Tazewell County IL Archives Obituaries.....Merchant, Jane H. September 18, 1862 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 February 4, 2023, 12:50 pm Presbyterian banner & advocate. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1855-1860: October 18, 1862 Died September 18th, 1862, in Tazewell County, Ill., after a short illness, Mrs. Jane H., wife of Wm. B. Merchant, in the 29th year of her age. Mrs. Merchant was the daughter of Henry Eagleson, for many years a Ruling Elder in the church of Beech Springs, in Harrison County, Ohio. At the age of sixteen, she united with the Presbyterian church of Beech Springs, then under the pastoral care of Rev. Wm. S. Dool. In 1857 she was united in marriage with Mr. W. B. Merchant, and the next year they removed to Illinois, within the bounds of the congregation of Deer Creek. She has left a husband and two small children to mourn her loss… File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/tazewell/obits/m/merchant1196gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb