Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

The funeral or the late Mrs. L. ii
Reeve took place from the NJ. Z. church
in this city on the 2Sth at 1920 q. N.
Services by the Rev. w. +. Mckenzie
and the burial was in the family lot in
Lake cemetery. A large attendance Of
friends and neigbbors, both at the
church and the grave, attested the estl-
nation in which the deeedent was held.
Before the sermon the clergyman
read the following brief biographical
sketch:
The decedsRt, whose funeral rites we
are about to conduct, was Miss Abby j.
How, daughter of Isaac and Freelove
How. She was born IN Bsllstown
Springs, Saratoga county. New York,
on Christmas day, 1925, and had she
lived to December %, next, would have
been 20 years old. Her father and
mother were handsome people and, like
residents of the Mohawk valley, were
energetic and industrious.
In an early day Mr.. How moved to
Washtensw county, Mich, where he
lived until 1887, when he moved to Mar
shall county, Ind, and settled on the
Lctew8tomie Indian reservation on the
north bank of Twin Lakes, near the
west end of the lakes. The Indian title
had been extinguished by treaty with
the United States in 1892, but the Indi-
ans continued to occupy the land until
the summer of 1888. MIR. How leased a
tract of timbered land, built cabin,
cleared the land and farmed it for some
years. The Indians were all about
them, on every side, but Mrs. How and
her little children, of whom she had
four, were not afraid: the red men were
kindly.
Little Abby was l3 years old at that
time, having a sister Mrs. Susan Nc
Laughlin, of this city aged 5; two
brothers, ohm and David, stout lads of
9 and 10 respectively Mr.. How, later,
rented the farm owned by General
Bailey on the Lsporte road, two miles
west of Plymouth, and entered tract
of government land south of it, on
which he built cabin and cleared a
portion of forty acres. Few people now
living here know of the condition of
the pioneer farmer here moro than
sixty years ago.
About l845, Mr.. How, having been
elected clerk of the circuit and probate
courts, built nice frame cottage on
the northwest corner of Jefferson and
Walnut streets and moved into it.
In 1916, G. ii. Reeve, q young lawyer,
located in Plymouth, had an office in
the clerks Office, was deputy under Mr..
How, boarded in the family, and fell in
love with his daughter, Abby, who was
an exceedingly handsome girl. at that
time noted for beauty of form and feat
ure. In lS4S Mr.. How died. Mr.. Reeve,
full of energy and industry, had secured
enough of a foothold in public conf
dence and business to live, and on Jan.
30, 1850, he and Miss Abby were mar.
rIed and began housekeeping in Mr..
How's cottage, her mother and the other
children having moved back on the
farm.
Mrs. How died in 1890, living to the
age of SO years
For more than fifty years Mrs. Reeve
and her husband lived together here,
being rarely separated for eny cause,
but day or two; at only one time over
q month, when absent for professional
treatment. In close domestic privacy
they were associated in all the environ
ments that belong to an unpretentious
life. Neither felt desire for the ex-
travagance or luxury so common with
those having a competence, and with
too many who have bat little except a
false pride. Neither ever threw aside
their plain pastoral habits, tastes or
customs, but lived in plain unpretenti-
GUS simplicity and plenty. The growth
of so long and close an association. re-
gardless of the daily facts attending it.,
is like the growth of a strong tree.
When broken by an irresistible force,
the shock is terrible, and leaves innu
mersble broken ends and splinters, each
tinged with the blood stains of torn
and lacerated heart.
Mrs. Reeve was remarkable woman