Obituary: RAINEY, Elizabeth Jane Sweeney - MO Gentry Archives

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Obituary
clipping from THE ALBANY PAPER, GENTRY COUNTY, MISSOURI; Dated May, 1903

OBITUARY OF ELIZABETH JANE SWEENEY (SWINNEY) RAINEY

Another Pioneer Gone: GRANDMA RAINEY died at the home of her son, JOSEPH
RAINEY, near Berlin, on Friday, May 1, 1903, aged 88 years and 24 days.
ELIZABETH J SWINNEY was born in Tennessee, April 7, 1815. She was
married to JOHN RAINEY in 1832, and the moved to Dekalb Co. and remained
until 1850, when they went on to the Owl Creek Homestead, which has
continued to be the property of the Rainey Family since that time.

Eleven children were born to them, seven of whom survive. The living
children are BENJAMIN, SAMUEL, WILLIAM, JOSEPH, AND JOHN RAINEY; MRS.
CORNELIA BOLEY AND MRS. PHILENE MEADOWS. Forty-eight grandchildren,
thirty great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren also
survive. The aged husband died nineteen years ago.

GRANDMA RAINEY had united with the Methodist church early in life, and
she continued true to her Christian proffession through life, dying firm
in the faith that triumphs over death and the tomb. She was loved and
honored by a large circle of friends, who will join with the family in
mourning the death of one who has been a true neighbor, friend and
mother to the generations that have brought the south part of Gentry
County up from a wilderness to the splendor community it is today.

The funeral services were conducted by ELDER D. CAMPBELL, assisted by
REV. BALL of King City, at the Berlin Church on Saturday, after which a
large crowd of the relatives, neighbors and friends followed the remains
to the Owl Creek Cemetery, where they were laid to rest by the graves of
the husband and children.