Matilda Jane Jamison Obituary - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by LuAnn Elsinger

Grant County Herald
21 Jul 1909 

Matilda Jane Jamison was born in Pye Co., Missouri.  August 7th 1830.  Died July 
7, 1909.  She came to Beetown with her parents in the year 1846.  In 1850 she 
was united in marriage to Henry Mayne; to this union six children were born, two 
boys and four girls: John H., of Prairie du Chien; William, his whereabouts 
unknown; Mrs. Warren Jamison of Montana and Mrs. George Atkinson of Beetown 
still survive.  Henry Mayne died in Dec. 1861, left with a family of small 
children she endured many hardships.  In the year 1865 she was united in 
marriage to William Atkinson; to them were born four girls: Mrs. Henry Welsh, of 
Beetown; Mrs. Frank Cornell, of Beetown; Mrs. George Moore, of Millville, who 
preceded her mother three years and Eveline died in infancy.  William Atkinson 
died in Nov. 1888.  She remained a widow till the time of her heath, living 
among her children until the last two years when she made her home with her 
daughter Mrs. Geo. Atkinson.  She was laid to rest in the Beetown cemetery.  
Services were held in the Beetown church, J.O. Edgington officiating.  A large 
congregation of relatives and friends assembled in honor of her who was well 
known and respected among young and old alike, as she was ever ready to lend a 
helping hand.  We cannot think of her as dead but as one that sleepeth.

"Tho' sown in tears thro' weary years,
The seed will surely live;
Tho' great the cost, it is not lost,
For God will fruitage give.
The harvest home of God will come,
And after toil and care,
With joy untold, her sheaves of gold
Will all be granted there,"
A Friend.