Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Churchill, Anna (Knox) 1901
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Portland Observer, 13 Mar 1901

Died Sitting In Her Chair

Mrs. Anna Churchill Was A Pioneer.

Earliest Settlers, in 1834.

The community, and especially her immediate friends, were shocked on Saturday 
last to learn that Anna, relict of the late Wm. R. Churchill, had died very 
suddenly at a little after noon on that day.

A couple of years ago Mrs. Churchill suffered a slight stroke of apoplexy but 
since then she had been about her work and on Saturday ate dinner as usual, 
after which she sat in her rocking chair as usual for a few moments.  A short 
time after this her daughter, Mrs. Frank Sprout, who lived with her, noticed a 
peculiar expression to her countenance and upon going to her she found that she 
was apparently dead.  She was laid upon the bed and physicians called as soon 
as possible, when it was found that she was dead.  They pronounced the cause of 
her death as apoplexy and heart failure.

Anna Knox had resided in Portland township as long as anyone now living has 
resided here.  She came to section 31 with her parents, in 1834, from St. 
Lawrence Co., N. Y., and had resided in the township and village ever since up 
to the time of her death, at which time she was nearly 71 years of age.  When 
about 18 years of age, she was married to Wm. R. Churchill, who was one of 
Portland’s very earliest merchants, and six children were born to them, two of 
whom – Mrs. Carrie Woodsworth of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Frank Sprout of 
Portland – survive her.  The Churchill homestead, right in the business portion 
of the village, is known in all the country surrounding Portland, and in its 
time was one of the most pretentious residences for miles around.

Mrs. Churchill was a kind-hearted, thoroughly good woman and was respected by 
all who knew her.  Her tastes were thoroughly domestic and she was devoted to 
her children and family.  She was a sister of Harvey Knox, and step-mother of 
Mrs. C. H. Maynard and Jas. H. Churchill.

Funeral services over her remains were conducted from her late home on Tuesday 
afternoon of this week by Rev. Stevens of the Congregational church, of which 
she had long been a member, and interment made in the family lot in Portland 
cemetery.


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