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    1. Jane C. (Bond) Morton 1833-1927
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    3. "The Journal-Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Mar. 3, 1927, p 1. Jennie Bond was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near Uniontown, January 21, 1833. She was the second daughter of Jonathan and Mary French Bond. When about thirteen years of age she came with her father's family to Wisconsin where they settled on a farm near Milton. Here with her brothers and sisters she attended the public schools for a time, then spent several terms as a student in the old Milton Academy and in the college building till she had covered the studies of the teacher's course. Then she began teaching in the public and private schools of the county. After several years of alternate teaching and studying in Milton college she was called to be assistant teacher in English and mathematics in Milton College and she continued in that work for seventeen years. This work she enjoyed very much and has often spoken of how greatly she appreciated the opportunity of association with the teachers and students of that time. On September 17, 1885, Miss Bond was married to Rev. J. W. Morton. Their home for five years was in Chicago where Mr. Morton was pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist church and a missionary of the Northwestern Association. After this they went to the church of North Loup, Nebraska, and he continued his work there until his death in 1893. These years were full of blessed memories. After Mr. Morton's death, Mrs. Morton returned to her old home in Milton where she has since lived until she passed away on February 22, 1927. Mrs. Morton became a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church at North Loup. For thirty-one years she was a member of the Woman's Board. She lived a long and useful life. The funeral service was conducted jointly with that of her sister, Mrs. James Dennett on Friday afternoon, February 25, 1927. Pastor James L. Skaggs was in charge of the service. A mixed quartette sang two selections. President A. E. Whitford spoke in appreciation of her seventeen years of service as an instructor in connection with the college. Interment was made in the Milton cemetery. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

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