Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-06
MEMOIR
Samantha Matilda Yates Sherwood


loved the Lord" He requested that
his own name might be written as
zone who loved his fellow-men." The
angel appeared again
"And showed the names whom love of
God had blessed,
And 10! Ben Adhem's name led all
the rest"
There IS no greater commendation
OF human character than to find at its
center a cooperative and balanced
love for God and our fellows. The
formal declaration of this is shown
in membership in some evangelical
Christian church, and likewise in one
or more of the varied methods of
mercy and help, organized in well
nigh every American community. Just
the relation between this temporary
visible life and the other life to us
invisible and, as we are taught, eter-
nal, there have been various concep-
tlonS even of the records of Revela-
ton and also various ideas outside Of
the greatest of books. Cicero once
wrote, There is, l know not how,
N the minds of men certain presage,
as 1t were, of a future existence; and
this takes the deepest root, and is
most dlscoverable in the greatest ge-
muses. and most exalted souls" The
BOOK OF God, however, proclaims defi-
nltely and emphatically ever-contin-
ued existence. Hence, a worthy So
luton of existence and character
making must take into account both
worlds, one the consequence OF the
other.
Samantha Matilda Yates was the
youngest of ten children, only one of
whom now survives Yates of
Bryan, Ohio. Their father, William
Butler Yates, was bound in Maryland
IN his youth to STAKEHOLDER, and IN
later years was the first merchant in
Bryan; also an official in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church there.
He went to Bryan in 1910, when
there were but three or four log cab
ms there. The journey from Defiance
to Bryan, 18 miles, as these parents
had with them their ten children,
took three days, while now automo-
blles go easily in one hour. He was
brought up in the belief of the cid
fashioned M. E. church, the grand
father being minister in that church
There at Bryan Mr.. Yates was one of
the first members and officials in es-
tablishing the church. His wife
was Ann Mary Braizure of Philadel-
phia, the mother of these children
Samantha was born in West Lebanon
Ohio, Dec. 10 1910; hence her age last
Friday was II years, months and II
days
In 1861 she was married to James
: H. Sherwood at West Unity, Ohio
and they soon thereafter settled II
Wauseon, where Mr.. Sherwood for Il
years was editor of the Fulton County
Republican. They had ever since
: with the exception of one year, dur.
ing 1871, when they removed to Du
luth, Mimi, made Wauseon theil
home. Mrs. Sherwood became very
: much attached to this community anC
long since resolved to close her lift
here, where she had resided over 5;
years. Her husband preceded he
"across the bar" five years ago, il
= October, 1913. Six children survive
two having died in infancy: Mrs
: Jennie Baker of Great Falls, Mont
though now in Louisville, KY, wher
her son is in camp; Walter J. of Chi
/ cago; William of Owosso, Mich; Mrs
f Anna. M. Anderson of Los Angeles
i Cal; Mrs. Lou J. Bollmeyer, of tn
i home; and James l., now of Toledo
n Mrs. Baker and Mrs Anderson ar
r unable to be here today She leave
e eleven grandchildren, two of whor
are in the army in France, and two i
e military training in this country. J.
g my visits with Mrs. Sherwood, coul
: not but note the strong motherly al
(. fection, for interest in and concer
: for her children and grandchildren
n, and very special thoughtfulnes fc
: the four grandsons in army life Sh
/. was evidently an ideal mother, an
y very fond of little children, alway
r anxious to make them happy ar
d comfortable. In fact, no one cou
E be with Sister Sherwood long withol
20 realizing the presence of one abov
the ordinary = quiet, but self-po
lg sessed, independent, yet not exclusiv
V. in domestic affairs, tender and full
Y concern; in social service. much inte
a ested even to self-sacrifce, as illu
rs trated by the Relief Corps, of whi
is she was member. In fact, she w
charter member of the Woman
Relief Corps and filled different c
fees. having been its treasurer f
VS. 18 years, and missed but four NEE
10 ings during all that time. She co
k; stantly worked for the good of t
e order and of its membership.
Ill She was also a member of the "
Sc mans Christian Temperance Unit
l. LaI oI,a of /
as "Y's" work for young women.
In religious matters undemonstl
in tive, but loyal and settled in ASST
ry ance. Formerly she was a memt
of the Church of Christ, but duri
IS, later years of the Methodist Epis
Gs pal church; as also when young v
man. AS she came nearer the fl
am score years, she realized that lone
ice ness that comes to such years;
ul- loss of her old friends and compa
ons. l told her of an old lady in l
ace circumstances. the same who declal
rd- she was homesick for Heaven,
lue there the most of her companions l
his gone In nv last visit here, N
ons Sherwood talked to me very freely
the dying, and with unusual compost
ted indicating she had thought it
ter through. Ripe fruit falls freely
of the ground, as if the natural tn
to be done. When death is cert;
the and through loneliness and suffer
up we become weaned from things
we earth, we may confidently com
oys ourselves to the one satisfactory F
at son, who alone can go with US to t
p continuing city, where there is
night How enriching is Bryal
poem, Assurance"
}. $50 live that when they SUNNI
will comes
am To join the innumerable carava
1ty, Which moves to that mysteri
by realm,
Co. Where each shall take his cham
in the silent halls of death,
With Thou goeth not like the quarry 81;
am scourged to his dungeon,
With But sustained and soothed by an
the faltering trust,
pert Approach thy grave, like one '
of wraps the drapery of his co
Jr.; about him