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fACK80NTTLLE ILLINOIS,MORTUARY RECORD.8 Death of the Venerable Mrs#IMary Smith—Mrs. J. W. Shee-han No More.e-edofSMITH.tilMrs. Mary Smith, mother of Hon. Geo. W. Smith, died very suddenly at her ] residence, 327 South Ma n street, at 3:30I'rt Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Smith was e- born in Maysville, Kv., in 1806, where she passed her early life, coming to Jacksonville in 1841, where she has since resided. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom survive her, namely—Hon. Geo. W. Smith, James T. j Smith, Margaret Smith and Mrs.Mary Forwell. She was the | oldest of a family of seventeen children, all of whom preceeded her in death, and two of whom, Nathaniel and Margaret I Hurst, were well known in Jacksonville.V | On the 13th of April the 86th birthday of Mrs. Smith was celebrated in this cityi! bv a reunion of her children, grand '• children and great grand-children. At j that time she was apparently hale and | strong for one of her advanced years, r and yet her death was not entirely a e ! surprise to her friends, as the lifer)-ati.JtlstStblt;e^fl(PGcetheahiIIdtthaatbewii-sforces of one at her age are usually ; ofiianearly run out. She was co beloved and respected by all who knew to her, and in her death the list of early ] mi pioneers of Morgan countv is still further depleted. Her husband passed away in j Co 1860, since which time she had passed pr her days peacefully and happily among her children, and had the pleasure of seeing her son George elevated to I ^ri positions of trust and honor by his fel- \i f I low citizens. The funeral will take ! TltiinWiplace from her late residence at 2 o’clock ha p. m., Friday, and the remains will be I interred in the Jacksonville cemetery.ho■iiThe funeral services will be conducted i at 3 by kev. S. B. Moore, assisted by Rev. i Ir. Sh ort.pe lalt;SHKKHAN. . ,
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Jacksonville Illinois Courier
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Thu, Jun 09, 1892
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