Worth County MO Archives Obituaries.....Northrop, Eliza June 17, 1901
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Maquoketa Excelsior, June 21, 1901
Maquoketa Excelsior, Maquoketa, Iowa, June 21, 1901

OBITUARY-

Eliza Antoinette Meeker  was born in Middleport, New York, January 23, 1826, 
and died at her residence near Maquoketa, Iowa, June 17, 1901. In 1849 she 
became the wife of Mr. E. R. Northrop and the day after the wedding started 
for the west. The journey was direct to Maquoketa, where the first six years 
of their married life were spent. In 1855 the family moved three miles south 
and opened the farm on the wild  prairie which has since afforded them a home. 
Here ten years ago her mother died, and four years ago her husband received 
his crown and now from the same sacred place she has gone to join them.

She was the mother of two children both of whom were present at the funeral. 
The son, Landon L. Northrop, resides in Worth county, Missouri. The daughter, 
Cora, remaining at home, has been the companion of her mother. Mrs. Northrop 
became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of sixteen. Her 
membership in the Maquoketa church dates from the time of her coming west in 
1849. She is known in the church as an active faithful member. To her 
faithfulness as treasurer to a fund raised by the ladies of the church in 1850 
and her business management of it, in 1875, there was available for the 
purchase of the bell, the sum of $300 with which the present bell was secured. 
In that time the fund had grown from thirty to three hundred dollars. This is 
an instance of her strong character and her loyalty to right and the kingdom 
of Christ.

Of her father’s family, but two remain, a brother in Oregon, and a sister, 
Mrs. Center of DeWitt, who was in attendance at the funeral. A niece, Mrs. C. 
J. Northrop of Monticello was also present. Though an invalid for the past 
eight years her last illness was of but a weeks duration. In conversation she 
had while in health expressed her confidence that death was like stepping from 
the work room of the house into the parlor. In the first years of her 
connection with the church she was associated with its early pastors, 
Hurlbart, Landon Taylor, Dummitt Swearengen and Caitlin. She was one of that 
heroic band Landon Taylor mentions in his book “The Battlefield Reviewed,” as 
a little host ever ready to bear a past in pushing forward a good cause. Their 
names are Spencer, Martin, Poff, Stephens, Barnes, Wright, Stimpson, Northrop 
and Fellows. They have nearly all passed to the other shore. We may imagine 
their greeting her coming and their exalted fellowship. The view from the 
front door of her prairie home looking toward town is very beautiful in the 
green of summer, or the white of winter, but what is compared to the river of 
life and the heavenly city. Funeral services were conducted by the pastor of 
the Methodist Church, at the house. There was a large attendance of neighbors 
and friends. Interment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Wednesday, June 19, 1901. 


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