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OBW January 24 1891
IV 44 5
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A Christian Mother at Rest
Emily, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Jan Baxter and widow of the late
Kingsbury B. Johnson, died at the home of her son-in-law, George
Holland, this city, Friday, Jan. 9, 1891. She was born April 23, 1881,
in Lexington, Ky., and has lived in Shelby and Moultrie counties,
Illinois, for many years. Was the mother of fifteen children, four sons
and five daughters survive her, and the other six have gone on before.
She came from her son’s in Sullivan to nurse her daughter,
Mrs. George Holland, and took sick and lay suffering for six weeks with
rare patience and Christian resignation. For she was a sincere and
hopeful Christian until death relieved her. Rev. J. L. Douthit
conducted the funeral service at the house on Sunday, Jan. 11, and, the
worn out body was laid in t he city cemetery.
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