Thanks for this one. I seldom see my family members. This article is a jewel. Karen Carty St Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melanie Rickmar" <rickmar@cdinter.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:29 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Obituary of John Adams McCormick 1826-1899 > FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, > April > 27, 1899 > > Mr. John Adams McCormick, father of Mrs. A. T. Nixon of this place, and a > brother of the late Gen. James R. McCormick, died very suddenly at his > home > near Irondale on Wednesday morning, April 19, 1899. > > He had been suffering from rheumatism for a number of years, and was > barely > able to get about with crutches. When he arose Wednesday morning he was > feeling as well as usual, and went out onto the back porch, where he > bathed > his face and hands. Just as he started to return to his room he suddenly > threw up his hands and said to his sister-in-law, Miss Fronie Sloan, who > was > standing near, "Fronie, catch me." Miss Sloan caught him around the > waist, > and she and his daughter, Miss Bernice, carried him into his room and laid > him on the bed, when he expired immediately. His sudden death was > doubtless > the result of a rheumatic attack of the heart. > > Mr. McCormick was born May 16, 1826, on the old homestead whre his death > occurred. On May 12, 1859, he was married to Miss Mary Jane Sloan, who > survives him. In 1862 he joined the Irondale Presbyterian Church, of > which > he was made a ruling elder the same year, an office which he held up to > the > time of his death. He was elected in 1878 on the Democratic ticket to > represent Washington county in the General Assembly of the State, and > served > his people faithfully and with credit to himself. > > He was a man of upright character, hospitable and generous impulses, and > was > highly esteemed by neighbors and friends for his many Christian virtues. > He was buried with Masonic rites in the Caledonia Presbyterian cemetery, > Rev. Mr. Lambert conducting the religious services. Besides his bereaved > wife he leaves six children to mourn his death. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message