OBIT: Amanda E. (WATSON) MOODY, 1879, Blair County, PA

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DIED.

MOODY - At Fort Scott, Kansas, January 2, Mrs. Amanda E. Moody,
daughter of Jackson Watson, of Lock Haven, and sister of J. M. Watson,
of this city, aged about 33 years.

Evening Mirror, Altoona, Pa., January 11, 1879

DIED.

January 2d, 1879, in Fort Scott, of heart disease, aged 32 years, 11
months, 22 days, Mrs. Amanda E. Moody, wife of I. W. Moody, one of our
most energetic and successful business men.

She was born in Ohio January 10th, 1846.  At an early age her parents
moved to Pennsylvania where she lived till 1870, when she came to Fort
Scott, Kansas seeking health.  There is something nearly akin to the
romantic in her coming West in the strength of life, the constant
battle between health and disease, a strong will and a sickly body
until disease and death conquered.  The power of will and calm trust
that was exercised in her illness and death demonstrated a force of
character that was truly Christian and heroic.  On her arrival in Fort
Scott she joined the M. E. Church, by better, of which she had been a
constant and faithful member since her childhood days.  Soon after
coming among us she took her place as a teacher in our public schools
where she was loved and respected by the pupils, and highly esteemed
by the parents and patrons.

On December 29, 1874 she was united to I. W. Moody in marriage.  She
has borne the dearest names that belong to various eras of woman's
life, daughter, sister, wife, mother, and her gentle spirit, amiable
disposition and Christian example honored and adorning each of these.
In her last illness all that medical skill could do was bestowed upon
her, but death had marked her as his victim.

The religion that had been her support and comfort in life, sustained
and gave her triumph in death.  She gave specific and minute
instructions about her funeral services, pointed her husband to Jesus,
committed her little boy to God, left kind words for parents, sisters,
brothers and friends, and sweetly fell asleep in the arms of Jesus,
amid the joyous greetings of the happy new year.

Her suffering ended with the day,
Yet lived she at its close,
And breathed the long, long night away
In statue like repose.

But when the sun in all his state
Illumined the eastern skies,
She passed through Glory's morning gate,
And walked in Paradise.

Fort Scott Weekly Monitor, Fort Scott, Kansas, Thursday, January 9,
1879, page 5