Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Illingworth, Ruth May 15, 1900
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Jackson Sentinel, May 17, 1900


    Jackson Sentinel, May 17, 1900

    ILLINGWORTH-Ruth Moody was born in Yorkshire, England, January 20, 1816 and
died May 15, 1900, at the age of 84 years, 3 months and 25 days.

    At the age of 16 she came to the state of New York with her parents, and at
the age of 20 she was married to Thomas Harvey. Twelve children were born unto
them, three of whom survive-Mrs. Geo. Littell, of Pierce, Neb.; Mrs. Chas.
Littell of Nashville; Mrs. R. R. Swan of South Grove, with whom she resided at
the time of her death. In the year 1844, she, with her husband, moved to the
state of Illinois, where they resided until the year 1854, when they moved to
Iowa. She was left a widow on the 28th day of July 1855, and was married to
James Illingworth in 1861. She was again left a widow on February 29, 1889. She
was a true friend and a kind neighbor, her motto being, through all her life "Do
unto others as you would have them do unto you." The funeral took place from the
country home at 10 a.m. yesterday, with the preaching at Buckhorn church,
followed by interment at Buckhorn cemetery, Rev. D. F. Boomershine officiated. 



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