Obituary of Patience Boswell - Henry County, Illinois

Source: Saints Herald , Lamoni Iowa, 1866. Vol 10:159 
                      

BOSWELL

At Kewanee, Ill., May 16, 1866, PATIENCE BOSWELL, Daughter of Joseph
and Mary Ann Boswell, aged 13 days.


Source: Saints Herald, Lamoni Iowa, 1881. Vol 28:260 
                      

BIRCH.--Margaret Birch was born September 11th, 1803 at Abardare,
Glamorganshire, Wales. Joined the Church in 1846. United with the
Reorganization in May, 1879. Died at Kewanee, Illinois, February 2d,
1881, aged 72 years. Funeral sermon by J. S. Patterson.


LAMB

LAMB.--Eliza Lamb, daughter of Father John Whitehouse; born February
14th, 1842, at Dudley, England; joined the Reorganized Church, October
15, 1864; died of congestion of the brain, at Kewanee, Illinois, April
24th, 1881. Funeral Services by Elder J. S. Patterson.

Source: Saints Herald, 1881. Vol 28:260 


LAMB

At Kewanee, Ill., Sept. 9, 1866, ELIZABETH LAMB, daughter of Wm. and
Rosanah Lamb, aged 1 year, 4 months and 8 days.
     Now they've gone, we'd not recall them
     From a paradise of bliss,
     Where no evil can befall them,
     To a changing world like this.
     Gone far away from wickedness, 
      (rest of obituary missing)

Source: Saints Herald, 1866. Vol 10:159 


LAMB

LAMB.--Isaac Lamb was born at Kewanee, Illinois, May 8, 1875; baptized
at
Kewanee, May 29, 1892. On his way to work, on the morning of March 16,
1899, he was struck by a fast mail train and instantly killed. He leaves
a widow and daughter and many relatives to mourn. Funeral at the Saints'
church, Sunday, March 19, sermon by Elder J. S. Patterson.

Source: Saints Herald, Vol 46:240 


LAMB

LAMB.--Bro. William Lamb was born February 12, 1833 at Womber,
Worcestershire, England; married Rosehannah Whitehouse July 18, 1853, at
Dudley, England; came to America in the fall of 1862; became a member of
the church of Latter Day Saints November 17, 1865, and departed this
life March 10, 1895, aged 62 years and 26 days. He leaves a loving wife,
nine children, nineteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

NOTE: Correct name of birth location is Wombourne, Staffordshire,
England

Source: Saints Herald, Vol 42:272 


MARTIN

MARTIN.--At Kewanee, Illinois, March 2nd, 1880, of scarlet fever, Hiram,
son of Bro. James and Sarah A. Martin, aged 2 years, 1 month and 21
days.

(Transcriber's note: This was the first born child of James Henry
Martin,  oldest son of William and Martha Tucker Martin, and his wife
Sarah Atkinson.  They later relocated to Lamoni IA)

Source: Saints Herald , Lamoni Iowa, Volume 28 p 243


MARTIN

MARTIN.--Martha Tucker was born in Staffordshire, England, May 25, 1838.
In 1855 was married to William Martin in England, who preceded her in
death in 1887. She died at her home in Kewanee, Illinois, March 3. The
following sons and daughters survive her: James, John and George Martin
of Lamoni, Iowa; Thomas Martin of Blythedale, Missouri; Mrs. James
Tucker, Mrs Fred Lyons and Mrs Joseph Lamb, of Kewanee, Illinois; also
thirty grandchildren and eight great great-grandchildren. Funeral
services were held in the Carpenter and Cavanagh chapel as the heating
plant at the church is being repaired. Sermon by D. J. Williams.

NOTE: Martha TUCKER Martin was born in Dudley, Worcestershire,
England    



MARTIN.--Near Kewanee, Illinois, December 17, 1887, of dropsy and heart
disease Bro. William Martin. He was born September 8th, 1831 at
Allgreen,
England and was baptized by H.C. Bronson, May 25th, 1875. He leaves a
wife and a large family of children to mourn his death. Bro. John
Chisnall administered words of consolation.
                     Among the number dead
                     In rank and file
                     May peace attend his bed, 
                     In sleep awhile. 
                     His weeping kindred left behind, 
                     May they a friend in Jesus find, 
                     Eternal, everlasting, kind--Amen. 

NOTE: Correct place of birth is Hall Green, Staffordshire, England. 


Source: Saints Herald 1888:48, Lamoni Iowa 


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