Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-12
MRS. T. I. sHoRrHILL DEAD
Well known Resident Of County and
| CITY Succumbs to Brief illness.

City Succumbs to Brief illness.
| Mrs. T. T. Shorthill one of the best
known women of the city, and one of
the older residents of both county and
city, died this morning at $3.50 at her
home. los North First street after an
| illness of two weeks. Mrs. Shorthiil
suffered an attack of acute dysentery
| lust two weeks ago today, and was
very seriously i'll from the start. Com
! plications of a chronic nature set IN
to hasten the end, and for the past
| few days her death has been ex-
pected at any time.
| Mrs. Shorthll was one OF the good
women that community regrets TO
lose. A loving mother. kind neighbor,
and true friend to those who needed
| and appreciated friendship, she mas
| lived life to be emulated by others.
TO her aged husband the loss Is par
| ticularly hard as sudden break, at
ter almost fifty years of happy mar
ried life. Is a shock so sudden as TO be
realized by only those who have passed
thru similar experiences.
Elizabeth Dunshee was native OF
| Berlin Heights, Erie county Ohio,
and was born Aug IL, 1910. She was
Dunshee, who were prominent people
of their village in the Buckeye state
When their daughter was II years old
Mr. and Mrs. Dunshee moved TO De
6ance. O.. where Miss Elizabeth grew
to womanhood and prepared herseli
for the profession of teaching, "hlch
she followed for few years
On January 7, 1853, at Stryker. "
Miss Dunshee was married to Thomas
r. ShorthiIl. and the couple at once
settled on farm near Bryan, o.. Where
they remained for two years. when they
moved into Bryan, where Mr.. Shor,hih
engaged in the grocery business. ME.
and Mrs .Shorthill were in Bryan until
the spring of 1860 when. upon the
solicitation of Mr.. Shorthill's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shorthili, they
accompanied the latter west TO Mai
ietta, in this county. The elder MIS-.
Shorthill died the same year the ram
ily came west. and two, years later
her husband followed her. Mr.. and MIS-
r. r. Shorthill then moved back TO
BRYAN, in 1868, and remained there
until the spring OF 1872. when they
returned to Marshall county, buying a.
farm five miles southwest of this city,
which Mr. Shorthill still owns. This
was the family's home until the fall OF
1875. when Mr. and Mrs. Shorth1ll
came to Marshalltown for the express
purpose of giving their children the
advantages Of better education. Since
the fall OF 1876 Mr. and Mrs. Shorthfll
have occupied as home the residence
where the wife and mother passed
away.
The one regret in Mrs Shorthilrs
last Illness was the thought that, in
the event of her death. she would not
be permitted to celebrate her golden
wedding only four months away which
had been looked forward to by the
husband and wife with much joyous
anticipation. Mrs. Shorthill realized
that the end was fast approaching. and
referred to this regret many times
during her last days.
Surviving the wife and mother are
the aged husband, three daughters and
one son. The daughters are Mrs. j.
Morrissey, of this city: Misses Lillian
T.. Shorthill, of Milwaukee. an instruct
or in the West Side high school, and
Miss Mona r. Shorthill, an instructor
in the Wisconsin College of Music,
Milwaukee. The son is Mr.. T. Burt
Shorthil, of New York City Three
children are dead two having passed
away in infancy A son, Charles d.
Shorthill. was drowned in the Iowa riv-
er on August IL. 1878 One sister, Mrs.
Juliette Hall. of Defiance, o., and a
brother, William L. Dunshee, of Epsi
lon, Mich. also survive the deceased
Mrs. Shorthill was member of the
Methodist church, which became her
choice in 1869. when she united with
the church at Bryan, o. She had been
a consistent and devoted member of
her church ever since.
The arrangements for the funeral
have not as yet been definitely made,
and will depend somewhat on word
from relatives who live at distance