Johnson-Lancaster County NeArchives Obituaries.....Easterday, Margaret Jane December 9, 1908
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The Tecumseh Chieftain, 19 Dec. 1908
     Mrs. M.V. Easterday, well known to residents of this paper, died at her 
home in Steilacoom, Wash., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1908, at 6:00 o'clock, p.m. She 
had been sick for almost eight weeks, suffering with pneumonia and this 
disease, augmented with apoplexy, caused her death. Her age was seventy-six 
years, five months, and ten days.
     Margaret J. Huston, daughter of John and Isabella (Drew) Huston, was born 
near Stubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio, on the 29th day of June, 1832. She 
lived with her parents until September 2, 1852, when she married to Mr. 
Easterday. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Easterday moved to Nokomis, 
Montgomery County, Ill., and purchased a farm. There they continued to reside 
for seventeen years. This was the place of the birth of their children. In the 
year 1871 the Easterday family came to Tecumseh and for ten years they lived in 
the residence property now owned by John Kavanagh on First Street. In 1877 Mr. 
Easterday was elected country treasurer and he served two terms. Then they 
located on the farm, north of the city, where they continued to reside until 
1892, when they gave up the active duties incidental to this work and moved 
back to Tecumseh. In 1899 Mr. and Mrs. Easterday left Nebraska and located at 
Sumner,Wash., and a little later they went to Steilacoom, both these towns 
being near Tacoma. Eight Children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Easterday, three 
dying in infancy. A son, Horace, died in Sumner in 1899. The husband, now 
eighty-six years of age and in poor health, and the four sons survive the 
deceased. The sons are: Charles Milton, of Tacoma, Wash., a well-known 
attorney, former state senator and judge elect of the superior court; Stephen 
A., a prominent businessman of Drain, Ore.; Joseph H., a leading attorney of 
Tacoma and former state tax commissioner; and Phillip S., a prominent bridge 
contractor and wholesale lumber dealer of Fairbury, Neb. The father and sons 
were at the bedside of the beloved wife and mother when the end came, Phil 
having been summoned from Nebraska and reaching there a few days before.
     Mrs. Easterday was a remarkable woman. She was kind, lovable, and 
possessed the many beautiful traits of true womanhood. No one was more willing 
to aid the suffering, cheer the despondent, sustain the weak and to throw over 
the frailties of our race the mantle of Christian charity than she. For years 
she went among the sick and suffering in this community and administered to 
their wants. As a wife she was devoted and in every way helpful; as a mother 
she was loving and indulgent, as a neighbor she was exceedingly interested and 
kind. For many years Mrs. Easterday was a member of the Universalist Church, 
and her everyday life was strictly in accordance with the teaching of the 
Master. She died firm in the belief of an everlasting life and she hoped to 
meet the members of her family in the grand reunion of eternity, in the home 
that shall never be broken. 
     Brief services were held at the Easterday home in Steilacoom Thursday 
morning at 11:00 o'clock, and that afternoon at 3:00 the son, Phil Easterday, 
departed for Tecumseh with the remains of his mother. The husband was not able 
to make the long trip. At Lincoln, Sunday, Mrs. Easterday joined her husband an 
came to this city. The remains were taken to the home of J.S. Arnup, where, on 
Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock, the funeral was held. The attendance was large 
and the floral offerings especially numerous and beautiful. The sermon, a 
splendid effort, was by Rev. Robert Liddell, D.D., pastor of the local 
Presbyterian Church. Among those out of the city to be in attendance at the 
obsequies were James Huston, a brother of the deceased, and his son, Robert 
Huston, of Cheney; Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Easterday, L.F.M. Easterday and Mrs. Anna 
E. Mundy, nephews and niece, of Lincoln; and W.B. Raper of Pawnee City. The 
burial was in the family lot at Tecumseh cemetery. 


Additional Comments:
Of the three children who "died in infancy," one actually died at age 21 after 
migrating to Clackamas County, Oregon - Oliver Easterday (eldest child). Son 
Horace actually died in Sumner on Jan. 27, 1900. Margaret Jane (known as Jane) 
was buried near her mother, Isabella Huston. In 1915 Jane's husband, Martin Van 
Buren Easterday, was buried near them. 

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