Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-21
In NJ emoriam
elijah M. Harry.

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E1iiab M Harry of Ottumwa,
the youngest of the three children born
to Elijah and Mary Harry first saw the
light Of day in Wayne County lind;
January IA, 1898 and came to the enc
Of his long career at the home OF M
son John Harry, in Ottumwa, iowa, De
cember Is. 1919
He was allowed II years. II months
and days of life.
Mr.. Harry came to Iowa when just
a boy and lived in Jones County. Here
he met and loved Miss Claracy Brun-
bridge who gave him her hand in mar
riage July, 8, 1885. To this union eight
children were born, four have preceded 4
the parents in death. The remaining are
Mrs. Jane Pratt, Spokane, Washington.
Mrs. Ella Morris, Selan, Washington,
John A. and Oris., Ottumwa. There.
also remain twelve grandchildren and
ten great grandchildren mourning the
loss Of their long lived forbearer.
Following their marriage the Harrys
lived for a time in POWeshiek counting
and then came in 1877 to Ottumwa,V
where the subject of this sketch has
resided ever since.
About twenty five years ago, Mr.
Harry was deprived of his eyesight and
during these years Of darkness. he was
burdened with bodily weakness, that
many times caused life hard to- bear, |
but during these years he was comfort
ed by loving wife and children. UP vi
about a year ago the wife OF his youth
| was his constant compaion. During tn9
intervening year he lived at the hom2
I of his son and although a great SUI
| ferer, the end came calmly and ne
| slept away into the beyond.
/ Besides the loved ones mentioned
there remain many other relatives ana
| a host Of friends who suffer because OF
his departure.
The funeral was held at the home of
! his son John A. Harry in RivervieW,
/ Ottumwa. at 2 o'clock December Is,
I1915, and the remains placed beside
/ those Of his wife in the Snaul GENE
terry. Rev G.. A. Field of the Main
Street Methodist Episcopal church Of
Floating. Contributed.
| The following obituary notice on the
! passing Of a former Wapello coanty res.
! ident appears in the Princeton, Mo-
i Telegraph of recent date:
/ Aged Resident Gone.
| Elizabeth Johnson Younkins died
at the home of Mrse. Jane Ballew,
southwest Of Goshen, Dec 1915.
Funeral service conducted by E. T.
! Cornelius, pastor of the Princetonj
/ Christian church on Saturday, Dec.
II at the Goshen church, after whichta
she was laid to rest in the nearby
! cemetery.
| She was born in the state Of Indi-f
! ana, Dec, 4, 1885. Her mother dled4
J when she was but eleven years of agel
and she with her father cared for thel
| family of nine children.
J She was married to A. e. Younkins(
Dec. IA, 1856 near Ottumwa, Wapellof
| county. Iowa. To this union ninei
/ children were born, of which thel
(, three Oldest ones are living. They are
! Isaac John and Mrs. Jane Bailey all.
/ Of Mercer county, Missouri.
/ She came to Missouri in 1857 anG(
| later in 1885 moved to Kansas returns
Ing to Missouri in 1890 where she re-
/ sided until the time of her death.
/ EARLY in life, she with her husband
united with the Methodist church,
4 near Agency, Iowa and later unitedD
with the Goshen Christian church OH
which she was a member at the tlmsf
/ of her death.
She is survived by the aged husi
band one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Mani
naugh of Modena, three children, fvti
i grand children, six great grand chilG5
rem and three foster, children four on
the grand children with two little
/ friends were pallbearers.
! The community at large extends
/ sympathy to the bereaved ones arIxl
may the daughter. sons and tEfE
orphan boy whom she loved so WelyS
be spared with health and strength TIL
4 care for the aged father, whose dayM
are few and when life's work corndE
to a close will be ready and willing
4 to 40 to a better and higher home noH
built by hands.
| fri1 al u