Obit: Obituary of Abigail Eyre (1847): Delaware Co., PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Judy Ardine . ****************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non- commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ****************************************************************** May 28, 1847 DELAWARE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Death Notice DIED - At her residence, in this borough, on Sunday evening, the 23d of May, 1847, ABIGAIL EYRE, in the 88th year of her age. She was born in this county, and remembered, with great distinctness, until a short time previous to her death, many of the stirring scenes connected with the early settlement of the county. She assisted in dressing the wounds of the soldiers at the Battle of the Brandywine, and could recount many of the occurrences that took place on that memorable occasion. Her life passed quietly away without pain, and she died as she had lived, at peace with all the world. Her remains were deposited in Friends'burying ground, in this borough, to which Society she was attached during life.