Posted on: Crawford Co. Il Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/CrawfordObits/116 Surname: McCord, Fitch ------------------------- Note: I have no connection to this family. I'm just posting an Obit that was sent to me by Barbara Dix who is transcribing old news articles for the website. MRS. ELIZA McCORD DEAD. The death Mrs. Eliza F. McCord occurred at the family residence in Paris Friday, being consequent to a week's illness orginating in an attack of choleramorbus. The deceased was born on Jan. 29th. 1818, being in the seventy-ninth year of her age and not physically equal to the strain imposed by the rapid inroads of the disease. Mrs. McCord was a native of York, and resided there until the removal of the family to Paris about twenty-six years ago. She was the last survivor of a large family of sixteen children, her parents being among the earliest settlers of the vicinity of York. Her maiden name was Fitch and she was a direct descendent of Rev. James Fitch, the founder of Yale College. She was married October 28th, 1852 to Dr. David O. McCord, one of the pioneer practitioners of the Wabash Valley, who won distinction as medical director of the departments of Missouri and Arkansas during the Civil War, winning the rank of Major. The death of Dr. McCord occured about thirty years ago and a few years later the family went to Paris, which has since been their home. The surviving children are Dr. T. C. McCord, George H. McCord, Sidney B. McCord, R. K. McCord and Miss Elizabeth McCord all residents of that city, Mrs. McCord was from childhood a member of the Presbyterian church, with which denomination all of her ancestors, for several generations had been actively identified. She was in the best sense of the word a Christian, whose daily life exemplified the teachings of her faith. The funeral was conducted Monday and the remains brought to York for interment.