The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-03-11
Obituary.

ODituAFys
The sad death of Miss Maggie Gull
bertson at the home of MIR. X III.
knight, Pasadena, California, was an
pounced last week. The remains ar
rived Tuesday afternoon and the fun
eral was held Wednesday morning
from the residence. Rev. Freed was
summoned from Ottawa by telegram
to conduct the service and was assisted
by Rev. Huckleberry. A large num-
Der of friends was in attendance.
Margaret f. Culbertson was born
Oct. 4. 1866, and was therefore in the
prime of her young womanhoOd at the
time of her death. She became o
member of the church at fourteen and
led a consistent Christian life. On
the death of her mother five years ago,
Maggie took entire charge Of the
household and performed her duties
cheerfully and efficiently until her
rapidly failing health made it neces-
sarv for her to go to California about
Aug. LIST, 1891. The change of climate
seemed to be of no permanent benefit
to her. The sadness of the death, oc-
curing SO far away from home and the
loneliness of the bereaved father and
brothers call forth strongly the SYM
pathy of the many friends whom the
fovable character of the deceased had
attracted.
"Her sun is gone down while it is
vet day." was the appropriate text
selected by Mr.. Freed.
Entered into rest at Moran OH Mon
day, March 18th, 1892, Arson Jewell,
aged thirty-siX years and two months.
Mr.. Jewell was the son of James
Jewell NJ. ID. and of Almira Day, his
wife. He was born at Wellsburg, n.
Y, Jan. Sth, 1856, the youngest of four
children. OF these, two, DIR. Jewell
and Mrs. H. L. Bassett reside at
Moran, this county. The third Ia the
Rev. S. D. Jewell, of Coffeyville.
When mere child Mr.. Jewell gave
his heart to the Saviour, and though
he deferred making public profess
sion of his faith until he was twelve
wears old, no one who has known him
from the time of his conversion on,
has doubted that there was a reality
to the religion of at least one person.
Mr.. JEWELS hope was that he might
preach the Gospel. And for some
time he studied with view to taking
a college and seminary course with
the intention of entering the ministry.
But owing to disease Of the eyes, he
was obliged to abandon these plans
and give his life to other forms of Ia
Dor. But, though never permitted to
be numbered among those ordained
of men to the Gospel ministry, he has
given full proof that he was called
and ordained of God.
In 1860 DIR. Jewell removed with
his family to Catskill n. Y. where the
subject of our sketch resided until the
spring of 1870. Then, when fourteen
years of age, he travelled by himself
from Catskill, n. Y. to Talladega,
Alabama. His brother, now DIR. Jew
ell of Moran, was then in business at
that place. In the business in which
the brothers were engaged they EN-
plOyed slarge numbers of Freedmen.
Both brothers were jealous in their
efforts to educate and christianize the
negroes, and this they did sometimes
when it was unsafe. Mr.. Jewell re-
turned to New York in 1872, remain
ing there until 1874, when he return
ed to the South, going this time to
Tennessee. where his older brother
was then in business. Here he re-
manned until the brothers decided to
come west. They travelled with their
own team and buggy across Tonnes
see, Kentucky, Illinois and Mo. I'm
til they entered Kansas, they found
no place that satisfied them. When
they reached Moran they found that
for which they had been looking, good
farming lands, good neighbOrs and a
good opening for physician. This
was in the fall of 1882. In 1888 Mr..
Jewell moved to the place on which
he has lived nearly all of his life in
Kansas. At once he began working
for Christ here as hehad done In New
York, in Alabama and in Tennessee.
He loved the Sabbath School and the
Church, and took part in organizing
the Presbyterian Church at Moran.
Since he was fourteen years old he
has taught in the Sabbath School al
most uninterruptedly. Much of his
work has been among young men.
This by no means implies that he neg
lected older men or men OF his own
age. He was always ready to work
for his Master, and continued the eff
W VIII W SAIllob hO
could no longer speak distinctly. Few
men are better known than Mr.. Jew
ell in our County S. s. conventions.
He had been planning to be present
at the meeting here at lola next week.
But he has gone to a higher conven-
ton, even "the general assembly and
the church of the first born whose
names are enrolled on high" Mr..
Jewell has been married twice. He
married first, in 1879, Miss Sallie
Hamilton of Athens, Tennessee, who
died in Nov. 1856, leaving four chill
dren, one an infant, son five days old.
This child survived fifteen months,
and then went to be with his mother
and her Lord In May, 1889, Mr.. Jew
ell married for his second wife, Miss
Mary Jordan, of Moran. TO them
one child has been born. No pang
was more severe..to him who has gone
than that he must leave a home where
he found the unfailing love of wOm-
an who had proven herself worthy of
the high name of wife.
AS business man, Mr.. Jewell pos
sessed and deserved the confidence of
all who knew him. AS a husband
and father, as a brother, those who
are competent to speak feel that
words of simple truth would seem to
strangers unjustifiable praise. AS
Christian, and especially as Chris
tan worker, his memory is fragrant
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