Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Taft, Sophia E. 1909
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, October 15, 1909

Sophia E. Courter was born Dec. 6, 1837 in Ontario, Wayne county, N.Y.  She 
came to Michigan in 1858, remaining here until the summer of 1862 when she 
returned to New York state.  At her father’s home on Union Hill, Monroe 
county, N.Y., she was united in marriage on Nov. 26, 1863 to Geo. L. Taft, of 
Ionia, Mich.  They immediately came to Michigan and settled on a farm in Ionia 
township where they lived two years. In 1870 they bought and settled on a farm 
in Orange township, where she lived most of her married life.

In 1860 she was converted and united with the M.E. church, of which she has 
been an earnest, faithful member for almost half a century.  On account of 
poor health she has been unable to attend church services but rarely for 
years, but she showed her love for her Savior by following His example and 
doing what she could for all who came within the circle of her acquaintance.  
Her family were always her first care, and the pastors of her church soon 
learned to know the welcome and cheer they always fond in the Taft home, and 
it became a second home to them.

The greatest tribute we could pay to Mrs. Taft is to use the Master’s 
words, “She hath done what she could.”  On account of her poor health, and to 
be near her only daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Taft moved to Ionia in 1905, where she 
lived at the time of her death, which occurred on Oct. 1, 1909.

In June Mrs. Taft was stricken with paresis of the nerves and was a patient 
sufferer for four long months. 

Besides her husband, she leaves three children: Mrs. Geo. L. Kuhtz, of Ionia; 
John B. Taft, Alberta, Canada; Riley G. Taft, Seattle, Washington; an only 
sister, Mrs. Julia Beatty, of Union Hill, N.Y., and a large circle of friends, 
who sincerely mourn her death. 



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