Shelby County IL Archives Obituaries.....Hadwin, Nellie G. Pierce June 12, 1896
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The Daily Review, Decatur, IL
TODDS POINT
THE DEATH OF MRS. DAVID HADWIN OCCURRED AT HER HOME IN CHRISMAN, IL. ON FRIDAY 
NIGHT, JUNE 12TH, AT THE AGE OF 26 YEARS & 11 MOS. AFTER 4 DAYS OF SUFFERING 
WITH INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH. NELLIE G. PIERCE AND DAVID L. HADWIN WERE 
MARRIED APRIL 15TH, 1888. TO THIS UNION, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH A SON & A 
DAUGHTER, LITTLE AVA PRECEDED HER MOTHER TO HER HEAVENLY HOME IN 1893, AND 
LITTLE JAY IS LEFT WITH HIS FATHER TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A KIND AND LOVING WIFE 
AND MOTHER. HER BODY ARRIVED HERE SATURDAY NIGHT AND WAS INTERRED IN THE TODDS 
POINT CEMETERY SUNDAY AT 2 PM. THE LARGEST GATHERING THAT EVER ASSEMBLED IN 
THIS PLACE PAID THE LAST SAD TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF NELLIE HADWIN, WHO WAS A 
BUD ON THE EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN. EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER LOVED HER. SHE 
ALWAYS HAD A KIND WORD FOR THE AFFLICTED AND WAS EVER READY TO HELP THE POOR & 
NEEDY. SHE WAS A EARNEST WORKER FOR THE CHURCH. SHE WAS WORKING HARD AT THE 
TIME OF HER DEATH PREPARING FOR THE CHILDREN'S DAY EXCERISES TO BE HELD AT HER 
CHURCH IN CHRISMAN THE SAME AFTERNOON SHE WAS LAID TO REST.  THE SERVICE WAS 
CONDUCTED BY THE REV. MR.BLUNK OF BETHANY. THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HAVE OUR 
DEEPEST SYMPATHY IN THEIR HOUR OF SORROW

Additional Comments:
NELLIE G.(PIERCE)HADWIN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH PIERCE 
(WHEELWRIGHT/BLACKSMITH) AND MARY(DOBSON)PIERCE. NELLIE WAS BORN 1868 AT TODDS 
POINT, SHELBY CO., IL. HER SON, JAY HOWARD HADWIN ,(MY GRANDFATHER) CHANGED 
HIS SURNAME TO PIERCE, HIS MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME.

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