Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Page, S. Eugene 1866
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Unidentified Publication, 15 May 1866

Death of Eugene Page

It is with a sorrowful heart that we chronicle the death of S. Eugene Page, at
the residence of his father, Stephen F. Page, in this village, on the 5th inst.
 Eugene had long been a resident of the village, his parents having taken up
their residence here in 1849, and during that time his many amiable qualities
had won for him an abiding place in the heart of nearly every citizen in the
place.  Among the young people, whose association with him was more intimate,
and to whom the generosity and genial humor of his disposition was more
apparent, he was esteemed most highly, and in their memories he will long live,
as one whom they may only call to view in the remembrance of the gay, careless,
happy school days of their earlier years.

Eugene Page was born in Ronald, in … [missing words] … rebellion was
inaugurated, he volunteered his services in the first regiment that left this
part of the state, and became a member of the Band of the old 3d Infantry, but
his health, which already gave premonitory symptoms of the disease which caused
his death, failed so much through exposure that he was obliged to return home
again, after a few months service.  Although his constitution was not strong and
he did not appear to regain his health entirely, it was only a few months ago
that his friends became aware that he was really a victim of the dread disease,
consumption, and only a few days before his death that his case was considered
dangerous, and the news of his death carried a sorrow almost as sudden as if he
had fallen by some calamitous accident.

The funeral services were attended by a very large concourse of citizens on the
Monday succeeding his death, the sermon being preached by Elder Isaac Everett,
under whose faithful ministrations he had been converted, and of whose church he
had been a member about two years.


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