Unknown Publication, April 1893 Mrs. Elizabeth, beloved wife of Eld. G. L. Tomson, died at the family residence on Dry Creek, near town, last Tuesday at about 6:30 o'clock, after an illness of more than two years. Cause of death, cold contracted at change of life, resulting in consumption. She leaves besides her husband, seven children to mourn her death; four daughters, three of whom are married, and three sons, all of whom were at her bedside at the hour of her departure, excepting Mrs. Robert Belshe, of Ulmons Ridge. Mrs. Thompson was a daughter of the late John Sullens and a native of Spring Garden Prairie, Miller County, Mo., and was born in 1839. She was a member of the Church of Christ, lived and died in the faith of our Lord, and leaves to her memory the exemplary life of a kind and loving mother and a Christian example for her children. The funeral was held in the Christian Church in this city yesterday evening, conducted by Eld. L.E. Melton, and was largely attended from the country by relatives and friends. After the services at the church the congregation followed the remains to our city cemetery where the body was by loving hands laid to rest.