The Quill, page 1
Tuesday, September 14, 1920
Mrs. George W. Sears.
Harriet Cassingham was born in Muskingum county, Ohio on September 25, 1835 and passed away at the residence of her son Thomas Butler, Burnside, on Sept. 8, 1920 at 9:45 in the evening at the age of 84 years 11 months and 13 days.
She came to Illinois with her parents in the year 1854 and settled in Durham township. She was the eldest but one in a family of two boys and four girls, two of whom are still living, the eldest and the youngest. Her aged brother, James A. Cassingham resides at Chanute, Kan., and is now in his ninetieth year, and the youngest a sister, Mrs. Margaret Lincoln lives in LaHarpe.
On Sept. 8, 1868 Harriet Cassingham was united in marriage with Samuel Baxter Butler who passed from this life on June 1st, 1876 and to this union were born four sons, Thomas C. Butler, of Burnside, Charles W. Butler, of Maryville, Mo., George B. and Milton L. Butler of LaHarpe.
On August 24, 1890, Mrs. Butler was married to George W. Sears who survives her, and all her married life has been spent within a stone's throw of the old parental home.
While still in her early teens Mrs. Sears gave her heart to God, was baptized and united with the Methodist church of which she has been a devoted and faithful member through all the year. She was a loving, devoted and affectionate wife and mother to her boys. Mrs. Sears [sic] last illness was one of long duration, she having broken her hip from which accident she never fully recovered.
Last December she was taken to the home of her son Thomas Butler in Burnside where the necessary care could be given her, but she gradually weakened and on Wednesday evening last she passed to her eternal reward.
Mrs. Sears leaves to mourn her loss, the aged husband, four sons, fourteen grand-children [sic], and two great grand children [sic], besides a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the Durham M. E. church by the Rev. W. J. Perry, of Dallas City on Friday afternoon Sept: [sic] 10th at two o'clock, after which the remains were tenderly laid to rest in Durham cemetery.
Tuesday, September 14, 1920
Mrs. George W. Sears.
Harriet Cassingham was born in Muskingum county, Ohio on September 25, 1835 and passed away at the residence of her son Thomas Butler, Burnside, on Sept. 8, 1920 at 9:45 in the evening at the age of 84 years 11 months and 13 days.
She came to Illinois with her parents in the year 1854 and settled in Durham township. She was the eldest but one in a family of two boys and four girls, two of whom are still living, the eldest and the youngest. Her aged brother, James A. Cassingham resides at Chanute, Kan., and is now in his ninetieth year, and the youngest a sister, Mrs. Margaret Lincoln lives in LaHarpe.
On Sept. 8, 1868 Harriet Cassingham was united in marriage with Samuel Baxter Butler who passed from this life on June 1st, 1876 and to this union were born four sons, Thomas C. Butler, of Burnside, Charles W. Butler, of Maryville, Mo., George B. and Milton L. Butler of LaHarpe.
On August 24, 1890, Mrs. Butler was married to George W. Sears who survives her, and all her married life has been spent within a stone's throw of the old parental home.
While still in her early teens Mrs. Sears gave her heart to God, was baptized and united with the Methodist church of which she has been a devoted and faithful member through all the year. She was a loving, devoted and affectionate wife and mother to her boys. Mrs. Sears [sic] last illness was one of long duration, she having broken her hip from which accident she never fully recovered.
Last December she was taken to the home of her son Thomas Butler in Burnside where the necessary care could be given her, but she gradually weakened and on Wednesday evening last she passed to her eternal reward.
Mrs. Sears leaves to mourn her loss, the aged husband, four sons, fourteen grand-children [sic], and two great grand children [sic], besides a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the Durham M. E. church by the Rev. W. J. Perry, of Dallas City on Friday afternoon Sept: [sic] 10th at two o'clock, after which the remains were tenderly laid to rest in Durham cemetery.
The Quill, page 1
Tuesday, September 14, 1920
Mrs. George W. Sears.
Harriet Cassingham was born in Muskingum county, Ohio on September 25, 1835 and passed away at the residence of her son Thomas Butler, Burnside, on Sept. 8, 1920 at 9:45 in the evening at the age of 84 years 11 months and 13 days.
She came to Illinois with her parents in the year 1854 and settled in Durham township. She was the eldest but one in a family of two boys and four girls, two of whom are still living, the eldest and the youngest. Her aged brother, James A. Cassingham resides at Chanute, Kan., and is now in his ninetieth year, and the youngest a sister, Mrs. Margaret Lincoln lives in LaHarpe.
On Sept. 8, 1868 Harriet Cassingham was united in marriage with Samuel Baxter Butler who passed from this life on June 1st, 1876 and to this union were born four sons, Thomas C. Butler, of Burnside, Charles W. Butler, of Maryville, Mo., George B. and Milton L. Butler of LaHarpe.
On August 24, 1890, Mrs. Butler was married to George W. Sears who survives her, and all her married life has been spent within a stone's throw of the old parental home.
While still in her early teens Mrs. Sears gave her heart to God, was baptized and united with the Methodist church of which she has been a devoted and faithful member through all the year. She was a loving, devoted and affectionate wife and mother to her boys. Mrs. Sears [sic] last illness was one of long duration, she having broken her hip from which accident she never fully recovered.
Last December she was taken to the home of her son Thomas Butler in Burnside where the necessary care could be given her, but she gradually weakened and on Wednesday evening last she passed to her eternal reward.
Mrs. Sears leaves to mourn her loss, the aged husband, four sons, fourteen grand-children [sic], and two great grand children [sic], besides a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the Durham M. E. church by the Rev. W. J. Perry, of Dallas City on Friday afternoon Sept: [sic] 10th at two o'clock, after which the remains were tenderly laid to rest in Durham cemetery.
Tuesday, September 14, 1920
Mrs. George W. Sears.
Harriet Cassingham was born in Muskingum county, Ohio on September 25, 1835 and passed away at the residence of her son Thomas Butler, Burnside, on Sept. 8, 1920 at 9:45 in the evening at the age of 84 years 11 months and 13 days.
She came to Illinois with her parents in the year 1854 and settled in Durham township. She was the eldest but one in a family of two boys and four girls, two of whom are still living, the eldest and the youngest. Her aged brother, James A. Cassingham resides at Chanute, Kan., and is now in his ninetieth year, and the youngest a sister, Mrs. Margaret Lincoln lives in LaHarpe.
On Sept. 8, 1868 Harriet Cassingham was united in marriage with Samuel Baxter Butler who passed from this life on June 1st, 1876 and to this union were born four sons, Thomas C. Butler, of Burnside, Charles W. Butler, of Maryville, Mo., George B. and Milton L. Butler of LaHarpe.
On August 24, 1890, Mrs. Butler was married to George W. Sears who survives her, and all her married life has been spent within a stone's throw of the old parental home.
While still in her early teens Mrs. Sears gave her heart to God, was baptized and united with the Methodist church of which she has been a devoted and faithful member through all the year. She was a loving, devoted and affectionate wife and mother to her boys. Mrs. Sears [sic] last illness was one of long duration, she having broken her hip from which accident she never fully recovered.
Last December she was taken to the home of her son Thomas Butler in Burnside where the necessary care could be given her, but she gradually weakened and on Wednesday evening last she passed to her eternal reward.
Mrs. Sears leaves to mourn her loss, the aged husband, four sons, fourteen grand-children [sic], and two great grand children [sic], besides a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the Durham M. E. church by the Rev. W. J. Perry, of Dallas City on Friday afternoon Sept: [sic] 10th at two o'clock, after which the remains were tenderly laid to rest in Durham cemetery.
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