This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Son, Harris, Weiser, Stark, Corster, Bradford, McGinus Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UYB.2ACE/1505 Message Board Post: [Bonne Terre Star/Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, MO/April 5, 1912/ reprinted from the Daily Ardmorite, Ardmore, Okla.] -- A PIONEER DEAD -- At two o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, March 20, James Son died at the residence of his son, Dr. J. F. Son in this city, at the advanced age of 82 years. Deceased was born on a farm near Sedalia, Cooper County, Mo. in 1830 and up until 11 years ago lived continuously in the state of his birth. He came from the hardy pioneer stock that wrested the middle-west from wilderness and by energy and indomnitable will-power cleared the path for the country's advancement. At the early age of eighteen Mr. Son became a member of the Baptist church and for sixty-eight years was a devout and consistent member of that christian body. He was united in marriage to Miss Eliza J. Harris of Pisgah, Mo., November 13, 1851. She together with eleven of the twelve children who were born to them survive his loss. For the five years immediately preceding his death Mr. Son and his wife had made their home with Dr. J. F. Son in Ardmore. One child, Mrs. Rebecca Weiser of Durant preceded her father to the grave six years ago. Dr. G. W. Son of Thayer, Mo.; J. W. Son of Aurora Springs, Mo.; Dr. T. A. Son of Bonne Terre [St. Francois County], Mo.; Mrs. Nannie Stark of Kennendale, Texas; J. H. Son of Granite City, Mo., Dr. J. F. Son of Ardmore, Ok.; D. W. Son of Milburn, Okla, Mrs. Jennie Corster of Mansfield, Tex.; Mrs. Maggie Bradford of Ardmore, Okla.; Mrs. Annie McGinus of Snyder, Okla., are the surviving children. The remains were laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery. ---- Daily Ardmorite, Ardmore, Okla.