> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda" <llt@hoosierlink.net> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 2:52 PM > ================== > > Source: GC-Wabash County Obituaries > > URL: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/WabashObits/239 > > Subject: SUSAN COBLE > > > > > > Surname: Coble, Swain, Dawes, Jones, Jenkins, McClure, Pond > > ------------------------- > > > > Taken from the Wabash Plain Dealer in Wabash, Indiana ... Fri., Oct. 26, > > 1906 > > > > When the Death Angel called Mrs. David Coble, this morning, she answered > > as she would have answered if her desire alone had guided her demise for > > the coming was as she wished and there was nothing of fear for her. > > > > She had often expressed a desire to pass away suddenly for she was always > > prepared for the final summons and she had spoken to her daughter, Mrs. > > W. P. Jones, of the sweetness of death coming to one who had passed away > > while seated in a chair. A like death she wished for herself. > > > > Her wish was gratified. The end came today at 10:45 o'clock and so sudden > > and unexpected was it that none of the family, except those who were in > > the house at the time, were present and the announcement of her death came > > as a blow to her relatives and host of friends. > > > > Mrs. Coble had not been suffering from any ailment. She had enjoyed her > > sixty-first wedding anniversary celebration last month and it then > appeared > > that she would survive to celebrate future anniversaries. > > > > Last Sunday she attended church as was her wont but she then expressed > > the belief that she was attending for the last time. Her belief was true > > and before another Sunday she had passed away. > > > > For the last three or four days she has been of feeble health but not to > > an alarming extent. > > > > She was born November 30, 1822, at Greensboro, North Carolina, and but > > one brother survives her, Thomas Swain, the remainder of her immediate > > family having passed away. > > > > In 1841 she removed to Henry County and September 19, 1845, was united > > in marriage with David Coble, her maiden name being Susan Swain. > > > > They removed to Wabash County, September 29, 1852, locating near Somerset. > > In 1862 they removed to this city, locating on the north side of the > river. > > March 12, 1865, they removed to the south side and for years have resided > > on Pike Street. > > > > She was a birthright member of the Friends' Church and as far as there > > is any record of the family her ancestors have been members of the > Friends' > > Church. She lived a Christian life, delighting in Christian labor and her > > character was of the rugged, noble kind of the pioneer. She always > remained > > faithful to her belief and few have lived a life with so few faults as > > she. > > > > She was the mother of seven children, five of whom, with her life long > > companion, survive her. One child died in infancy and one, Mrs. L. a. > Dawes, > > a number of years ago. Those surviving her are: Mrs. W. P. Jones, Miss > > Mary Coble and Mrs. Charles Jenkins, of this city; Mrs. John N. McClure, > > of Conway, Michigan, who but recently returned home after a visit here, > > and Mrs. Phoebe Pond, of Amboy. > > > > The funeral will be held at the Friends' Church Monday afternoon at 1:30 > > o'clock. Rev. Myron Hartley, assisted by Rev. Levi J. Pennington, will > > have charge. Burial will be in the Friends' Cemetery. >