Obit for Eliza (STRATTON) SINCLAIR (b.1809 d.1886), Olmsted Co., MN

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Rochester Post, Rochester, MN, 26 Mar 1886, page 3

Byron, Kalmar Township, Olmsted County, MN

In Memoriam.   For the Post.   Eliza Stratton was born in Albion, Maine, May
15th 1809, and departed this life at Byron, Minnesota, March 15th, 1886,
aged seventy-six years and 10 months.   She was married at her father's
house in Albion, June 28th, 1840, to Mr. Dudley Sinclair.  With her husband
she emigrated to Illinois in 1854, and in August, 1855 they came on to
Byron, Minn., which has been her home ever since.  She has no brothers or
sisters living, being the only survivor of a large family who were noted for
their longevity, her mother being ninety-four years of age at the time of
her death.  Mrs. Sinclair had remarkably clear intellectual faculties and
possessed many amiable qualities.  Ever thoughtful and attentive to the
wants of others, she always made home pleasant.  She was converted when
about nineteen years of age, and never losing faith in God, she always
maintained a strong religious character in her home life.  She has been
afflicted for about ten years and suffered much with inflammatory
rheumatism, being confined much of the time to the house.  Although availing
herself of every remedy that promised relief, she was convinced that her end
was close at hand.  The day before she died she talked with the family about
her departure with all the composure of one preparing for a journey.  She
gave her husband and children wise and earnest christian counsel, exhorting
them to meet her in heaven.  So has this noble woman, this faithful wife who
had journeyed with her husband in the changeful paths of life for forty-six
years, a helpmate indeed, and this patient, loving mother fallen asleep.
Her funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at the Byron M. E.
church, Rev. F. D. Goodrich officiating, where a large congregation of
neighbors and friends paid their tribute of repect to her precious memory.
She leaves a husband and two children and a large circle of friends to mourn
her loss.  She has come down like a shock of corn fully ripe and fit for the
Master's use.
     "Dearest sister thou hast left us,
         Here thy loss we deeply feel;
      But 'tis God that hath bereft usl,
         He can all our sorrows heal.
      Yet again we hope to meet thee,
         When the day of life is fled;
      Then in heaven with joy we'll greet thee,
         Where no farewell tears are shed.


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