Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-21
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OlCu-ku OOVGI low uhulps L0lhyCttS SOAuty
May Il, ofb1onchitis. Mr.. WIN. H. STEWART.
aged 46 years.
Thus passed away one of the best citizens and
most worthy gentlemen OF Lafayette county.
- At Kansas City. Jackson county, Mo-,
May "A, of consumption. Mrs: MARY Z. 81,
~ years. ;59
Mrs. Simons was . neice Of Mrs. G. E. Bal.
lard. of this city, and bequesthed to her and
her husband the care of her only child, Iuez, q
girl of ten. She was 3 woman of lovely chsrac-
ter.
- At Upton, Mo-, Sunday, May L, Mr..
ALFRED L. HAYES, cashier OF the Bank oil
Upton. aged 50 years.
SEINE fourteen months ago the Intelligence
chronicled his marriage with Miss Carrie Locke
Burnett. and new 1t IL called upon to mention
his death in the honeymoon OF his welded life,
and IN the early years Of his matured manhood.
A cultivated gentleman, he was alse q Christian
man. At the time OF his death he was the su-
perintendent Of the Sunday school Of the Pres.
byterlaa church of his town. and had always
been jealous in religious and neral movements,
A useful Citizens kind friend and . loving hus.
band, his death is really = blow to the oomnu
nifty in which he lived. and We offer this tribute
to his memory. where he was slightly known.
but where bis wife passed . large portion Of he,
life As schoolgirl and woman. May He who
Witnesses the agony even Of the sparrow tender.
ly care for the young widow.
jim Lexington township,. lafayette coun-
ty, No., May Ii, Mrs. BETH
aged rs ysears.
Mrs. Graves was born in Bourbon. county
Kentucky, May lst. 1906. Her father was John
Deshs, . gentleman Of q distinguished family o.
the comnonwesth Of Kentucky. He represented
his county in the legislature of that state. AMI
wss . brother Of Joseph Desha, q representa-
tive in congress fer fourteen years. from 1924 tt
1889. She received q liberal education and was
united In matrimony to John Graves, May Sd,
1870, being then only fifteen years Of age. Hel
husband was y gentleman OF fine intellect ant
rare educational attachments, which gave him {
high moral aud social position in every coin
munity In which he lived, and which with thu
excellent qualities of his heart endeared him tc
all who knew him. They left their home ant
friends In Kentucky to seek a home and cas-
their destiny on the then extreme western border
Of civilization, and arrived in Lafayette county
ia the spring of 1889. In that year her husband
purchased o farm of Capt. Thos. Galloway. four
miles south of Lexington. where lie engaged
exclusively and successfully in the pursuits Of
agriculture. and where they resided until deatt
removed their disembodled spirits to that realm
that lies beyond the boundary line of time
Here they lived prosperously. pleasantly and
happily together. Living in af9uence. theil
home was always open for the entertainment q
the worthy of all conditions OF society. Here,
under their huspitabIe roof. the talented, the re.
refined and the cultivated met to enjoy the
society Of their friends and pass ava a pleas.
ant and profitable hour. Here, too, those in
the middle and lower waiks of life could go and
meet with q kind welcome and find generous as.
~slstsnce in time OF need. But the pleasures o.
life cannot last always; and so it was with thost
who occupied this pleasant home. De 9TH
marked its victim, and on the Goth OF May. 1851
the husband and father In the prime OF manhood
and in the midst Of q lie of great usefulness
was stricken down. The widow succeeded
him in the possession OF the farm. aud fol
several years it was successfully managed undel
her control. In ls5S she was married to Charles
White. whose lite was ended by violence in thu
fall Of 1881, during that memorable civil strug'
gle that swept like a destructive Tempest ovel
the country. In 1864 she was again Joined il
marriage 10 j. ]. Williams. This was an I'm.
happy unlan. and the most unfortunate event Of
.er life. The hopes she entertained, when fo
the third time she entered into the bends O
matrimony. Of living In the quiet, peaceful
enjoyment of the pleasures of home were no
realized. but soon met with disappointment
He proved to be an uncongenial companion, an,
10 1878 y divorce was granted her, and Ivy deere
Of court she again assuReI the name OF her frs
husband. Since then sue has lived i'll letiremen
in an humble home (the line residence havinI
been destroyed by, are) At the place, where sh
resided when she first arrived in the county.
At An early period she became interested upol
the subject, of religion and under the powerful
preaching Of Alexander Campbell became
member of the Christian. church. For man.
years after arriving in this county she and he
husband were actively engaged in the cause
and devoted much OF their time and energy il
promoting the interests OF the church an
christisniry. He remained true to his convic
| tons and died in confident faith and in ful
hope Ut y rich reward beyond the grave. Sh
also remembered the lessons Of early life. Il
her last illness she expressed her belief In tn
divine mission of CHRIST and her faith IN lh
efficacy Of his atOnement. f..
She was the mother OF four children. all b
her first husband-Desha, David, Mary an
Thomas. Desha, the eldest, was = man oil lin
intellectual attainments and great promise. II
enlisted as = private soldier in the war wit
Mexico, in Captain Walton's company ;,
mounted volunteers; was elected lieutenant
and was with Col. Doniphan in that long
perilous and celebrated march from Fol
LeSvenwOrth, through Santa Fe and Chihuahu
into the heart OF Mexico. He returned in ls47
and died in ls49 just when he WAS ready to d.
part for the golden reglons OF California. Mar
died IN ls40, being then only fourteen years old
David and Thonas engaged il agricu itur.
pursuits. and were successful farmers. Thoms
died In 1857, and David in 1858. The mothe
survived the last Of her children twenty thre
years., aud left behind her four GRANDCHILDREN
and several great grand children ts mourn be
loss.
She was . lady Of more than ordinary int
lectual power. was quick TO discern, and pc.
sessed strong, decided convictions and positiy
opinions. She was u trte friend, a Yenereu
neISlLor, and In former times was q kin
mistress to her servants. The last was full
stte.ted at her funeral. Then the old tamil
servants. whe once belonged to her, the heac
of some silvsred over with the frost of man
yesrs. andtheir descendants were gathered to ps
the last tribute of respect to the memory OF the
former mistress and friend and follow her r.
mains IN monrnful silence to the grave. q.
Another one Of the landmarks of a form,
period has passed away; another link that col
nectsd the past with the present has bee
broken and severed; another one. who In Il
past occupied high and envisble position h,
obeyea the unalterable mandate of Nature
God. returned to dust whence the body cam
and the spirit unto Him who gave it. Il.
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New Things.
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