Bedford Free Press, Thursday June 15, 1905 [p. 1]
Death of T. B. Masters
T. [homas] B. [urley] Masters died at his home in Gravity, Sunday, June 11, aged 75 years, 11 months and 27 days. Mr. Masters was one of Taylor County's old and respected citizens, moving here in 1876. For seventeen years he lived on a farm just west of Bedford, but on account of failing health, and not able to longer tend the farm he moved to Gravity where he resided until his death. He was a man of noble character, and has made the world better by having lived in it.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his death. The children are J. [ohn] B. Masters and Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth] of Gravity, and J. [ames] W. Masters, of Peoria, Ill.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Farley in the M. E. church at Gravity. The body was brought to Bedford and interred in Bedford cemetery.
Bedford Times-Republican, Tuesday June 13, 1905 [p. 1]
AN OLD SETTLER GONE
T. B. Masters Dies at His Home in Gravity—Interment at Bedford
T. [homas] B. [urley] Masters, one of Taylor County's old settlers died at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at his home in Gravity, age 75 years, 11 months and 27 days.
The deceased was born in Eastern Tennessee, June 14, 1829. When still a young man he moved to Illinois, where in 1847 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Borland. In the spring of 1876 they moved to Iowa, and settled on a farm a mile west of Bedford, where they lived for seventeen years. In 1893, Mr. Master's health failing somewhat he decided to give up farming, so he moved to Gravity, where the remaining days of his life was spent.
The disease which caused Mr. Masters death first made itself apparent last February. He took a severe cold, lung trouble followed, which together with general debility was too great a load for one burdened already with nearly four score of years. He lingered for months, sinking lower and lower until death came Sabbath morning. The wife, who for nearly a decade more than half a century, has been his faithful companion, still survives him, as does the three children, now grown to man—and womanhood, who came to make happy the long married life of Mr. and Mrs. Master [s]. The children are J. [ohn] B. Masters and Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth] of Gravity and James W. Master [s] of Peoria, Ills. Funeral service was held today in the M. E. church at Gravity, conducted by Rev. Farley of that place. Interment was made at Bedford cemetery.
Death of T. B. Masters
T. [homas] B. [urley] Masters died at his home in Gravity, Sunday, June 11, aged 75 years, 11 months and 27 days. Mr. Masters was one of Taylor County's old and respected citizens, moving here in 1876. For seventeen years he lived on a farm just west of Bedford, but on account of failing health, and not able to longer tend the farm he moved to Gravity where he resided until his death. He was a man of noble character, and has made the world better by having lived in it.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his death. The children are J. [ohn] B. Masters and Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth] of Gravity, and J. [ames] W. Masters, of Peoria, Ill.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Farley in the M. E. church at Gravity. The body was brought to Bedford and interred in Bedford cemetery.
Bedford Times-Republican, Tuesday June 13, 1905 [p. 1]
AN OLD SETTLER GONE
T. B. Masters Dies at His Home in Gravity—Interment at Bedford
T. [homas] B. [urley] Masters, one of Taylor County's old settlers died at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at his home in Gravity, age 75 years, 11 months and 27 days.
The deceased was born in Eastern Tennessee, June 14, 1829. When still a young man he moved to Illinois, where in 1847 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Borland. In the spring of 1876 they moved to Iowa, and settled on a farm a mile west of Bedford, where they lived for seventeen years. In 1893, Mr. Master's health failing somewhat he decided to give up farming, so he moved to Gravity, where the remaining days of his life was spent.
The disease which caused Mr. Masters death first made itself apparent last February. He took a severe cold, lung trouble followed, which together with general debility was too great a load for one burdened already with nearly four score of years. He lingered for months, sinking lower and lower until death came Sabbath morning. The wife, who for nearly a decade more than half a century, has been his faithful companion, still survives him, as does the three children, now grown to man—and womanhood, who came to make happy the long married life of Mr. and Mrs. Master [s]. The children are J. [ohn] B. Masters and Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth] of Gravity and James W. Master [s] of Peoria, Ills. Funeral service was held today in the M. E. church at Gravity, conducted by Rev. Farley of that place. Interment was made at Bedford cemetery.
