Talbott, Albert R.

Albert R. Talbott, was born in Rising Sun, Indiana, July 6, 1851, and died at his home near Pringey, Oklahoma, at 11:15 p.m. Sunday March 27, 1910, after an illness of five days with pneumonia, at the age of 58 years, 8 months and 21 days. The body was brought to Nickerson Tuesday evening and funeral services were held from the home of his daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. F. W. Koons, on Wednesday at 2 p.m. and the remains were laid to rest in Wildmead Cemetery. Rev. Howe, of the Christian church preached the funeral services and the A. O. U. W. Lodge of Sterling performed the burial ceremonies of the order of which he was a member. In 1870, he was married to Sarah Frances Newman of Rising Sun, who died August 1878. To this union were born three children, Fannie Bell, who died in infancy, Mrs. Alberta Koons of Nickerson, and Frank Talbott of Pringey, Oklahoma. In 1880 he married Julia M. Latham, also of Rising Sun, and to this union were born two children, Dr. A. R. Talbott of Ellis, Kansas, and Julia Mae Talbott, of Comanche, Oklahoma. In early life he became an active member of the Baptist church and continued in this work for many years. He finished his education at Lexington, Kentucky after which he served as clerk in his father's flour mill at Rising Sun for 15 or 20 years. In the fall of 1885, in search of health, he with his family moved to his farm, five and one-half miles north of Sterling, Kansas, but in 1902 he moved to Woodward County, Oklahoma near Pringey. He was kind-hearted, and willing to accommodate his fellow man whenever it was in his power. A good citizen has fallen, but his memory remains in the hearts of his family and acquaintances. He was a faithful husband and loving father, and a kind neighbor. Besides his widow, four children and two grandchildren, he leaves one brother John Talbott of Rising Sun, Indiana, and one sister, Mrs. Clara Suits of Richmond, Indiana, to mourn his loss. The heartfelt sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved ones in this their sad hour of sorrow.


Nickerson Argosy March 31, 1910