Willis, Matilda Shipley
MRS. MATILDA WILLIS died at the home of her son, T. F. Willis, in this city Sunday afternoon, aged 84 years, 2 months and 2 days.
She was a Shipley, from the old Pennsylvania and Kentucky families of that name, and was born in White County, Ill. She was married in 1836 to Benj. F. Willis and was the mother of nine children, two sons and seven daughters, one son and four daughters surviving her. Her husband died at the old home in Richview, Ill., in 1896.
Mr. Willis brought his mother from the old home last June to live in his family in order that he and his good wife, Dr. Clara B. Willis, might be able to care for her in affliction, as she was then crippled and more or less suffering from a complication of diseases.
She was in some respects a remarkable woman, having had more than ordinary native ability.
She was distantly related to Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, the mother of Nancy Hanks being a Shipley. She retained her mental faculties almost to the last, and in her old age her memory was wonderful.
She lived a long and useful life, and was greatly attached to her family and church; had been a member of the Presbyterian church for sixty-five years.
Funeral services were held at the residence of T. F. Willis this afternoon, Rev. Maclean, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Apr 14, 1903
MRS. MATILDA WILLIS died at the home of her son, T. F. Willis, in this city Sunday afternoon, aged 84 years, 2 months and 2 days.
She was a Shipley, from the old Pennsylvania and Kentucky families of that name, and was born in White County, Ill. She was married in 1836 to Benj. F. Willis and was the mother of nine children, two sons and seven daughters, one son and four daughters surviving her. Her husband died at the old home in Richview, Ill., in 1896.
Mr. Willis brought his mother from the old home last June to live in his family in order that he and his good wife, Dr. Clara B. Willis, might be able to care for her in affliction, as she was then crippled and more or less suffering from a complication of diseases.
She was in some respects a remarkable woman, having had more than ordinary native ability.
She was distantly related to Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, the mother of Nancy Hanks being a Shipley. She retained her mental faculties almost to the last, and in her old age her memory was wonderful.
She lived a long and useful life, and was greatly attached to her family and church; had been a member of the Presbyterian church for sixty-five years.
Funeral services were held at the residence of T. F. Willis this afternoon, Rev. Maclean, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Apr 14, 1903
Willis, Matilda Shipley
MRS. MATILDA WILLIS died at the home of her son, T. F. Willis, in this city Sunday afternoon, aged 84 years, 2 months and 2 days.
She was a Shipley, from the old Pennsylvania and Kentucky families of that name, and was born in White County, Ill. She was married in 1836 to Benj. F. Willis and was the mother of nine children, two sons and seven daughters, one son and four daughters surviving her. Her husband died at the old home in Richview, Ill., in 1896.
Mr. Willis brought his mother from the old home last June to live in his family in order that he and his good wife, Dr. Clara B. Willis, might be able to care for her in affliction, as she was then crippled and more or less suffering from a complication of diseases.
She was in some respects a remarkable woman, having had more than ordinary native ability.
She was distantly related to Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, the mother of Nancy Hanks being a Shipley. She retained her mental faculties almost to the last, and in her old age her memory was wonderful.
She lived a long and useful life, and was greatly attached to her family and church; had been a member of the Presbyterian church for sixty-five years.
Funeral services were held at the residence of T. F. Willis this afternoon, Rev. Maclean, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Apr 14, 1903
MRS. MATILDA WILLIS died at the home of her son, T. F. Willis, in this city Sunday afternoon, aged 84 years, 2 months and 2 days.
She was a Shipley, from the old Pennsylvania and Kentucky families of that name, and was born in White County, Ill. She was married in 1836 to Benj. F. Willis and was the mother of nine children, two sons and seven daughters, one son and four daughters surviving her. Her husband died at the old home in Richview, Ill., in 1896.
Mr. Willis brought his mother from the old home last June to live in his family in order that he and his good wife, Dr. Clara B. Willis, might be able to care for her in affliction, as she was then crippled and more or less suffering from a complication of diseases.
She was in some respects a remarkable woman, having had more than ordinary native ability.
She was distantly related to Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, the mother of Nancy Hanks being a Shipley. She retained her mental faculties almost to the last, and in her old age her memory was wonderful.
She lived a long and useful life, and was greatly attached to her family and church; had been a member of the Presbyterian church for sixty-five years.
Funeral services were held at the residence of T. F. Willis this afternoon, Rev. Maclean, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Apr 14, 1903
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