Warren County OhArchives Obituaries.....Simonton, Hannah (Stokes)  September 1, 1910
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The Western Star 1 Sep 1910 & 15 Sep 1910
The obituary for Hannah (Stokes) Simonton (1823-1910) has been added to the
Warren County OHGenWeb project at

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Obits/simonton.htm#HannahSimonton1910

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MRS. HANNAH SIMONTON PASSES AWAY
Hannah Stokes Simonton, twelfth and youngest child of William and Hannah Hatcher
Stokes was born on the Stokes homestead four miles northeast <of> Lebanon on the
6th day of January, 1823, and after a brief illness of three days, died at 214
North Mechanic Street, where she has resided continuously for sixty years, at 5
o'clock Saturday morning, August 27th, aged 87 years, 7 months and 21 days, thus
outliving and having lived a longer life than any of her brothers or sisters.

She was married at the Stokes homestead on Wednesday, September 15th, 1841, to
John Simonton, a devoted husband, with whom she lived happily until January
15th, 1888, when he preceded her into the Heavenly Country. She was the mother
of five children, three sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Hiram, and the
two daughters, Mary and Lucy have passed over before her, while two sons,
Leonidas and William remain.

In company with her husband she united with the East Baptist church <of> Lebanon
on March 14, 1853, under the pastorate of Rev. Harvey Dale and her life ever
since has been a remarkably exemplary, consistent Christian one. From her
mother, who was a member of the Society of Friends and who wore attire up to the
time of her death at the age of 83, she inherited a great many traits of the
Quaker character.

Clearcut and positive in her convictions of duty, she would have lost her right
hand sooner than do what she believed wrong. Her affections were for her family,
her home and her Church and departing as she has in the fullness of years, she
had left behind to the surviving sons, a blessed, hallowed memory. 

'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Arthur Cooper Tuesday afternoon at the
late home. Interment in Lebanon cemetery.

Source: The Western Star 1 Sep 1910 & 15 Sep 1910 [copy obtained from obituary
collection at the Warren County Genealogical Society]


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