Adams County IL Archives Obituaries.....Noel, Mrs Eliza Ann 1898
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Death Record

(Taken from the Payson,Adams Co.Ill.,Times)

     Mrs. Eliza Ann Noel was born in Wrightsville, Penn.,Oct 12, 1816,
and died at her home in Payson, Ill., Jan. 14,1898, aged 81 years, 3 
months and 2 days. She came to Illinois in 1834. Married Wm. H. 
Graham Sept. 14, 1837, and lived in Birmingham, Ill., untill  1850 
when she moved to Payson, Adams County. Mr. Graham departing this 
life in 1846 in Birmingham. By her first marriage she had four 
children; one dying in infancy and three reaching manhood. Two are 
still living, H. C. Graham, of Hannibal, Mo., and W.H. Graham of 
Middletown, Mo.

     On Jan. 31, 1853, She was married to Wm. Thompson, and was again 
left a widow  Aug. 24, 1880. By this union were born four children, 
two dying in infancy and two daughters still living, Mrs. Dora Tipple 
and Miss Esther Thompson. She was converted in early womanhood and 
united with the M. E. church, remaining a faithful and consistent 
Christian throughout life. She was a noble, unselfish and lovable 
woman, at all times forgetting herself for other, and to know her 
was to dearly love her. To those to whom she was so dear, a loss has 
come that shall ever be felt and she will be held in fond and sweet 
remembrance.. Her funeral services  were conducted Sunday at the Fall 
Creek M. E. church by Rev. C. R. Morrison. A very large number of 
relatives and sympathizing friends attending the services. Her 
remains were laid to rest in the church cemetery, where other loved 
ones of the family sleep the peaceful sleep.

     She is not dead, she's only sleeping, that sweet sleep of peace 
and rest; and while we sorrow and are weeping, she is happy with God's 
blest.  To the friends the Times extends the heartfelt symapathy of 
the community, in this their sad hour.


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