Washington County KS Archives Obituaries.....Sofield, Mrs. J.B.  August 7, 1896
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The Washington Republican
Washington County
Friday
August 7, 1896

Mrs. J.B. Sofield Dead.
Last Friday evening at 9:30 July 31, Mrs. J.B. Sofield of this city closed her
eyes in death, her husband and only living daughter being at her bedside when
the angel of death bore her away. Her funeral was conducted Monday at th ehome,
the sermon presented by Rev. BOWMAN. Many of the close friends of the Scofield
family, and the W.R.C. of which she was a member were present to pay their last
respects, and the body was laid to rest in the Washington cemetery. J.B. Sofield
and his daughter Laura, have the sympathy of a large circle of friends n their
loss of wife and mother.
Obituary.
Mrs. Helen M. Sofield was born in Lenox, Madison Co., N.Y., Dec. 8, 1837. Most
of her girlhood days was spent there, but as early as 1857 she moved with her
parents to Osawatomie, Kan., where she met Mr. J. B. Sofield. They were united
in  marriage in Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 19, 1859, and returned to Oswatomie and
remained a year. They then moved to Kirkwood, Ill., and lived 21 years. Both
united with the Universalist church there of which Mrs. Sofield was a trusted
member when she died. During the war Mrs. Scofield was busily engaged in the
sanitary commission working with Mary A. LIVERMORE. She was always a diligent
worker with any society that helped the poor and needy. Mr. and Mrs. Sofield
moved to Monmouth, Ill., from Kirkwood, lived there six years and came to
Washington in 1886.
Until two years ago Mrs. Sofield has had quite good health, but then she was
troubled with dropsy and heart failure. Her last two years have been years of
suffering. She knew her time must soon come, and was ready and willing to go.
There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sofield, five girls, four died under the age of
nine years and were buried in Kirkwood, Ill. 




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