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The first settlers of Delaware connty will soon have passed away. A few Unger among us who came here forty fifty or more years ago. The Gibsomr, Reeces, Jacksons, Moores, Kibbles, Vannosdol, Truitts, Tomlinsons, Heaths, Wests* Peytons, and Cecils, with many others whose names are not so familiar to the, are gone. They were among the early settlers and were intimately connectedwith the material, moral, and religioushistory of this county. We see yet in our country churches, and at our largo gatherings: Whitney, Bolton, Williams, Thornburg, Aunt Patsey Mother Gibson, Mcftimncys, Hamilton* Keesling and others of the same worthy class with the departed. From this small number death is removing one here and there, and the little band Is growingless.Qn Jilly the fourth, while many of the people in country and town were enjoying a holiday, and many others more anxious for mammon than rest or pleasure, were busily employed on their farms or ii\^ their shops, in one of our fnigr*T^glrg^*Qother scene pass-and before tbe sun touched the meridian on that, the Nation’s birthday, another soul, as pure as light, entered into glory.Akxa Springer,daughter of John and Sarah B. Springer, was born December 3, 1791, In the State of Kentucky, Fayette county. In 1815 she was married to Aaron I. Cecil, and soon after emigrate! to Sfielby connty, Ohio. In 1831, came to Delaware county, Indiana, and settled on the farm where they both finished their earthly course.j SI nee tee death of her husband, which occurred on January 7,1880, mother Cecil has lived with her youngest son, Gordon, on die ohl homestead. She joined the Methodist Episcopal church when a mere child, and maintained her Christian faith for nearly seventy years. She leaves five sons and two daughters to mourn their loss. Mother |Oecil possessed in a ldgh degree,every virtue and grace joined to strong mind, that enters into the.make-up of the wife, mother, friend and ckristian. -When the last mortal conflict came she conquered through Jesus.On the fifth, her remains were followed by a large coacourse of people to the Tabor church and cemetery, where the funeral services were held, and the body deposited, where she rests from her labor and her works do follow her.B. Smith.Tsachen* IuUtate.
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Muncie Telegraph
Muncie, Indiana, US
Sat, Jul 15, 1871
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