REMARKABLE LIFE ENDED - Mrs. Catherine Lynch, Aged 93, Passes Peacefully Away--Was an Early Friend of Lincoln--Conscious Almost to the Last.
--Mrs. Catherine Lynch is dead. She died yesterday at 2:30, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Nye, on West Seventeenth street.
She was a remarkable woman, and lived a long, useful life, being over 93 years of age when she passed away. Up to almost the last she was conscious and maintained her strength of mind and will until that of the body was nearly extinct. Up to but a month or two ago, she was quite strong, and until but a few weeks ago she was able to walk about and attend to numerous duties.
She was married twice*, and has four children living, Mrs. Lucy Nye of this city, Mrs. Kate Funk of Warrensburg, Ill., Luke Bonesteel of Chicago, and Juncy [Quincy] Bonesteel, living in Missouri. Her first husband, Mr. Bonesteel, died a few years after their marriage, and her second husband has been dead for about sixty years.
At the time of her first marriage she was an inhabitant of Illinois, and during her residence in Springfield was the intimate friend of Lincoln and many other men famous in the early history of Illinois and the nation.
She was born in 1803 in the western part of New York, but early removed to Illinois. While yet a comparatively young woman she crossed the plains with her young children through this country while it was yet little more than a desert, and on to California.
After living a few years in California the family returned to New York by means of sailing vessels and from New York to Illinois. Later she went onto the frontier again and lived many years at the Smith Center, Kan. Her description of the scenes and people of these early days had a peculiar charm alike for old and young. Her strength of mind and body were alike remarkable.
She had known for some time that she could not long survive, and so she quietly arranged for her funeral, even to the minutest details. She selected and marked the passages of Scripture to be read at the funeral and chose certain hymns and poems for the service. Although all who grew up with her have long since died, she endeavored to be always cheerful.
The remains have been embalmed and will be sent to Warrensburg, leaving probably sometime today.
Salt Lake Herald, 1896-04-17
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*Catherine was married twice:
1. Luke Bonesteel, April 12, 1825, Ohio Co., Indiana
2. Patrick Lynch, Dec. 7, 1831, in Morgan Co., Illinois
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Her obituary in the Kahoka, MO paper (Clark County Courier, 24 Apr 1896) says she was born at Rome, New York but it doesn't specify which place by that name, and neither is in "the western part of New York."
--Mrs. Catherine Lynch is dead. She died yesterday at 2:30, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Nye, on West Seventeenth street.
She was a remarkable woman, and lived a long, useful life, being over 93 years of age when she passed away. Up to almost the last she was conscious and maintained her strength of mind and will until that of the body was nearly extinct. Up to but a month or two ago, she was quite strong, and until but a few weeks ago she was able to walk about and attend to numerous duties.
She was married twice*, and has four children living, Mrs. Lucy Nye of this city, Mrs. Kate Funk of Warrensburg, Ill., Luke Bonesteel of Chicago, and Juncy [Quincy] Bonesteel, living in Missouri. Her first husband, Mr. Bonesteel, died a few years after their marriage, and her second husband has been dead for about sixty years.
At the time of her first marriage she was an inhabitant of Illinois, and during her residence in Springfield was the intimate friend of Lincoln and many other men famous in the early history of Illinois and the nation.
She was born in 1803 in the western part of New York, but early removed to Illinois. While yet a comparatively young woman she crossed the plains with her young children through this country while it was yet little more than a desert, and on to California.
After living a few years in California the family returned to New York by means of sailing vessels and from New York to Illinois. Later she went onto the frontier again and lived many years at the Smith Center, Kan. Her description of the scenes and people of these early days had a peculiar charm alike for old and young. Her strength of mind and body were alike remarkable.
She had known for some time that she could not long survive, and so she quietly arranged for her funeral, even to the minutest details. She selected and marked the passages of Scripture to be read at the funeral and chose certain hymns and poems for the service. Although all who grew up with her have long since died, she endeavored to be always cheerful.
The remains have been embalmed and will be sent to Warrensburg, leaving probably sometime today.
Salt Lake Herald, 1896-04-17
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*Catherine was married twice:
1. Luke Bonesteel, April 12, 1825, Ohio Co., Indiana
2. Patrick Lynch, Dec. 7, 1831, in Morgan Co., Illinois
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Her obituary in the Kahoka, MO paper (Clark County Courier, 24 Apr 1896) says she was born at Rome, New York but it doesn't specify which place by that name, and neither is in "the western part of New York."
