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1890 - Lives with her mother in Chambersburg, PA.
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After Jacob's death, Maria sold the farm & with her few surviving children, moved into a cottage on the Warm Spring Rd., 1/2 miles S of Pittsburgh Pike & 2 1/2 miles W of Chambersburg, where she lived about 20 years. In 1874, she moved into Chambersburg, where she received injuries by a misstep on the stairs & falling from the top, she never fully recovered. She survived her husband about 22 years, & through all those intervening years of toil & care with her family of children, in guiding & instructing & educating in the way of truth & right, she always appeared to be cheerful & happy, trusting in the Lord. She was seized with typhoid fever & all the doctors could do & all the care & attention & everything that could be done was done, but that dreadful enemy, death, claimed her as his own. Oh, how she longed to go home, to meet the loved ones that had gone on before her & to be at rest, & walk & talk with Jesus. She would tell her children who surrounded her death bed to be good & it will not be long until you will all come too. Then we will all be at home together. Oh, how sweetly she sang that beautiful hymn, triumphing over the world & death:
Our bondage here shall end, bye and bye, From Egypt's yoke set free; Hail the glorious jubilee, And to Canaan march along, bye and bye.
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He only lived on the shore of time 17 days. And the angels came & took the little spirit home to heaven.
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And he only stayed in the earthly home 4 months, 3 days.
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The Lord also saw that he was ready to live in the beautiful world above. So he only remained 2 months, 3 days.
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Annie was a very bright & beautiful child of a very amiable & sweet disposition. None knew her but to love her, but that fell destroyer, typhoid fever, entered the home of the gentle child & took her to the beautiful land on high. Rev. S. McHenry preached the funeral sermon from those beautiful words found in the book of II Kings, 4th Chapter, 26th Verse.
Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
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But the angel messenger came & took the lovely babe, age 1 year, 3 months, 4 days.
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Eliza spent her child & girlhood in & around Chambersburg with her mother. At the age of 21, she made up her mind to go West, April 17, 1872. She started along, her destination being Sterling, IL. She arrived the 19th, expecting to return to Chambersburg in the course of 1 year, but falling in love with that beautiful country & the good people (for she made many friends while there), she concluded to spend her days there. It was while there, she met her future husband, Andrew. She returned to Sterling & stayled there until November 18, 1874, when they married.
After their marriage, they went to Clinton, IA., and lived there ever since. During their married life, there have been born to them 4 lovely children.
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She was only left to gladden the home 6 months & 19 days, then she went to dwell with the dear Saviour, who said so sweetly, "Suffer little childen to come unto me."
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Moved to Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL. after their marriage.
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In the fall of September 15th 1885, Edith Jane was taken with black diphtheria & did. All through her sickness, she suffered much pain but was so patient. Didn't want to make any trouble. She seemed to realize her condition. On one occasion, she said, this is not our home. On the last evening, her papa asked her what he could do to help her. She answered, "I want to go home." Then she waved her little hand back & forth over her head & said, "I want to go home." A few minutes after 12 o'clock midnight, she slept away.