Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02
MRS. w. H. SOHN.

ing of Monday, March 22nd, 1915,
aged sixty-one years and twenty-five
days. In i'll health almost from girl
hood and an invalid for the past two
years, it is consolation to her fami-
ly and friends that for the few hours
Immediately preceding her death she
was unconscious of any suffering. The
direct cause of her death was exhaus-
ton of the heart.
Mrs. Sohn's maiden name was Har-
rlett Amelia Brigham and she was
the daughter of the late Joel and Bet
sey Lyon Brigham, pioneer residents
of Wauseon and Clinton township.
She was born on her fathers farm at
Lena, just southwest of Wauseon, on
February %, 1854, but had resided in
Wauseon continuously since 1860 when
her father came with his family to
Wauseon to enter business. Her
education, except for a term at the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music in
1875-76, was received in the Wauseon
schools,-in "The Old White School,
and the brick school house that has
since been remodeled into the county
hospital. 1t was before the days of
graduating classes from our schools,
but the class with which Mrs. Sohn
was associated came most nearly to
graduating of any class up to that
time. For what would have been the
Class of 1872 disbanded at the begin
ming of its senior year with the leav-
ing of the principal, Joseph ]. Sad
dler.
Mrs. Sohn was one of ten brothers
and sisters, only five of whom grew to
maturity-the late Postmaster Wal
ter S. Brigham, Haven T. Brigham,
Mrs. Celia A. Bennett and Clarence E.
Brigham, all of this city, and herself.
On October z, 1880, she was married
to William H. Sohn and soon after
wards with her husband began house
keeping in the home which they had
planned together and in which they
have since resided. To. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sohn were born three sons, twins who
died in infancy and Howard B. Sohn,
who with his father survives his
mother.
| For several years, because of her i'll
health, Mrs. Sohn has lived a retired
life, but in her girlhood and early
married life she was active in many
circles in this community. When four
teen years of age she united with the
Congregational church of this place,
of which her mother had been one of
the original members. The history
and traditions of the Puritan faith as
exemplifed and taught by her mother
were to her cherished heritage and it
was to this fact that was undoubtedly
largely due her strength of character
Possessed with an unusual gift of
tact and initiative, combined with an
almost ceaseless energy, she was a
leader in whatever she undertook To
her church and its auxiliary societies
| she gave her last active service. but
in her early life she had been one OF
tn first officers of the local branch OF
/ the Woman's Relief Corps and char
ter member of the Wauseon Woman's
Club. Later she was charter mem
Der of the Wauseon Chapter, Daugh.
ters of the American Revolution, OF
which she was also regent.
She was always fond of music, botf
instrumental and vocal, and for many
years took the contralto part in duets
with her sister and in local quartets
i Naturally vivacious she had a hos
of friends to whom her passing is {
great loss. AS one friend has said
"Hattie gave life and Zest to any
group of friends with whom she hap
pened to meet"
But it was to her home that Mrs
Sohn devoted the most of her life. Al
| excellent housekeeper, she was alst
all that wife and mother could be
j And to the very last she gave unself
ishly of her failing energy that hel
husband and son might never lack any
of the comforts of home. To them il
their sorrow there is consolation il
the words of a poem their loved on,
sent only recently to friend who hat
been similarly bereaved. These words
are in a poem by George Klingle, en-
titled "Recompense.:
!, We are quite sure
That He will give them back
Bright, pure and beautiful
We know He will but keep
Our own and His until we fall asleep
; We know that He does not mean
To break the strands reaching between
The Here and There.
He does not mean-though
Heaven be fair
To change the spirits entering there,
That they forget
The eyes upraised and wet
The lips too still for prayer.
The mute despair
7 He will not take
/ The spirits which He gave, and maxi
, The glorifed so new
That they are lost to me and you.
: do believe
They will receive
t Us, you and me-and be so glad
, To meet US, that when most I
Would grow sad.
Just begin to think about that
| Gladness,
And the day
: When they shall tell US all about tn,
way
That they have learned to go
] Heavens pathway show.
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