LITCHFIELD DAILY HERALD, Litchfield Illinois, 23 January 1900, Martha Snook Bates Griswold, “At Rest in Jesus Aunt Martha Bates Griswold (Snook), after arranging to the minutest detail for her funeral, bid her friends farewell, saying, “It will be over soon,” then fell asleep with a pleasant smile upon her countenance which remained throughout the obsequies indicating that she was only dreaming of a happy reunion with her loved ones that had gone before. She was the daughter of Amos and Nancy A Snook, born in Macoupin county, Illinois, May 19, 1841, and died at her home in Clyde (now called Hornsby), in said county, January 19, 1900, aged 58 years and 8 months. In June 1857, at the age of 16 years, she joined the Oakland Baptist church, located one block south from where she died, and remained an active member in good standing until her death. October 15, 1857, she was married to Harvy (Harvey) Bates, who died August 1870, from chronic lung trouble, contracted from exposure in the army during the rebellion. Six children were born of this union, two sons and four daughters; one daughter and the two sons died during infancy. — While her husband lived, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Ever after Uncle Harvey’s death, Aunt Martha’s feelings are best described in John 20-15. “Jesus sayeth unto her, woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, “Christ by faith has answered her, “In the fair gardens of celestial peace, walketh your husband in meekness clad;” and “with no fear of storm, or cold or bitter frost”, Like a star that leaves its constellation in the firmament of heaven to float through endless space, Aunt Martha has left her relatives and friends to enter the life Elysian, whose portal we call death. She is not dead. Although from us she has gone, by guardian angels led. — Her daughters, Mrs. Nannie Williams, wife of L. M. Williams, Mrs. Arnetta Williams, wife of Lewis Williams, and Mrs. Mollie Windsor, wife of J. A. Windsor, their husbands, four grandchildren, three sisters, one brother, and an innumerable (unnumerable) host of friends and relatives.”