The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-06-08
IN MEMoRIAM.

When useful lives go out, It Is fitting
that public tribute should be given to
their memory. Americas has recently
lost two of her worthy citizens and
one little boy by death.
The little boy was Samuel James
Bell, son of S. NJ. Bell. He was tax
en- sick while at school, with what ap-
peared to be a cold. In two or three
days SYMPTOMS of malignant scarlet
fever were manifest. The disease made
fearful progress, producing intense
suffering and sadly wasting his natur-
ally vigorous constitution, until Satul-
day morning, May 18th when he quiet
ly breathed his last, in the eighth year
of his age, and on Sabbath morning
his afflicted parents and a few SYM
pathizing friends and neighhors bore
his dust sorrowfully to the cemetery,
to rest from troubles of the world
until the resurrection.
On the same Sabbath morning, MAY
18th, the tolling of the bell announced
the death of another member of our
community. This was George David
son, whose death had been anticipated
for some time. He had been confined
most of the winter with bronchial con-
sumption. He was born in a place call
ed the Shields, Berwickshire, Scotland.
When q young man he went to South
America and spent several years
there. He returned to Scotland and
at length settled in Ireland, where he
was married. Having acquired COM
Portable living, he resolved to immi-
CRATE to this county, where sister
had preceded him and where he had
some funds invested. He removed,
with his family, to Americas, about
six years ago, and began to improve
an unbroken piece of prairie q mile
northwest of town. Not being ac-
customed to the ways of the western
world, he very much regretted that he
made this change, but he resolved to
make the best of it by doing all he
could to make a good home. The mis-
fortunes of the country were well
calculated to produce encouragement.
During the past year it was painfully
evident that he was failing. He
graually sunk, in hope of a better
life, until the Sabbath morning men,
toned, when he expired in the seth
year of his age. He was a man
of quiet manners, of sterling honesty,
patient industry and much estee med,
He Joined the United Presbyterian
church after coming here and proved
a consistent member. His widow
and four small children mourn his
loss.
Mrs. Margret Anderson, sister OF
the above, returning from his funeral,
was attacked by a severe suffering,
caused by hernia, of some years stand.
ing. DIR. Wright, OF Americas, was
called in and finding it critical case,
he had DIR. Jacobs of Emporia sent
for. But their uaited skill proved
unavailing to save her life. She bore
her sufferings with great fertitude
and seemed satisfied to die, express
ing only a wish to live that she might
be useful to her children. She expired
on the night of May 18th, and was
buried beside her brother.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Der.
wickshire, Scotland, in the year 1917
She came, with her husband, John
Anderson, to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1s49
Removed thence to Illinois and thence
to Iowa. They came to Americas 1859
She was the mother Of seven sons and
two daughters who remain and are
well known in this community
Naturally of robust constitution and
great fOrtitude she was fitted for life
of trial and aff1iction. She now quiet
~ sleeps, where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest.
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