemetery. Members of the Odd Fellow Lodge attended the funeral in a body, and the pallbearers were members of the lodge as follows: John F. Anderson, Herman S. Anderson, George Leighton, John H O'Brien, Richard Chase and Elmer Polzine.
(Park Region Echo, 3 March 1932)
Thomas R. Aiton, aged 78 years, a resident of Alexandria for 42 years, passed away February 26, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hugh H. Brown, from heart trouble. His health had been failing for some time, but his condition did not become critical until the Saturday preceding death.
Mr. Aiton was born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., on January 18, 1854, the son of the late John and Nancy Coleman Aiton. He came to Minnesota with his parents seventy-five years ago, the family settling in St. Paul, then a mere village. His father engaged in the building contracting business until 1869, when he homesteaded near Lake Reno in Pope County, Minnesota. The father and boys, in addition to operating the farm, did building contracting in Glenwood and vicinity. They erected the first brick school houses in Alexandria and Glenwood.
On May 8, 1879, he was united in marriage to Jennie Robinson in St. Paul, and they settled on the homestead near Lake Reno. In 1890, they moved to Alexandria. Mrs. Aiton passed away in March 1922.
Surviving are two sons, Arthur R. of Portland, Oregon and John of Brainerd, Minn., and three daughters, Mrs. B. A. Stricker of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Hugh H. Brown of Alexandria, and Mrs. Ernest J. Carlson of Stillwater, Minn. One son, William T., died three years ago. Mr. Aiton also leaves one brother, James L. Aiton of Los Angeles, Calif., and one sister, Mrs. William Potts of Oakland, Calif., while there are twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Mr. Aiton was a member of the Alexandria Lodge of odd Fellows for many years, also a member of the Imperial Order of Muscovites.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Anderson Chapel and the First N. E. Church of Alexandria, Rev. J. R. Davies officiating. Interment was made in the family lot in Kinkead Cemetery. Members of the Odd Fellow Lodge attended the funeral in a body, and the pallbearers were members of the lodge as follows: John F. Anderson, Herman S. Anderson, George Leighton, John H O'Brien, Richard Chase and Elmer Polzine.
(Park Region Echo, 3 March 1932)
Mr. Aiton was born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., on January 18, 1854, the son of the late John and Nancy Coleman Aiton. He came to Minnesota with his parents seventy-five years ago, the family settling in St. Paul, then a mere village. His father engaged in the building contracting business until 1869, when he homesteaded near Lake Reno in Pope County, Minnesota. The father and boys, in addition to operating the farm, did building contracting in Glenwood and vicinity. They erected the first brick school houses in Alexandria and Glenwood.
On May 8, 1879, he was united in marriage to Jennie Robinson in St. Paul, and they settled on the homestead near Lake Reno. In 1890, they moved to Alexandria. Mrs. Aiton passed away in March 1922.
Surviving are two sons, Arthur R. of Portland, Oregon and John of Brainerd, Minn., and three daughters, Mrs. B. A. Stricker of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Hugh H. Brown of Alexandria, and Mrs. Ernest J. Carlson of Stillwater, Minn. One son, William T., died three years ago. Mr. Aiton also leaves one brother, James L. Aiton of Los Angeles, Calif., and one sister, Mrs. William Potts of Oakland, Calif., while there are twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Mr. Aiton was a member of the Alexandria Lodge of odd Fellows for many years, also a member of the Imperial Order of Muscovites.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Anderson Chapel and the First N. E. Church of Alexandria, Rev. J. R. Davies officiating. Interment was made in the family lot in Kinkead Cemetery. Members of the Odd Fellow Lodge attended the funeral in a body, and the pallbearers were members of the lodge as follows: John F. Anderson, Herman S. Anderson, George Leighton, John H O'Brien, Richard Chase and Elmer Polzine.
(Park Region Echo, 3 March 1932)
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