Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Goodemoot, Mary Jane (Butler) (Creighton) 1906
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Portland Observer, 17 Oct 1906

Mrs. Mary Goodemoot, after an illness of only a day, passed away at the home of 
her daughter, Mrs. M.W. Knoll, October 10, 1906.  Had she lived until the 28th 
of next January she would have been 83 years of age.  She is survived by 8 
children, 28 grandchildren and a brother in the state of New York.  She became 
a Christian in early life, being a member of the Baptist church for a number of 
years and later identifying herself with the Presbyterians remaining a faithful 
Christian until the day of her death.  The record of her life and the testimony 
of her friends will attest to the many sterling qualities of her character.  
Generous and forgiving she was quick to recognize the good and overlook the 
faults of those she came in contact with.  Industrious to a fault her life has 
been one of toil and self denial.  She was a great lover of the beautiful in 
nature, especially of flowers, by which, by the toil of her own hands, her home 
was always surrounded in the summer season.  As a Christian parent it was the 
custom in her house to gather about the family altar each morning and 
throughout her declining years the Bible has been her daily companion and 
comfort.  Of her we feel it may be said: “Well done, thou good and faithful 
servant; enter thou into the joys of the Lord.”  The following biography of her 
life was written by the deceased about one year ago by the request of friends.  
“Mary Jane Butler was born in Springfield, Mass., January 28th, 1824, which was 
also the birthplace of her father.  At the age of five years her parents moved 
to New York, town of Sangersfield, Oneida Co., and finally to Gloversville, 
Fulton Co.  She was twice married.  Her first husband was Daniel A. Creighton 
of Perth?, Fulton Co.  By this union there were three sons James H., Chas. H. 
and Daniel E. and one daughter, Isabella, now Mrs. M.W. Knoll.  By her second 
marriage – to John Goodemoot – there were two sons and three daughters – George 
and Russel and Mrs. Julia Waring, Mrs. Anna Ainsworth and Jessie, who died when 
a child.  In one sense she was a daughter of the Revolution, her grandfather, 
George Allyn, served all through the Revolutionary war and her grandmother, 
whose maiden name was Sabra Case, was the granddaughter of Oliver Wolcott, one 
of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.  The funeral was held at the 
Presbyterian church Sunday at 11 o’clock, Rev. A. A. Alverson of Romulus, 
Mich., officiated and the remains were laid at rest in the Baptist cemetery.  
All her children excepting Charles of Three Rivers, Mich., were present at the 
funeral.


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