Our mother now from us is gone,
Her voice forever stilled.
A place is vacant in our home,
Which can never be filled.
Elizabeth York was born in Spencer county, Indiana, November 14th, 1838, and died at her home in Pulaski county, January 20, 1917, at the age of seventy-eight years, two months and six days. She was laid to rest in the cemetery one-fourth mile from her home by the side of her youngest son, Simeon. Funeral services were conducted by Jesse Brown.
She came from Indiana with her parents, Seth and Rebecca Manes, when she was only one year old, and settled in Pulaski county, near the present site of Richland, which at that time was merely a wilderness, inhabited by deer and howling wolves. She was married January 29th, 1860. She was the mother of nine children, four having proceeded her to the great beyond. Five are still living; Mary Setser and Rebecca McMahan, of Camden county, Parridine and Ella York, of Pulaski county, and Wm. C. York, of Springfield. She also leaves her husband, five brothers, two sisters, four half-brothers and two half-sisters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. She was honored by a long life and lived to have great grandchildren. She had been a member of the Baptist church about 41 years and has lived a true Christian life, always giving her children good advice. She was a kind mother and a devoted companion.
The Pulaski County Democrat
Waynesville, Missouri
8 February 1917
Page 1
No comments:
Post a Comment