Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Preston, Caroline E. (Brooks) June 14, 1894
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Ionia Sentinel - Thurs. June 21, 1894 & Thursday July 5, 1894

Caroline E. Brooks was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1824. 
She came with her fathers family to Ionia county in the year 1848. They were 
for a time out nearest neighbors and the solemn words of the marriage service 
uniting two lives "for better for worse, is sickness and health, through evil 
and through good report, till death do us part," spoken under my fathers root, 
by the Rev. Overhiser. She was married to Benjamin H. Preston in 1846, and 
moved to Ionia, then a village. My early remembrance of her is very pleasant. 
She was attractive in appearance, quiet and kind in disposition, ever desirous 
of ministering to the happiness of others. 

Her home has been famed for many years for its hospitality, and her greeting 
was always cordial and affectionate. She exemplified as few can be said to, the 
injunction of the apostle to "use hospitality without grudging" and the sisters 
delegated at various times to solicit supplies always met with a generous 
response. She was a loving and indulgent mother, always staring the joys and 
sorrows of her children, and making their happiness oar trials her own. 

Sister Preston with her husband was converted under the preaching of the loved 
Isaac Errett. In 1857 and later on they became charter members of this church 
having remove their membership from Muir at the organization of this society 35 
years ago. She obeyed strictly the injunction of Paul, "Let your women keep 
silence," but her hands were often busy like those of Dorcas making garments 
for the needy and so carrying comfort and cheer to those about her.  For many 
years her failing health has kept her from the house of God and the assembly of 
the saints, and for nearly three years she has been literally a prisoner in her 
house of clay. 

Death came to hear as a friend, who was to transport her to the presence of the 
husband she so sorely missed and whose companionship she so much desired, his 
strong arm and tender care was removed more than two years ago, and she has 
been only waiting to join him in that land where parting never comes, the 
everlasting rapture to destroy. 


Mrs. Caroline E. Preston, widow of the late Benjamin H. Preston died June 13 at 
her home in the township of Ronald at the age of 70.

Additional Comments:
Age: 69
Funeral: June 1894
Highland Park cemetery

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