Maggie L. Argent was born near Galena, Ill, May 30, 1849. Died July 11, 1904, at 3 o'clock in the morning Left an orphan when only eleven months old, her parents dying but a few days apart, she was reared in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, of Hanover, Illinois. She became a Christian during her young girlhood, uniting with the Methodist Episcopal church at Hanover. She served that church as organist for a long time most faithfully although living a number of miles from the town.
In the Spring of 1869 she was married to D. F. O. Cuttell and three years later moved with her husband and one child to Lake township in this county. Six children were born to them: Freddie, the first one, who died in childhood; Hattie, who is now Mrs, Edward Scharf of this city; Bert, who recently left us to take an important post at Spokane, Wash; Ella, who after one year at Cornell gave up her
personal plans to be with her father and mother in their affliction; Orpha, whom all will remember as having preceeded the mother into the infinite life only six short months, and Charlie, the youngest of the group.
The husband and grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, complete the connection. This enumeration, however, is not complete as they are not alone in their sorrow. Theirs of course is the greater as they have been the closer, yet many friends and acquaintances sincerely grieve with them. The above brief summary of her life is but a half-told tale even when each line is the text of a thousand things of beauty and praise. As a wife, affectionate and true; as a mother, self sacrificing and sweet; as a Christian, Christlike and human; as a friend, consistent and kind, she has left us something more than a burned out life: She has left us "Beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."—Isa. 01:3
In the Spring of 1869 she was married to D. F. O. Cuttell and three years later moved with her husband and one child to Lake township in this county. Six children were born to them: Freddie, the first one, who died in childhood; Hattie, who is now Mrs, Edward Scharf of this city; Bert, who recently left us to take an important post at Spokane, Wash; Ella, who after one year at Cornell gave up her
personal plans to be with her father and mother in their affliction; Orpha, whom all will remember as having preceeded the mother into the infinite life only six short months, and Charlie, the youngest of the group.
The husband and grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, complete the connection. This enumeration, however, is not complete as they are not alone in their sorrow. Theirs of course is the greater as they have been the closer, yet many friends and acquaintances sincerely grieve with them. The above brief summary of her life is but a half-told tale even when each line is the text of a thousand things of beauty and praise. As a wife, affectionate and true; as a mother, self sacrificing and sweet; as a Christian, Christlike and human; as a friend, consistent and kind, she has left us something more than a burned out life: She has left us "Beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."—Isa. 01:3
Maggie L. Argent was born near Galena, Ill, May 30, 1849. Died July 11, 1904, at 3 o'clock in the morning Left an orphan when only eleven months old, her parents dying but a few days apart, she was reared in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, of Hanover, Illinois. She became a Christian during her young girlhood, uniting with the Methodist Episcopal church at Hanover. She served that church as organist for a long time most faithfully although living a number of miles from the town.
In the Spring of 1869 she was married to D. F. O. Cuttell and three years later moved with her husband and one child to Lake township in this county. Six children were born to them: Freddie, the first one, who died in childhood; Hattie, who is now Mrs, Edward Scharf of this city; Bert, who recently left us to take an important post at Spokane, Wash; Ella, who after one year at Cornell gave up her
personal plans to be with her father and mother in their affliction; Orpha, whom all will remember as having preceeded the mother into the infinite life only six short months, and Charlie, the youngest of the group.
The husband and grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, complete the connection. This enumeration, however, is not complete as they are not alone in their sorrow. Theirs of course is the greater as they have been the closer, yet many friends and acquaintances sincerely grieve with them. The above brief summary of her life is but a half-told tale even when each line is the text of a thousand things of beauty and praise. As a wife, affectionate and true; as a mother, self sacrificing and sweet; as a Christian, Christlike and human; as a friend, consistent and kind, she has left us something more than a burned out life: She has left us "Beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."—Isa. 01:3
In the Spring of 1869 she was married to D. F. O. Cuttell and three years later moved with her husband and one child to Lake township in this county. Six children were born to them: Freddie, the first one, who died in childhood; Hattie, who is now Mrs, Edward Scharf of this city; Bert, who recently left us to take an important post at Spokane, Wash; Ella, who after one year at Cornell gave up her
personal plans to be with her father and mother in their affliction; Orpha, whom all will remember as having preceeded the mother into the infinite life only six short months, and Charlie, the youngest of the group.
The husband and grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, complete the connection. This enumeration, however, is not complete as they are not alone in their sorrow. Theirs of course is the greater as they have been the closer, yet many friends and acquaintances sincerely grieve with them. The above brief summary of her life is but a half-told tale even when each line is the text of a thousand things of beauty and praise. As a wife, affectionate and true; as a mother, self sacrificing and sweet; as a Christian, Christlike and human; as a friend, consistent and kind, she has left us something more than a burned out life: She has left us "Beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."—Isa. 01:3
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