The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-17

"Hios as Ohio was then called. The trip
was a perilous one of 500 miles over the
Allegheny mountains and through an IN
settled wilderness without roads or bridges
and infested with bears and wolves and
rowing bands Of Indians. She grew to
womanhood in Ohio, and learned the glove
making and tailoring trades When quits
a young woman she married Isaac Cox.
who accidentally met death soon after the
wedding day. In April, ls24, she married
Moses Moore, but he also died within -
short time. On Sept. Il. 1899, she married
Joseph Sexton at Jacksonboruugh, O., and
with him she lived for over City yearH.
until his death.
In 1884. after q life Of doubt upon rsli-
gious matters. she joined the United Breth-
rem church and was baptized in the Crest
Miami river at Dayton. q. A few days
after joining the church she went IN u
dance, being very fond Of the amusement.
When she entered the ball she was sud-
denly stricken with deep sense Of cisap-
prevail Of her own past conduct, and then
felt call TO teach the Word. She left the
hall, deeply moved with the determination
10 become q minister. The opposition Of
her family, however. deferred her from
carving out her plans for several years.
and it was not until eight or ten years
later that she commenced 10 exbort In
public. From the first her success was
notable.
In 1851, Josiah Turrell. presiding elder
at the quarterly Illinois conference Of the
United Brethren, gave her a license 70
preach, which license she still proudly exs
hibits Her forte was in revival work. and
her converts during the twenty or thirty
years following her regular initiation into
the ministry mum bered many thousands.
In 1870 Mrs. Sexton, with her husband.
moved to Kansas. She was no sooner theirs
than she was inportuned 20 preach. It
seemed as IL half the people of the state
knew good old Mother Sexton, for many Of
the citizens Of the new state bad emf
rrated from Ohio. Indiana and Illinois.
Before she had fairly gotten to work, bow
ever, Governor Harvey appointed her
prison chaplain at the state penifentszry.
She took the position with some reluctance.
for she was afraid she wosld not be able 20
successfully carry on the difcult duties.
She wss over seventy years old. and her
kind, motherly and sympathetic tender
ness awoke In many = poor mans breast
the love he had borne for his own mother
years before When her labors there were
finished she counted ninety-dve converts
among the jail birds who had embraced
the Christian faith She went a. . dele
gate in 1870 70 the national prison congress
at Cincinnati and was the only woman who
addressed that distinguished body.
A year or two later. vhsn the people u
Kansas were in distress, owing 70 several
successive crop failures. she started out 20
solicit aid Her appeals through the east
ern states were rewarded by bountisHl
gifts Of food and clothing. and st oze tina
she sent back whole train load q eour.
Fer good work was cut short By tbs 70
oeipt, while In Wsshington city, 81 . dis
patch from Governor ST. john. telling bsf
not 70 send any further supplies. a. tss
distress had becs relieved
About three years ago Mrs. ssxton
moved 20 Seattle from KEnEss. and abe
SILL frequently breaches and makes trips
20 surrounding towns and holds rsvfvals.
During the pasa few weeks her sJe<4Khs
has gradually failed. AID this viii probably
deter her from dong much Esers sSstss
work Ia The way u prsschtng-
She renenbers TIE war u 1879 distinct
~. Her brother Aensr vAs in th2s war.
and her grandfather ora her rSothesss sl6e,
Joseph TIngley. ard hts two soss. vsrs
soldlSrs under Wsxaiaxion In the K<xoiu-
ton She Sill rsrnsub<rs q hsarias her
grandfather tell &C klS fra netting vita
General Wazkiagfon- Tie cd nan. With
hls txS sons, approached TIA gsasral with
some tr~ps1&tso<A Taking OF his hal AID
putting /; under his srrn. BE nd:
Il bellsvs ksye TO- scsoF q beng n
TIE preseoes q General Eashingt1nr'
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live 70 hs . ksId-S<1 years cd. An4 q u noe
~ Al sE1lksly tl.sG she sill
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