Wife of John M. Bailey
The Caldwell News
Caldwell, Kansas
Thursday, December 31, 1914
page 2
Obituary
Abigail Goodrich was born October 5, 1847, in Athens county, Ohio, and died at her home in Caldwell, Kansas, December 27, 1914, at the age of 67 years, two months and twenty-two days.
She was united in marriage to John Murphy Bailey November 18, 1869. To this union eight children were born, two having died in infancy. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband and six children. Mrs. A.M. Grimm, Renfrow, Oklahoma; Arthur E. Bailey, Naravisa, New Mexico; Mrs. T.J. Williams, Walter L. Bailey, Mrs. C.M. Fitch and Miss Nettie Bailey, of Caldwell, besides two brothers and three sisters and a host of friends.
She united early in life with the Christian church, but later in life united with the Presbyterian church and remained a consistent member until death. She has died the death of the righteous. In her home life she was ideal in her conduct. Around her life has been woven the heart-strings of her entire family. This makes it hard to give her up, but the affliction is made much lighter in the clear evidence so often manifested in her readiness for the transition and that her rest is now in the celestial presence of the God whom she so faithfully served. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
We have stood often by the side of friends overwelmed with affliction and grief and wept with them in the hour of desolation, but never till we were plunged deep within the shadows of an irreparable loss have we felt what it means to pass under the rod of that stern decree, bereft.
It is a comfort and a solace to the father, who survives with the children, that friends and neighbors sympathize with us; and those who have been thus bereaved, how close they come in a common sorrow to our own hearts. With others who have been thus bereaved, with others who have sorrowed, we take up again the duties of life. Its path may be more rugged as we press on and up, but above is a beacon light making a shining pathway to a haven of rest.
Dearest Mother, thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel.
But 'tis God who hath bereft us;
He can all our sorrows heal.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
The Caldwell News
Caldwell, Kansas
Thursday, December 31, 1914
page 2
Obituary
Abigail Goodrich was born October 5, 1847, in Athens county, Ohio, and died at her home in Caldwell, Kansas, December 27, 1914, at the age of 67 years, two months and twenty-two days.
She was united in marriage to John Murphy Bailey November 18, 1869. To this union eight children were born, two having died in infancy. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband and six children. Mrs. A.M. Grimm, Renfrow, Oklahoma; Arthur E. Bailey, Naravisa, New Mexico; Mrs. T.J. Williams, Walter L. Bailey, Mrs. C.M. Fitch and Miss Nettie Bailey, of Caldwell, besides two brothers and three sisters and a host of friends.
She united early in life with the Christian church, but later in life united with the Presbyterian church and remained a consistent member until death. She has died the death of the righteous. In her home life she was ideal in her conduct. Around her life has been woven the heart-strings of her entire family. This makes it hard to give her up, but the affliction is made much lighter in the clear evidence so often manifested in her readiness for the transition and that her rest is now in the celestial presence of the God whom she so faithfully served. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
We have stood often by the side of friends overwelmed with affliction and grief and wept with them in the hour of desolation, but never till we were plunged deep within the shadows of an irreparable loss have we felt what it means to pass under the rod of that stern decree, bereft.
It is a comfort and a solace to the father, who survives with the children, that friends and neighbors sympathize with us; and those who have been thus bereaved, how close they come in a common sorrow to our own hearts. With others who have been thus bereaved, with others who have sorrowed, we take up again the duties of life. Its path may be more rugged as we press on and up, but above is a beacon light making a shining pathway to a haven of rest.
Dearest Mother, thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel.
But 'tis God who hath bereft us;
He can all our sorrows heal.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
Wife of John M. Bailey
The Caldwell News
Caldwell, Kansas
Thursday, December 31, 1914
page 2
Obituary
Abigail Goodrich was born October 5, 1847, in Athens county, Ohio, and died at her home in Caldwell, Kansas, December 27, 1914, at the age of 67 years, two months and twenty-two days.
She was united in marriage to John Murphy Bailey November 18, 1869. To this union eight children were born, two having died in infancy. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband and six children. Mrs. A.M. Grimm, Renfrow, Oklahoma; Arthur E. Bailey, Naravisa, New Mexico; Mrs. T.J. Williams, Walter L. Bailey, Mrs. C.M. Fitch and Miss Nettie Bailey, of Caldwell, besides two brothers and three sisters and a host of friends.
She united early in life with the Christian church, but later in life united with the Presbyterian church and remained a consistent member until death. She has died the death of the righteous. In her home life she was ideal in her conduct. Around her life has been woven the heart-strings of her entire family. This makes it hard to give her up, but the affliction is made much lighter in the clear evidence so often manifested in her readiness for the transition and that her rest is now in the celestial presence of the God whom she so faithfully served. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
We have stood often by the side of friends overwelmed with affliction and grief and wept with them in the hour of desolation, but never till we were plunged deep within the shadows of an irreparable loss have we felt what it means to pass under the rod of that stern decree, bereft.
It is a comfort and a solace to the father, who survives with the children, that friends and neighbors sympathize with us; and those who have been thus bereaved, how close they come in a common sorrow to our own hearts. With others who have been thus bereaved, with others who have sorrowed, we take up again the duties of life. Its path may be more rugged as we press on and up, but above is a beacon light making a shining pathway to a haven of rest.
Dearest Mother, thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel.
But 'tis God who hath bereft us;
He can all our sorrows heal.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
The Caldwell News
Caldwell, Kansas
Thursday, December 31, 1914
page 2
Obituary
Abigail Goodrich was born October 5, 1847, in Athens county, Ohio, and died at her home in Caldwell, Kansas, December 27, 1914, at the age of 67 years, two months and twenty-two days.
She was united in marriage to John Murphy Bailey November 18, 1869. To this union eight children were born, two having died in infancy. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband and six children. Mrs. A.M. Grimm, Renfrow, Oklahoma; Arthur E. Bailey, Naravisa, New Mexico; Mrs. T.J. Williams, Walter L. Bailey, Mrs. C.M. Fitch and Miss Nettie Bailey, of Caldwell, besides two brothers and three sisters and a host of friends.
She united early in life with the Christian church, but later in life united with the Presbyterian church and remained a consistent member until death. She has died the death of the righteous. In her home life she was ideal in her conduct. Around her life has been woven the heart-strings of her entire family. This makes it hard to give her up, but the affliction is made much lighter in the clear evidence so often manifested in her readiness for the transition and that her rest is now in the celestial presence of the God whom she so faithfully served. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
We have stood often by the side of friends overwelmed with affliction and grief and wept with them in the hour of desolation, but never till we were plunged deep within the shadows of an irreparable loss have we felt what it means to pass under the rod of that stern decree, bereft.
It is a comfort and a solace to the father, who survives with the children, that friends and neighbors sympathize with us; and those who have been thus bereaved, how close they come in a common sorrow to our own hearts. With others who have been thus bereaved, with others who have sorrowed, we take up again the duties of life. Its path may be more rugged as we press on and up, but above is a beacon light making a shining pathway to a haven of rest.
Dearest Mother, thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel.
But 'tis God who hath bereft us;
He can all our sorrows heal.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
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