Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-10-05
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MRS. Connor,s Death.

DIED--At 81, Alexis AAOspltnl OlsAa!Ch,
Tuesday, Sept. rs, 1894. Ella, aged ~
years, wife of Herbert D. Connor. OF
Williamsport, Emmons county, N. ID.
The Record. last week. from lack of in
formation, was unable to to give an ex.
tended article concerning the sudden and
untmely death of Mrs. Ella Connor, wife
of Mr.. Herbert D. Connor, uf Williams
port.
Deceased had been in Bismarck for
some weeks previous TO the birth of her
son, which occurred on the 9TH of last
month. She seemed to be getting along
nicely She WAS able to sit up, and was
intending soon to leave for home. But
relapse came on, and it was quickly evil
dent that there was cause for fear that
her illness would terminate fatally. She
suffered great deal, and was uncon-
scious much of the time, especially dur.
ing the twcnty.four hours before her
death. Her husband and her brother
Robert we're with her when she uicd.
The funeral took place on Thursday,
Sept. 81, at 2:30 p. M, a, the presbyte-
rian church in Bismarck, and the inter.
men. was made in the Protestant cemc.
terry near the Capital City.
Mrs. Ella Connor (nce Ycatcr) was
born In Juniata county, Pennsylvania,
and was 20 years old at the time of her
death. She was married to Mr.. Connof
on Sept. 20, 1893, at her former home
Ashland, Ohio. She came to Emmons
COUNTY from Aahland III April, 1884, and
during the summer of that year taught
at Williumsputt the first school that was
taught in Emmons countY--at least, the
first after the county was orgahized. She
again returned to Ashland. but came
back to Emmohs equity iu 1887. She
remained few mot1ths, and then again
took up her residence in Ashland: In
1892 she came to this section to reside
permanently. She taught the Williams
port school during the winter of 1892 -'03
Mrs. Connor. besides her husband and
her mother, leaves two sisters and five
brothers to mourn her loss the sisters
being Mrs. Elizabeth Mcmillan, of Nash
vile. Ohio, and Mrs. Emma LIE Fevre, of
Ashland. Ohio; her brothers, John
Ycater, of Holmcsville, Ohio; Samuel
H., Of Blachleyville, Ohio and VIM. L.,
David II. and Robert, of Williameport.
Her father died when she was child.
Mrs. COnnOr was member of the
Presbyterian CAurch and of the Christian
Endeavor Society. Kind, obliging, and
pleasant in manner, she was popular
with every one, and her uMtimely death
is mourned by all.
The little son who survives her, and
who will never know the blessing of a
mothers love, is being cared for at Mr..
Connor's residence by Mrs. M. II. Ycater,
Mrs. Connor's mother The little one is
in good health. .. =. $
Frt quently has the Record been called
upon to chronicle the sad tidings that
Death has ''come to the mother when she
feels for the first time her first.born's g
brea,ll;' but in no case has the event
caused more universal sorrow than pre-
walls In this neighborhood at the present
time or more sympathy for those near
and dear who are 5ereft Married for
only short and happy year, almost idol.
lied by her husband, blessed by the in.
nocent soul that had come to entwine it.
self around her kind and gentle heart,
the future indeed seemed to hold bright
promise for her. Lady friends who Wis.
tied her in Bismarck say that her face
would light up with smiles when she
| spoke of her home and of her boy--how
anxious she was for the time when, with
health regained, she could return to take
Up the pleasures and happiness of the
new mother life.
But it was not to be. The summon.
that must come to all came to her, and
the pure and gentle one left those dear to
her and passed over the dark river to
join the band Of scarcely puret aud gen
tier spirits on the other shore.