Obituary of Francis Mittie Harper DEWEESE, Hardin County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 Wanda Reed Name of Deceased: Francis Mittie Harper Deweese Name of Newspaper: Hardin County Independent Date of Newspaper: 14 February 1929 Francis Mittie Harper Deweese was born November 29, 1847 and died January 3, 1929; being 81 years, 1 month and 5 days old at her death. She was united in marriage to Robert Deweese in 1874 who died in 1912. To this union were born five children, Nannie and Ambers Deweese died in infancy, Mrs Bettie Casady who died in 1908, Mrs Manerva Burton and Mrs. Leona Cowsert, who are still living at Rosiclare, Illinois, and 13 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Grandmother Deweese was loved by all who knew her. She was a member of Stone Church for many years and was known to live a true and faithful christian life until death. Grandmother leaves to mourn her death two daughters, five grandchildren, four great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. D. J. Dixon at Stone Church and the remains were laid to rest in Stone Church cemetery to await the resurrection day. Written by Audra Cowsert. ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, 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: Wanda Reed