Obituary of Amanda Mitchell DART & Rachel McCrillis SMITH, Crawford County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 2000 Cindy McCachern Obituaries of Amanda Mitchell Dart and Rachel McCrillis Smith Friday, 24 August 1934, Oblong (IL) Oracle The community lost two more pioneer citizens over the week end, when death called Mrs. Amanda Dart and Mrs. Rachel Smith. Mrs. Dart died at her home north of this city Sunday evening, at the age of ninety-three, following several weeks of failing health. She was the daughter of J. W. and Sarah Mitchell, who moved from Aiken County, Ohio, when she was a child and settled on the farm where she passed away Sunday. She was the widow of the late Chauncey Dart, and was the mother of John W., Jefferson D., Kibbie, and Joseph C. Dart, all of this vicinity. Mrs. Sarah Randolph of Porterville, Mrs. Alice Payne of Robinson, and Mrs. Josie Smith of Oblong. Funeral services were held at the Prairie Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon with Rev. E. W. Fox delivering the sermon. Interment was made in the Wilkin cemetery. Mrs. Smith was found lying beside her bed Monday morning after having dressed herself and prepared for her usual activities. A coroner's jury found that death was caused by apoplexy. She was the wife of C. B. Smith, who with a daughter, Mrs. Mattie Burroughs, of Chicago, and four sons, O. R., Otto, Ray, and Murl, all of this vicinity. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McCrillis, and was born August 30, 1851, on their farm immediately east of this city. Her entire life was lived in this vicinity, where she had a very large number of relatives and acquaintances. Funeral services were held at the family home on East Main Street Tuesday at 2:30 with Rev. Verne Longenbaugh, pastor of the United Brethren church in charge. Interment was made in the Oblong cemetery. ---------------------- Mrs. Amanda Dart, who appears elsewhere in this paper was guardian over an unusual number of descendants, with seven children living, all are located in this county. Besides there are ninety-nine other descendants, including thirty-four grandchildren, sixty-four great grandchildren, and one great great grand child. This is a family of which the community may be proud, since there are vey few persons who can boast one-half that many direct descendents. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cindy McCachern