Nodaway County MO Archives Obituaries.....Smith (Holmes), Jane October 4, 1921
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Newspaper  clipping  MO and New Mexico

OBITUARY IN NEWSPAPER IN MISSOURI reads as follows:

MRS. ELON SMITH TO BE BURIED NEAR RAVENWOOD

Former Resident Died in New Mexico---Husband Was First White Child Born in 
County.

Mrs. Elon Smith, until two years ago a resident of Ravenwood most of her life, 
died Tuesday night in Melrose, New Mexico.  The body, accompanied by a son Alex 
Smith of Melrose, arrived in Ravenwood early this morning and funeral services 
will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Christian Church.  The 
services will be in charge of the Rev. S. W. Nay of Kansas City, who is 
conducting a revival meeting at the church.  Burial will be in Oak Lawn 
Cemetery.

Mrs. Smith was born in Illinois, seventy-two year ago.  She had been in frail 
health for the past four years and went to New Mexico two years ago for the 
benefit of her health.  Mr. Smith died August 11, 1921, at the age of eighty-
two years.  He bore the distinction of having been the first white child born 
in Nodaway County.

Mrs. Smith is survived by these children:  Alex Smith of Melrose, New Mex., 
Elmer Smith, Mrs. Will Bollin and Mrs. Joe Witham, all residing in and near 
Ravewood.  There are ten surviving grandchildren.  A sister, Mrs. John 
McGinley, and two brothers George and Frank McGinley of Stanberry, will attend 
the funeral tomorrow.

George and Frank Mc Ginley (should of been Remley).

OBITUARY IN NEWSPAPER 10-18-1921 Probably the New Mexico Newspaper.

Jane Holmes was born in Illinois, November 14, 1849, and died at McAlister, New 
Mexico October 4, 1921, age 71 years, 10 months and 20 days.

While yet a young girl she, with her parents, moved to Nodaway County, 
Missouri, where her entire life was spent with the exception of the last two 
years which she lived in New Mexico.

In 1869, she was married to Elon Smith, and to this union four children were 
born, Alex Smith of New Mexico, Elmer Smith, Mrs. W. A.Bollin and Mrs. J. M. 
Witham, all or near Ravenwood.  Besides these she leaves to mourn her death one 
sister and three brothers.

She was a loving Wife and devoted Mother, and one of the outstanding virtues of 
her life was unselfishness, always thinking for and doing for others.

"Dearest Mother, thy gentle voice in hushed.  Thy warm, true heart is still, 
and on thy pale and peaceful face is resting a death's cold chill.  Thy hands 
are clasped upon thy breast.  We have kissed thy marble brow: and in our aching 
hearts we know, we have no Mother  now".

Card of Thanks,

We wish to thank our friends for the kind words, spoken during her death of our 
beloved Mother (Mrs. W. A. Bollin, Mrs. J. M. Witham, Elmer Smith, Alex Smith).




Additional Comments:
Both obituaries are from clippings one from Missouri and the other from New 
Mexico.

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