Tombstone Tuesday - Happy Together

From the Baxter Springs, Kansas, Cemetery:

Happy Together

Donald Beathon
Glengary Can. 1835
Baxter Kan. 1912
Co. K & E 8 Ill Vol. Inf.
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Essie A. Wife - Mother
North Ireland 1842
Baxter Kan. 1914
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Josephine - Daughter
1866 - 1866
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Norman D. Son Michigan 1868
1922 Baxter Kan.

1870 MI Census Grand Traverse Co., Traverse Twp.
Beathon, Donald, 32, tailor, b. Canada West
", Essie, 26, born Ireland
", Norman, 2, born Michigan

1880 KS Census, Foote
D. BEATHON Self M W 43 CAN Farmer SCOT SCOT
Essie BEATHON Wife MW 37 IRE Keeps House IRE IRE
Norman D. BEATHON Son S W 12 MI At School CAN IRE
Lena RUSNICK Other S W 5 MN NORWAY NORWAY
George RUSNICK Other S W 2 MN NORWAY NORWAY

1900 OK Territory Census Woodward, Webster Twp.
Bethon, Donald, Dec 1834, married 36yrs, Can Scot Scot, To U.S. 1848, 51yrs, taylor
", Esie, wife, March 1843, m36, 2children/1living, Ireland Ireland Ireland
", Norman, March 1870, single, b. MI, traveling salesman

An obituary for Donald Beathon can be found here. Additional details in the obit include his marriage to Miss Essie Anna D. Johnston in Rock Island, Illinois, on October 6, 1864. He went to New York alone at age 13 and then onto Illinois. He opened a business in Traverse City, Michigan, and later moved to Larned, Kansas and then to Foote (now Gray Co.). At his death, his son Norman lived in Black Lake, Idaho.