Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-18
OBITUARY.

mad been in her usual health until
"a few days before, when an infection
in The nature of carbuncle appeared
IN the region of the throat and the
poison from this entering her system
caused her death. She was i'll but a
Jew days. Her three daughters, Miss
Susan M, Miss Helen NJ, and Miss
Jessie c., were with her when she
died. Miss Helen has been teacher
IN the Milwaukee schools for TWEEN
ty years and came home on Friday
evening in response to a message
that her mother was i'll.
There are a number of unusual in
cidents in connection with Mrs. Hold
ems life. She was the daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. JOHN Hyde and was
born at Youngstown, New York, July
z, 1882. Her father was of the days
of saddle-bags, going from place to
place on horseback in order to reach
mis- patients. The old homestead
was on the bank of the Niagara river
and in this stream two of Mrs. Hold
ems brothers were drowned. At that
time there were plenty Of Indians in
the neighborhood and they often went
up and down the river Fort Niagara
was but a short distance away and
with a clear atmosphere Toronto
could be seen in the distance.
Mrs. Holden was educated to be a
musician, receiving her education at
Albany and Albion. She expected to
teach as her chosen work, but being
0V9rtaken with nervous prostration
when aged about Is, her hearing was
impaired and she had to give up her
favorite pursuit.
Her name before her marriage was
Jane Maria Hyde, and she welded e.
o. Holden on November II, 1857 Mr..
Holden had been in business in Iowa
and the bride and groom expected to
go there to reside. They came to
Baraboo to visit Rev. and Mrs. Gregg
of the Presbyterian church and, liking
the western village so well, they de-
cided to remain The journey was
made by train to Portage and from
there to BarabOo by stage over roads
almost without a bottom. They were
guests at the old Western hotel,
where the Reinking store is located,
when they first came to Baraboo.
Mr.. Holden was first employed In
the cooperage department at the Bas-
sett mill ard later, for many years,
owned and conducted a monument
works. 1t will be recalled he died
ten years ago from heart disease In
the Baraboo cemetery, to which place
he had gone one afternoon in connec-
tion with his regular duties.
Mrs, Holden was long a member of
the Presbyterian church, two OF her
brothers having been ministers of
that organization. In her later years
She was not only deaf but blind. No
sound or sight could she distinguish,
Notwithstanding this infirmity she
was able to keep in touch with the
great affairs Of the world through the
kindness of her daughters. Day by
day they told her by touch of current
events. She knew all about the NOV
les, motorcycles, the telephone, the
great war and other inventions and
events. Whom the Birth of the Nation
was gwen in Baraboo, her daughter,
Miss Susan, told her by touch what
she had seen on every screen. Letter
by letter, word by word, sentence by
sentence, page by page, whole books
were read to her.
When she was able she went to
church aud although she could not
see the pastor or hear a sound, one of
the daughters would tell her what was
going on and what the minister said,
by the sense of touch In many ways
Mrs. Holden was more remarkable
than Helen Keller
She was FOND of company and had
been making great plans on entertain
ing her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Robert
Holden, and granddaughter, Miss Eliz-
abeth Holden, in the new home re-
Gently completed. The mother and
daughters moved into the residence
out few months ago, after it had
been rebuilt. Her daughters were
most thoughtful, kind and self-sacri-
ficing to the end.
The death of daughter, Miss Sadie,
and her only son, Robert, were sor-
rows which greatly darkened her life.
Funeral on Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 at the Presbyterian church, the
pastor, Rev. E. G. Henke, officiating.
Interment in the Baraboo cemetery.