Obituary of Mrs. Thomas Eddington - Montgomery County, Illinois

The person in this obit is the maternal great, great grandmother of Olin
Clayton of Raymond.
                         Hillsboro Journal

               MRS. THOMAS EDDINGTON SUCCUMBS NEAR WITT
             Funeral Friday For Well-Known Resident There
     Mrs. Thomas Eddington, long time resident of the Witt community,
passed away at her farm home located one mile south of Witt, October
29,  at 7 a.m. She had been in failing health for sometime, her
condition due largely to advanced age.
     Mrs. Eddington was born in Brighton township, May 17, 1862 and died
well past her 85th year. She was a daughter of the late Samuel and Betsy
(Browning) Eddington, who were born in Somersetshire, England.
     On February 19, 1889 she and Thomas Eddington were united in
marriage in Brighton, Il. He survives with the following children: Mrs.
John Armentrout of Witt township. Harvey Eddington of Taylorville, Elmer
of Witt township and Charles of Irving. Two children died in infancy.
One sister, Mrs. Hugh Moxey of Bunker Hill also survives. Two sisters
and one brother preceded her in death.
     Mrs. Eddington died in the home in which she and her family had
lived for 53 years. She left a host of friends in the community in which
she spent such a long useful life. Early in her life she united with a
Congregational church.
     The body was removed to the Stauder and Hoehn Funeral Home in Witt.
Funeral services are to be conducted Friday afternoon, October 31 at
1:30 p.m. from the Irving Lutheran Church. Burial will be made in the
Irving Cemetery.

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