The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-04-04

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DEATHS.
Died, at her home in Junction City,
Kansas, March 18th, 1896, Mrs. Martha A.
Ketner, nee Palmer, In the 58th year OF
her age.
Death in making his first visit to this
dear family of father, mother and five
children, chose as his victim the best and
brightest of their number and made the
widest breach in the family circles.
Mrs. Ketner was the youngest daughter
of the late Isaac Palmer, who died In our
city a few years since, and is the sister Of
Mrs. DIR. T. L. Bolton and Mrs. j. E.
Ryland, now living in our midst. These
two good women are the sole survivors
of a large family, all Of whom we devoutly
hope and believe are at rest, having died
in the Lord.
Mrs. Ketner was n OF the brightest,
most cheerful and happy women that ever
lived and graced our community. She
was one of that host of charming young
women who made Lexington the rival of
any town for fair women and brave men
in the fifties. She was married to Major
James Ketner, OF L~eavenworth City, a
dashing, gallant young officer OF the first
regiment of Kansas volunteer cavalry, in
the year 1853, and made her bridal trip to
Vicksburg, Mississippi, where her BRIDE
groom's command were, where she enjoy
ed the pleasures OF her early married life
with the husband of her choice, and
shared his dangers and the hardships of
the soldiers life. The war closed and
with glad, grateful hearts, they returned
to the city OF Leayenworth where he
engaged in the practice of law. Remain
ing there a number of years, they then
removed to Junction City where she
closed a long life. She was spared to see
all her children grown. Having left the
each of them, God has taken her to
himself.
The stricken husband and mourning
SONS and daughters nave the sympathy of
the numerous friends of the deceased, who
live in this community and who knew
and loved the departed. May they SO live
and act as to meet the reward that awaits
the just. r.
Died, in this city, Thursday, April I'd,
1895, at three O'Clock in the morning, at
the family residence on South street,
Elizabeth Reid Austin, wife of the late
job VIM. Waddell.
Mrs. Waddell was the seventh daughter
and thirteenth child of DIR. William
Wilson Austin, of New London, Virginia,
and was born in the ancestral plantation
of the Virginia Austins, in Bedford
county, April 21st, 1888.
When yet a child she came with her
to Missouri, and grew to woman
hood within the new western family
home, which was planted in Carroll
Here on the evening of March
9th, 1859, she became the wife of Mr., John
w. Waddell. Rev. Daniel L. Russell per-
the ceremony that united for life
these two in a marriage destined TO be
one of unusual happiness-all of which
life has been lived in this COM
munity, amongst friends who need no
present testimony to say to them that
these two were 'lovely and pleasant in
their lives, and in their death were not
long divided"
Turning away fr ON the earth today she
leaves behind her four children, Frances,
and Elizabeth, and Walter, her one
living son, with a group of eight grand
children, John, Edwin, and Sarah Win
gate, William Duke. Elizabeth, w illiam
md Frances Barton, and baby Walter
Smith. OF her father's family
Iour members survive her, Mrs. Frances
Arnold, Mrs. Mary Austin Will
DIR. Peter Austin and Mr.. Robert
Alexander Austin.
How the changes of this huctuatiDg
hing called life break assund and
md widely scatter apart the ties OF family
which at the start seem SO firmly united!
the last resting places of these are
far and wide by mount and
tream aud sea-"
But this one who today has but just
'assed exultantly into the, to US. silent
and, reached backward in her going long
ng ones, and ~loyously TO testify that
here is no death to one who goes from
arth life panoplied in the certsinties of
piritua al faith. Hers was a most beau
Iful, calm, yet triumphant laying aside
I the mortal to put on immortality, and ,
3 a fitting finish to a life of perfect con {
e~cration she leaves as a gracious legacy ;
, those who witnessed her departure a |
certainty of the ~incorruptible truth !
lat "there is no death! /
An angel form :
Walks DER the earth with silent tread; :
He bears our loved ones away, i
And t hen we cali them dead. c
Born into that uudying life, 4
They leave us but come again; Z
With Joy we welcome them-the same L
Except in grief and pain. "
And ever near US, though unseen, d
The dear immortal spirits tread; f
For all the boundless universe n
is life-there are no dead, v