OBIT: Eliza M. STEVENS, 1881, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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CITY AND COUNTRY.
Things Briefly Told.

Mrs. Eliza M. Stevens died at the residence of her son-in-law, Captain
Robert Johnson, corner of Howard avenue and Eighth street, at 10
o'clock P.M., January 20.  She was the widow of the late S. R.
Stevens, and was in the 72d year of her age.  The funeral will take
place at Williamsburg on Saturday.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, January 21, 1881

WILLIAMSBURG WAIFS.

The funeral of Mrs. Eliza M. Stevens took place here on Saturday, and
was largely attended.  Eliza Morrison Stevens was born in 1809 in
Huntingdon.  Her father, Rev. Jesse Pinnell, died in 1812.  Mr.
Pinnell was a member of the Bath Conference and one of the pioneers of
Methodism in this country.  He was of English descent but born in
Virginia, his mother being a sister of the late Chief Justice
Marshall. The great grandfather of Mrs. Stevens was Huguenot, who left
France and settled in England at the time of the religious troubles in
the former country.  The father of the deceased was a daughter of the
late John Morrison, a revolutionary soldier who removed from Lancaster
and settled in Huntingdon in 1797.  Mrs. Stevens was a member of the
Methodist church for a period of 58 years.  Her first class leader was
the venerable Samuel --- (?), who still survives.  She was married in
early life and settled in Williamsburg in 1826, --- organized a Sunday
School in Clover Creek, which she conducted and carried on efficiently
for a number of years.  Her life has been closely allied with
Methodism, in the doctrines and discipline of which she believed with
all her heart.  Her house was the home and resting place of many of
those early Methodist preachers whose names are so fragrant in the
history of her choice.  Two characteristics of the genuine Methodist
she exhibited: She  read her Bible and was a constant reader of the
Christian Advocate, having been a subscriber to that paper from its
first issue - 55 years ago.  Her husband, Samuel R. Stevens, was the
son of Rev. James Stevens, who died in this place in 1859.  He was the
most honored member of the Baltimore Conference for more than fifty
years.  Her husband died in this place in 18-4.  Her last words were:
"Precious! ---!  I see Jesus!"  Opening her eyes she said, "I see! I
see!"

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, January 24, 1881

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