Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lincoln, Anthy P. 1893
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The Ionia Daily Standard, Saturday, April 8, 1893

Mrs. Dr. W. B. Lincoln, whose illness was heretofore announced in these 
columns, died at Muskegon yesterday.  Her daughter, Mrs. Dr. H. B. Barnes, and 
Dr. Barnes, were with the deceased during her brief illness, and at the time 
of her death.  The remains arrived in Ionia this afternoon, and the funeral 
will probably be on Monday.

Few women were better known in the county than Mrs. Lincoln.  Coming to Ionia 
among the very earliest of the pioneers—away back in 1833, we think—in company 
with her late husband; she had been long and closely identified with the 
county’s history and growth.  Her whole nature was one full of sunshine, and 
her mission appeared to be only to do good.  Truly, a good woman has gone to 
her reward.

Subsequent Publication:  Tuesday, April 11, 1893

The funeral services of the late Mrs. Lincoln were held yesterday afternoon, 
at the residence of Dr. H. B. Barnes.  Before the hour set the many friends 
began to assemble, and by 2 o’clock the house was filled to it s utmost 
capacity, the larger part being aged or middle aged people.  The casket in the 
center of the parlor was almost covered with floral pieces.  The exercises 
were short, yet impressive.  The quartet choir of the Baptist church sang as 
an opening “I Shall be Satisfied.”  Rev. J. J. Phelps read 1st Cor 18; also 
the 23 psalm, Mrs. Lincoln’s favorite.  Rev. A. Cornell invoked the Divine 
blessing.  Rev. Mr. Phelps addressed the friends in a peculiarly appropriate 
manner, touching upon her strong faith in the power of prayer.  P. H. Taylor 
read a poem.  The choir then sang “A Home on High.”  The remains were taken 
from the house to the last resting place in the Balcom cemetery.

The pall bearers were W. D. Arnold, J. W. Baldie, Orry Waterbury, M. C. Smith, 
T. E. Smith and G. H. McMullen.  During the services many moistened eyes were 
to be seen, and a very quiet demeanor was manifest as the friends wended their 
way home.  Thus passed away one who has known Ionia from its beginning.

Mrs. Anthy P. Lincoln was born in Fairfield, Herkimer county, N.Y., July 10, 
1817.  She was the oldest daughter of Oliver Arnold, one of the pioneer colony 
which reached Ionia, May 28, 1833, thus making her a pioneer woman in the 
fullest sense of that word.  She was not sixteen at that date.  Not long after 
her arrival at her new home, she was married to Dr. Wm. B. Lincoln, who was 
also of that first company of immigrants.  Dr. Lincoln was of a mechanical 
turn, and erected the first frame dwelling in the new village—a part of Dr. 
Allen’s residence.  Later Dr. Lincoln began clearing the forest, his first 
improvement being on the place now known as the Galloway farm in Berlin, 
erecting there a frame house and a convenient barn.  After clearing 20 or 30 
acres, he in 1842 moved to the village.  In 1845 or 1846, he began an 
improvement in what is now known as South Ionia, erecting the two story house 
on the corner where the high way turns westward.

Mrs. Lincoln was of an amiable temperament, and made friends with all her 
associates.  She was one of the original members of the First Baptist church; 
also one of the first to give her name to the Ionia county Pioneer society.  
Of her pioneer companions, very few are left—Mrs. J. B. Sanford of our city, 
Mrs. Harriet Burton and Mrs. Prudence Tower of Grand Rapids, and her sister, 
Mrs. Tift of New York.  Mrs. Lincoln was the mother of five children, two sons 
and three daughters.  The sons, William and Horace, both dead.  The daughters, 
Mrs. Eastman residing in central New York, Mrs. H. B. Barnes in our city, and 
Mrs. Nellis in Muskegon.



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