In 1880 John and Emma Strawn and their two daughters were in rural Morgan County, Illinois, where John was farming. At some point, Emma and the daughters returned to LaHarpe.
Emma's obituary is an example of creative history. It stated, "Her husband John A. Strawn, to whom she was married some twenty-eight years ago, having prededed [sic] her to the great unknown several years." In fact, they parted company sometime before March of 1887, when he married Eldora Daggett in Morgan County, Illinois. In a personal column published in The Quill on January 21, 1902, daughters Ella and Katie were said to be mourning the death of their father who had died in December in Morgan County.
In April of 1897 accompanied by Ella and Katie, Emma went to Citronelle, Alabama, with the hope that a few months there would restore her health. She died in Citronelle in 1898.~The Quill, page 8
Thursday, November 10, 1898
Emma J. Dixon [sic] was born in Hancock county, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1851, and died Nov. 2, 1898, aged 46 years, 11 months and 12 days.
She was the daughter of Daniel L. and Mary Dickson. She leaves two daughters, Misses Ella and Katie, and four brothers to mourn her untimely demise. Her husband, John A. Strawn, to whom she was married some twenty-eight years ago, having prededed [sic] her to the great unknown several years. Soon after her marriage she became a member of the Christian [sic] of which she lived a faithful and consistent member until her death which occurred at Citronelle, Ala., where she had gone about two years ago in the hope of recuperating her failing health. She was known and loved for her many traits of womanly character, her patient suffering, obliging and courteous bearing toward all with whom she came in contact and her daily life commending her to the loving esteem of all who knew her whose memory will ever be kept sacred in the hearts and friends and loved ones who survive her. Funeral rites were conducted by her pastor, Elder K. C. Ventress, at the church at 2:30 p. m., Sunday last, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and the sorrowing relatives, after which interment in the LaHarpe cemetery conferred the last sad rites over her sleeping dust. To the sorrowing friends and bereaved relatives The Quill tenders sincere condolence.
Emma's obituary is an example of creative history. It stated, "Her husband John A. Strawn, to whom she was married some twenty-eight years ago, having prededed [sic] her to the great unknown several years." In fact, they parted company sometime before March of 1887, when he married Eldora Daggett in Morgan County, Illinois. In a personal column published in The Quill on January 21, 1902, daughters Ella and Katie were said to be mourning the death of their father who had died in December in Morgan County.
In April of 1897 accompanied by Ella and Katie, Emma went to Citronelle, Alabama, with the hope that a few months there would restore her health. She died in Citronelle in 1898.~The Quill, page 8
Thursday, November 10, 1898
Emma J. Dixon [sic] was born in Hancock county, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1851, and died Nov. 2, 1898, aged 46 years, 11 months and 12 days.
She was the daughter of Daniel L. and Mary Dickson. She leaves two daughters, Misses Ella and Katie, and four brothers to mourn her untimely demise. Her husband, John A. Strawn, to whom she was married some twenty-eight years ago, having prededed [sic] her to the great unknown several years. Soon after her marriage she became a member of the Christian [sic] of which she lived a faithful and consistent member until her death which occurred at Citronelle, Ala., where she had gone about two years ago in the hope of recuperating her failing health. She was known and loved for her many traits of womanly character, her patient suffering, obliging and courteous bearing toward all with whom she came in contact and her daily life commending her to the loving esteem of all who knew her whose memory will ever be kept sacred in the hearts and friends and loved ones who survive her. Funeral rites were conducted by her pastor, Elder K. C. Ventress, at the church at 2:30 p. m., Sunday last, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and the sorrowing relatives, after which interment in the LaHarpe cemetery conferred the last sad rites over her sleeping dust. To the sorrowing friends and bereaved relatives The Quill tenders sincere condolence.
In 1880 John and Emma Strawn and their two daughters were in rural Morgan County, Illinois, where John was farming. At some point, Emma and the daughters returned to LaHarpe.
Emma's obituary is an example of creative history. It stated, "Her husband John A. Strawn, to whom she was married some twenty-eight years ago, having prededed [sic] her to the great unknown several years." In fact, they parted company sometime before March of 1887, when he married Eldora Daggett in Morgan County, Illinois. In a personal column published in The Quill on January 21, 1902, daughters Ella and Katie were said to be mourning the death of their father who had died in December in Morgan County.
In April of 1897 accompanied by Ella and Katie, Emma went to Citronelle, Alabama, with the hope that a few months there would restore her health. She died in Citronelle in 1898.~The Quill, page 8
Thursday, November 10, 1898
Emma J. Dixon [sic] was born in Hancock county, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1851, and died Nov. 2, 1898, aged 46 years, 11 months and 12 days.
She was the daughter of Daniel L. and Mary Dickson. She leaves two daughters, Misses Ella and Katie, and four brothers to mourn her untimely demise. Her husband, John A. Strawn, to whom she was married some twenty-eight years ago, having prededed [sic] her to the great unknown several years. Soon after her marriage she became a member of the Christian [sic] of which she lived a faithful and consistent member until her death which occurred at Citronelle, Ala., where she had gone about two years ago in the hope of recuperating her failing health. She was known and loved for her many traits of womanly character, her patient suffering, obliging and courteous bearing toward all with whom she came in contact and her daily life commending her to the loving esteem of all who knew her whose memory will ever be kept sacred in the hearts and friends and loved ones who survive her. Funeral rites were conducted by her pastor, Elder K. C. Ventress, at the church at 2:30 p. m., Sunday last, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and the sorrowing relatives, after which interment in the LaHarpe cemetery conferred the last sad rites over her sleeping dust. To the sorrowing friends and bereaved relatives The Quill tenders sincere condolence.
Emma's obituary is an example of creative history. It stated, "Her husband John A. Strawn, to whom she was married some twenty-eight years ago, having prededed [sic] her to the great unknown several years." In fact, they parted company sometime before March of 1887, when he married Eldora Daggett in Morgan County, Illinois. In a personal column published in The Quill on January 21, 1902, daughters Ella and Katie were said to be mourning the death of their father who had died in December in Morgan County.
In April of 1897 accompanied by Ella and Katie, Emma went to Citronelle, Alabama, with the hope that a few months there would restore her health. She died in Citronelle in 1898.~The Quill, page 8
Thursday, November 10, 1898
Emma J. Dixon [sic] was born in Hancock county, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1851, and died Nov. 2, 1898, aged 46 years, 11 months and 12 days.
She was the daughter of Daniel L. and Mary Dickson. She leaves two daughters, Misses Ella and Katie, and four brothers to mourn her untimely demise. Her husband, John A. Strawn, to whom she was married some twenty-eight years ago, having prededed [sic] her to the great unknown several years. Soon after her marriage she became a member of the Christian [sic] of which she lived a faithful and consistent member until her death which occurred at Citronelle, Ala., where she had gone about two years ago in the hope of recuperating her failing health. She was known and loved for her many traits of womanly character, her patient suffering, obliging and courteous bearing toward all with whom she came in contact and her daily life commending her to the loving esteem of all who knew her whose memory will ever be kept sacred in the hearts and friends and loved ones who survive her. Funeral rites were conducted by her pastor, Elder K. C. Ventress, at the church at 2:30 p. m., Sunday last, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and the sorrowing relatives, after which interment in the LaHarpe cemetery conferred the last sad rites over her sleeping dust. To the sorrowing friends and bereaved relatives The Quill tenders sincere condolence.
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