The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, April 4, 1907 MARY E., daughter of I. and M. KELLOGG, was born at Lyme, Conn., Sept. 27, 1841, and removed with her parents to Ellisville, Ill., in 1856, where she resided until her marriage to MR. R.E. EDMONSON in September, 1866. Shortly after this event MR. and MRS. EDMONSON came to Chariton and established for themselves a home. Here were born to them five children, four of whom and the father have passed on before her, leaving one son, E.J. EDMONSON, as her sole survivor. Since the death of her husband in 1895, she has spent much of the time with her two sisters, at Lynn, Conn., and Arlington, Iowa, and it was during her sojourn at the former place she was stricken with the fatal malady that has ended this mortal life. Her sister and niece were unremitting in care and devotion but as the disease progressed it was deemed best to remove her to a hospital at Middletown, Conn., for skillful care and treatment, but nothing could avail in her case and after weary weeks of suffering she entered into Heavenly rest on Saturday, March 30, 1907. MRS. EDMONSON was a woman of fine mind with high ideals of life, and was loyal and true to the principles which she believed to be right. Thus for thirty years she has been a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church of this city, and was an enthusiastic, intelligent member of the women's Christian Temperance Union, sitting in the last national convention of that body as one of the representatives of Iowa. She was cheerful, brave and helpful, winning friends wherever she went, and the final summons to "come up higher" found her ready and willing to go, for she felt that Heaven would indeed be home. During her illness she copied and sent her sister these lines: "Some day the web will all be done The shuttle silent in its place; And friends at setting of the sun Will come and look upon my face And say, mistakes she made though not a few, But worn perchance as best she knew." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 8, 2004 iggy29@rnetinc.net

Hey, Nancee......come back to us!!! Getting your post was like old times when you were doing the Decatur papers! Gosh, it seems like a long time ago and you ARE missed!!!! Hope you have a blessed Christmas. Jan Lund genhelp@att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert" <iggy29@rnetinc.net> To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: [IADECATU] DEATH OF MARY E. (KELLOGG) EDMONSON > The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa > Thursday, April 4, 1907 > > MARY E., daughter of I. and M. KELLOGG, was born at Lyme, Conn., Sept. 27, > 1841, and removed with her parents to Ellisville, Ill., in 1856, where she > resided until her marriage to MR. R.E. EDMONSON in September, 1866. > Shortly > after this event MR. and MRS. EDMONSON came to Chariton and established > for > themselves a home. Here were born to them five children, four of whom and > the father have passed on before her, leaving one son, E.J. EDMONSON, as > her > sole survivor. Since the death of her husband in 1895, she has spent much > of the time with her two sisters, at Lynn, Conn., and Arlington, Iowa, and > it was during her sojourn at the former place she was stricken with the > fatal malady that has ended this mortal life. > > Her sister and niece were unremitting in care and devotion but as the > disease progressed it was deemed best to remove her to a hospital at > Middletown, Conn., for skillful care and treatment, but nothing could > avail > in her case and after weary weeks of suffering she entered into Heavenly > rest on Saturday, March 30, 1907. MRS. EDMONSON was a woman of fine mind > with high ideals of life, and was loyal and true to the principles which > she > believed to be right. Thus for thirty years she has been a faithful > member > of the Presbyterian Church of this city, and was an enthusiastic, > intelligent member of the women's Christian Temperance Union, sitting in > the > last national convention of that body as one of the representatives of > Iowa. > She was cheerful, brave and helpful, winning friends wherever she went, > and > the final summons to "come up higher" found her ready and willing to go, > for > she felt that Heaven would indeed be home. During her illness she copied > and sent her sister these lines: > > "Some day the web will all be done > The shuttle silent in its place; > And friends at setting of the sun > Will come and look upon my face > And say, mistakes she made though not a few, > But worn perchance as best she knew." > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > December 8, 2004 > iggy29@rnetinc.net > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >