St. Clair County Obits

CORNELIUS LARISON

Appleton City Journal
8 August 1918
Cornelius Larison died at his home in the east part of Appleton City, Saturday, August 3, 1918. The deceased has been a citizen of Appleton City for several years and is well and favorably known. The deceased was born in Tennessee, in 1840. Many years ago he professed his faith in Christ and united with the Baptist church and his life has been a very consistent with his profession. His remains were taken to Windsor, MO., on train No. 10 last Sunday and from there to New Church, about 14 miles northwest of Windsor where his funeral sermon was preached by H.E. Carpenter, minister of Appleton City Christian church in the presence of a large and sympathetic audience of old time friends, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Pleasant Grove cemetery at that place.
While Mr. Larison was a single man, he had been a father to his niece, Miss Fannie Larison, ever since the death of her father, who died six years ago, and she mourns his loss with similar grief and affection as would a daughter.
The family records having been destroyed by fire some years ago it is impossible to give his exact age but it is thought that he was about seventy-eight years of age. He leaves as immediate relatives two brothers, Jas. of Windsor and Harvey of Kansas City, Mo., and one sister, Mrs. Will Moseley, of near Windsor, and his niece, Miss Fannie Larison, of Appleton City.