Bedford Free Press, Thursday June 15, 1905 [p. 1]
Death of T. B. Masters
T. [homas] B. [urley] Masters died at his home in Gravity, Sunday, June 11, aged 75 years, 11 months and 27 days. Mr. Masters was one of Taylor County's old and respected citizens, moving here in 1876. For seventeen years he lived on a farm just west of Bedford, but on account of failing health, and not able to longer tend the farm he moved to Gravity where he resided until his death. He was a man of noble character, and has made the world better by having lived in it.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his death. The children are J. [ohn] B. Masters and Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth] of Gravity, and J. [ames] W. Masters, of Peoria, Ill.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Farley in the M. E. church at Gravity. The body was brought to Bedford and interred in Bedford cemetery.
Bedford Times-Republican, Tuesday June 13, 1905 [p. 1]
AN OLD SETTLER GONE
T. B. Masters Dies at His Home in Gravity—Interment at Bedford
T. [homas] B. [urley] Masters, one of Taylor County's old settlers died at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at his home in Gravity, age 75 years, 11 months and 27 days.
The deceased was born in Eastern Tennessee, June 14, 1829. When still a young man he moved to Illinois, where in 1847 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Borland. In the spring of 1876 they moved to Iowa, and settled on a farm a mile west of Bedford, where they lived for seventeen years. In 1893, Mr. Master's health failing somewhat he decided to give up farming, so he moved to Gravity, where the remaining days of his life was spent.
The disease which caused Mr. Masters death first made itself apparent last February. He took a severe cold, lung trouble followed, which together with general debility was too great a load for one burdened already with nearly four score of years. He lingered for months, sinking lower and lower until death came Sabbath morning. The wife, who for nearly a decade more than half a century, has been his faithful companion, still survives him, as does the three children, now grown to man—and womanhood, who came to make happy the long married life of Mr. and Mrs. Master [s]. The children are J. [ohn] B. Masters and Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth] of Gravity and James W. Master [s] of Peoria, Ills. Funeral service was held today in the M. E. church at Gravity, conducted by Rev. Farley of that place. Interment was made at Bedford cemetery.
Death of T. B. Masters
T. [homas] B. [urley] Masters died at his home in Gravity, Sunday, June 11, aged 75 years, 11 months and 27 days. Mr. Masters was one of Taylor County's old and respected citizens, moving here in 1876. For seventeen years he lived on a farm just west of Bedford, but on account of failing health, and not able to longer tend the farm he moved to Gravity where he resided until his death. He was a man of noble character, and has made the world better by having lived in it.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his death. The children are J. [ohn] B. Masters and Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth] of Gravity, and J. [ames] W. Masters, of Peoria, Ill.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Farley in the M. E. church at Gravity. The body was brought to Bedford and interred in Bedford cemetery.
Bedford Times-Republican, Tuesday June 13, 1905 [p. 1]
AN OLD SETTLER GONE
T. B. Masters Dies at His Home in Gravity—Interment at Bedford
T. [homas] B. [urley] Masters, one of Taylor County's old settlers died at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at his home in Gravity, age 75 years, 11 months and 27 days.
The deceased was born in Eastern Tennessee, June 14, 1829. When still a young man he moved to Illinois, where in 1847 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Borland. In the spring of 1876 they moved to Iowa, and settled on a farm a mile west of Bedford, where they lived for seventeen years. In 1893, Mr. Master's health failing somewhat he decided to give up farming, so he moved to Gravity, where the remaining days of his life was spent.
The disease which caused Mr. Masters death first made itself apparent last February. He took a severe cold, lung trouble followed, which together with general debility was too great a load for one burdened already with nearly four score of years. He lingered for months, sinking lower and lower until death came Sabbath morning. The wife, who for nearly a decade more than half a century, has been his faithful companion, still survives him, as does the three children, now grown to man—and womanhood, who came to make happy the long married life of Mr. and Mrs. Master [s]. The children are J. [ohn] B. Masters and Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth] of Gravity and James W. Master [s] of Peoria, Ills. Funeral service was held today in the M. E. church at Gravity, conducted by Rev. Farley of that place. Interment was made at Bedford cemetery.
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