This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Triplett, Shelly, Bradshaw, Cox, Rife, Perry Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1571 Message Board Post: Barry Adage Newspaper, Barry, Pike, IL, Thurs. Feb. 28, 1901, Golson Triplett was born near Perry, Pike county, Ill., June 5, 1830. He was the youngest of six children and was bereft of his mother in early infancy, a bereavment which tended to develop the energy and perserverance which characterized his life thereafter. The place of his mother was filled by his dearly beloved sister, Mrs. Dorcas Shelly, who still survives him. He was married in 1853 to D. Frances Bradshaw. The greater part of his life was spent on his farm, three mi. north of Barry, where six of the ten children born to them grew to honorable man and womanhood. His home was a harmonious and happy one. Four children died in infancy. those living are Lewis, of Little Falls, Minn.; Mrs. Aneliza Cox, Long Lake, Minn.; Mrs. Nannie Rife, Streator, Ill.; Thomas, Ft. Madison, Iowa; Mrs. Mattie Perry, Barry, Ill., and Miss Vesta at home. Fortunately all were able to be present at the funeral service. Because! of failing health he left the farm 8 yrs ago and removed to Barry, where he has since lived in comparative health until within the past year, during which his health has rapidly declined. He was taken Sick Mon., Feb. 18, and departed this life Wed. Feb 20, after an illness of about 38 hrs, aged 70 yrs, 8 mos, 15 days. He will be greatly missed in his neighborhood, but especially in his own family; his wife and daughter, Vesta, being left alone in the home. Besides his wife, children, sister and brother, John Triplett, of Tupelo, Miss., he will be missed greatly by the nephews and nieces to whom he has been as a father. A short funeral service was held at the house on Friday afternoon conducted by Rev. Young, of the Baptist church, and the body was then laid to rest in Park Lawn cemetery.