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e nv. j t-1 liltinidTHEisIn Memoriam.The late Martha Ellen Wherlev was j born near Fredericktown, Madison ; county, Mo., May 26, 1837. She was | the oldest child of the late Rev. E. K. I Porter and came with him and other BE ( relatives in 1S52 and settled iu the j I neighborhood of the present Salem church.IShe professed religion when 15 years old, and was one of the charter ! members of tnis church. She was twice married and leaves six children.Mrs. Wherley was a woman pos-' Post ! sessing a high Christian character,; showing great fortitude in all the vl-j cissitudes of life, noted for her cour-j ~ 1 age, intellectual mind, consistent hos- j I pitality, always sacrificing self in the n»; discharge of what she thought to he 1S I her duty in caring for many afflicted ones.On April 17. 1909, she sustained a stroke 6f paralysis that had ever pince I rendered her helpless. She bore this I great affliction with patience. She the r-; spent fifty-four years at the old home- Ip ate; is stead, when, cn account of sickness, i U. I ad last September, she was taken to ai Su .1, (laughter’s home in Texas, where, onj thro u- March 17, 1911, God called her to cont n, i “come up higher. Thus ended the; with ry life of a dear mother, a kiqd neigh- mail Is, bor and honored and useful Christian \ It is. 1 woman.—A Friend. iPntlyPobeilewaspartidayas ; ery
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Sedalia Democrat Sentinel
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Fri, Mar 24, 1911
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