The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-16
THE INTERMENT
Of Mrs. Nancy A. Mckinley's Remains
Will Take Place Tuesday.
The Aged Mother Of the President Passed
Away at an Early Hour sunday Morn
Ing. Surrounded by Relatives and
Friends-The End Peaceful.

CANTON, o., Dec. 13.-Mrs. Nancy AL
lison Mckinley, the aged mother of
the president, died shortly after
o'clock Sunday morning. Almost two
weeks had elapsed since the stroke of
paralysis, which was at once pro-
nounced fatal and the wonderful vital
ity which had kept death at bay so
long had deluded the friends and rela-
tives into the belief that the aged
woman might, perhaps. recover, de-
spite the verdict of her physician.
The demise of Mrs. Mckinley was
painless. All night long the members
of the family were watching and wait
ing for the time of dissolution.
Around the deathbed when the final
scene was enacted were President Me-
Kinley, his wife. Mr.. Abner Mckinley.
Mrs. Duncan and Miss Helen McKin-
ley, children of the aged woman. The
aged sister was there, Mrs. Abigail Os-
borne, the only one of the Allison fam
ily now living. Mrs. Bowman, of Lor-
ain; Misses Grace and Mabel Mckinley.
James Mckinley, Miss Duncan and
Jack Duncan, grandchildren, were all
in the sad party that witnessed the last
scene in the gentle life. The president
and his wife remained at the bedside
for an hour after. the end. but by four
o'clock every member of the family had
retired.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley will be
held in the First M. E. church of this
city at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Interment will follow in West Lawn
cemetery, just west of the city; and
Tuesday evening President Mckinley
and wife and officials from Washing
ton who attend the funeral will leave
for the capitol reaching there about
noon Wednesday.
These are the arrangements SO far as
completed since the death of Mother
Mckinley shortly after 2 o'clock Sun
day morning.
1t was at first thought by the family
that the service should be of more
| private nature, held at the homestead.
1t was soon learned however through
the pastor of Mrs. McKinley's church
and members of the congregation, as
well as from other friends, that the
number of friends who desired
to pay their last tribute of re-
spect to the beloved woman by
attending the obsequies could not be
accommodated with such arrangements
and church services were decided upon.
The services will be short and simple,
consisting of words of comfort and
eulogy by the officiating clergymen
and the singing of several favorite
hymns by the choir Rev. DIR. Man
chester, the pastor of the church, has
announced that it is his desire and
that he will extend an invitation to
have the ministers of all the churches
of Canton present and assist in the Ger.
emonies.
Pallbearers have been selected from
among the older members of the
church and those who for years have
been close neighbors of the deceased.
They are: Judge William R. Day, H on
William A. Lynch, former Mayor X. A.
Cassidy. L. L. Miller, w. w. Clark
Judge T. J. McCarty, David collars
former Mayor John +. Blake.
At daylight Sunday morning, at the
suggestion of some of the older mem
bers of the congregation that an ole
time custom now almost obsolete be
observed to publicly announce the
death, the bell in the tower of thu
church slowly tolled off the years O
her age.
1t is coincidence that Mrs. McKin
ley died at almost the identical hour o
the day as did her husband on Thanks
giving, five years ago.