Marshall County Illinois Obituaries Extracted From The Henry Republican, Marshall, Ill., 1870

1870 Obituaries from the Henry Republican in Henry, Marshall County Illinois.

AYERS, Burton, Obituary

The funeral of Burton Ayers, one of the pioneers of LaSalle county, was attended by an immense concourse of people at LaSalle. The deceased surveyed and named the city of Peru. [Henry Republican, (Henry Ill.), September 29, 1870]

FOSTER, Maria Everette, Obituary

Died near Tonica, Oct. 5, of typhoid fever, Maria J., wife of John Foster, and mother of Charles and William Everette of this city, aged 54 years, 8 months and 3 days.

Mrs. Maria Foster, whose death it is our painful duty to announce, was a native of Ohio, from which state she and her husband, Dr. Everett, came to Illinois in 1838 and settled at Hennepin, being among the early settlers in that locality, and at which place they continued to reside until the doctor’s death, and for nearly five years after, when she was married to John Foster, and for most of a period of 22 years, they resided on the Foster homestead at the end of the turnpike, opposite Henry, though for the fast five or six years they lived near Toulon (Tonica?); at which place she ended life’s fitful journey a few days since.

Mrs. Foster was a woman of much refinement of manner, possessing rare social qualities, and best of all, a christian. The natural cheerfulness of her disposition, and her love for an active, industrious life, rendered her a model woman for the rugged surroundings of a new country. Ever ready by counsel, or act, to render the kind offices of a sympathetic motherly nature, she endeared herself to many in those early times, who still cherish the kindest regards for her memory, not that she is gone, and the remaining few of that by gone period, who survive her, will shed the sympathetic tear as they realize that their number is one less.

She was the mother of eight children by her first marriage (and one by the last), all of whom died quite young, except the two sons Charles and William Everett of this city. Her days were spared to see these settled in life, surrounded by their families, established in business, and recognizing the claims of a religious life, and then, at the summons of her Maker, she answered the call without an expression of regret, beyond that of a natural desire to be with the loved ones living. Prepared by a life of practical piety, and active charity, and with the assurance that the future was all bright and glorious, she rests from life’s labors, leaving for her children, and aged companion, and friends, a rich legacy in the precious memories that cluster around the departure of the good for a brighter world above. She was buried at Lostant, to which place a large concourse of friends and relatives followed in mourning procession. [Henry Republican (Henry, Ill.), Oct. 13, 1870]

MORRIS, Mary, Obituary

Miss Mary Morris of New Rutland was hooked by a cow last week, the horns entering the liver, depriving her of life almost instantly. [Henry Republican (Henry, Ill.), Sept. 29, 1870]