REMARKABLE LIFE ENDED - Mrs. Catherine Lynch, Aged 93, Passes Peacefully Away--Was an Early Friend of Lincoln--Conscious Almost to the Last.
--Mrs. Catherine Lynch is dead. She died yesterday at 2:30, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Nye, on West Seventeenth street.
She was a remarkable woman, and lived a long, useful life, being over 93 years of age when she passed away. Up to almost the last she was conscious and maintained her strength of mind and will until that of the body was nearly extinct. Up to but a month or two ago, she was quite strong, and until but a few weeks ago she was able to walk about and attend to numerous duties.
She was married twice*, and has four children living, Mrs. Lucy Nye of this city, Mrs. Kate Funk of Warrensburg, Ill., Luke Bonesteel of Chicago, and Juncy [Quincy] Bonesteel, living in Missouri. Her first husband, Mr. Bonesteel, died a few years after their marriage, and her second husband has been dead for about sixty years.
At the time of her first marriage she was an inhabitant of Illinois, and during her residence in Springfield was the intimate friend of Lincoln and many other men famous in the early history of Illinois and the nation.
She was born in 1803 in the western part of New York, but early removed to Illinois. While yet a comparatively young woman she crossed the plains with her young children through this country while it was yet little more than a desert, and on to California.
After living a few years in California the family returned to New York by means of sailing vessels and from New York to Illinois. Later she went onto the frontier again and lived many years at the Smith Center, Kan. Her description of the scenes and people of these early days had a peculiar charm alike for old and young. Her strength of mind and body were alike remarkable.
She had known for some time that she could not long survive, and so she quietly arranged for her funeral, even to the minutest details. She selected and marked the passages of Scripture to be read at the funeral and chose certain hymns and poems for the service. Although all who grew up with her have long since died, she endeavored to be always cheerful.
The remains have been embalmed and will be sent to Warrensburg, leaving probably sometime today.
Salt Lake Herald, 1896-04-17
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*Catherine was married twice:
1. Luke Bonesteel, April 12, 1825, Ohio Co., Indiana
2. Patrick Lynch, Dec. 7, 1831, in Morgan Co., Illinois
====================
Her obituary in the Kahoka, MO paper (Clark County Courier, 24 Apr 1896) says she was born at Rome, New York but it doesn't specify which place by that name, and neither is in "the western part of New York."
--Mrs. Catherine Lynch is dead. She died yesterday at 2:30, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Nye, on West Seventeenth street.
She was a remarkable woman, and lived a long, useful life, being over 93 years of age when she passed away. Up to almost the last she was conscious and maintained her strength of mind and will until that of the body was nearly extinct. Up to but a month or two ago, she was quite strong, and until but a few weeks ago she was able to walk about and attend to numerous duties.
She was married twice*, and has four children living, Mrs. Lucy Nye of this city, Mrs. Kate Funk of Warrensburg, Ill., Luke Bonesteel of Chicago, and Juncy [Quincy] Bonesteel, living in Missouri. Her first husband, Mr. Bonesteel, died a few years after their marriage, and her second husband has been dead for about sixty years.
At the time of her first marriage she was an inhabitant of Illinois, and during her residence in Springfield was the intimate friend of Lincoln and many other men famous in the early history of Illinois and the nation.
She was born in 1803 in the western part of New York, but early removed to Illinois. While yet a comparatively young woman she crossed the plains with her young children through this country while it was yet little more than a desert, and on to California.
After living a few years in California the family returned to New York by means of sailing vessels and from New York to Illinois. Later she went onto the frontier again and lived many years at the Smith Center, Kan. Her description of the scenes and people of these early days had a peculiar charm alike for old and young. Her strength of mind and body were alike remarkable.
She had known for some time that she could not long survive, and so she quietly arranged for her funeral, even to the minutest details. She selected and marked the passages of Scripture to be read at the funeral and chose certain hymns and poems for the service. Although all who grew up with her have long since died, she endeavored to be always cheerful.
The remains have been embalmed and will be sent to Warrensburg, leaving probably sometime today.
Salt Lake Herald, 1896-04-17
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*Catherine was married twice:
1. Luke Bonesteel, April 12, 1825, Ohio Co., Indiana
2. Patrick Lynch, Dec. 7, 1831, in Morgan Co., Illinois
====================
Her obituary in the Kahoka, MO paper (Clark County Courier, 24 Apr 1896) says she was born at Rome, New York but it doesn't specify which place by that name, and neither is in "the western part of New York."
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