Wife of Thomas Whitmore Ashwood, daughter of Robert William Aten and Mary Jane Allison-Aten..
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OBIT: In Memoriam - Mrs. Thomas W. Ashwood: Sarah Ashwood, the daughter of Robert and Mary Jane Allison Aten, was born in Oakland Township, Schuyler County, Illinois September 9, 1858 and departed this life in the Culbertson Hospital in Rushville, November 20, 1956 at the age of 98 years, two months and 11 days. She was a member of a large family, being one of nine children born to her parents. Her six brothers and two sisters have all preceded her in death. As was the custom of her time, she obtained her schooling in the local rural school. On April 19, 1876 she was married to Thomas W. Ashwood. To this union were born three daughters and one son. Minnie (deceased), wife of Joseph Young; Hattie (deceased), wife of Walter {John Walter} Montooth; Nora, wife of Fred Ritchey and Herschel Ashwood. Upon the death of their daughter, Hattie, they took into their home, Hattie's two small children, Roland and Frieda {Freeda married Alva "Bob" Roudebush), whom they reared as their own, giving them the loving care denied them by the untimely death of their mother. Mr. Ashwood passed away May 21, 1910. In her early life, Mrs. Ashwood joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Ray, where she maintains her membership until the time of her death. Mrs. Ashwood lived a long and useful life, maintaining a home where her children early learned lessons in thrift and orderliness which they in turn have passed on to their children and their children's children. She was the mother of four, the grandmother of nine, the great-grandmother of 18 and the great-great-grandmother of 23 children, all of whom can revere her memory. Funeral services were held on Thursday, November 22, at the Voorheers, Memorial home, the Rev. Lewis Dee Hopper, officiating. Burial was in Rushville Cemetery.
SOURCE: Rushville Times, 1956.
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OBIT: In Memoriam - Mrs. Thomas W. Ashwood: Sarah Ashwood, the daughter of Robert and Mary Jane Allison Aten, was born in Oakland Township, Schuyler County, Illinois September 9, 1858 and departed this life in the Culbertson Hospital in Rushville, November 20, 1956 at the age of 98 years, two months and 11 days. She was a member of a large family, being one of nine children born to her parents. Her six brothers and two sisters have all preceded her in death. As was the custom of her time, she obtained her schooling in the local rural school. On April 19, 1876 she was married to Thomas W. Ashwood. To this union were born three daughters and one son. Minnie (deceased), wife of Joseph Young; Hattie (deceased), wife of Walter {John Walter} Montooth; Nora, wife of Fred Ritchey and Herschel Ashwood. Upon the death of their daughter, Hattie, they took into their home, Hattie's two small children, Roland and Frieda {Freeda married Alva "Bob" Roudebush), whom they reared as their own, giving them the loving care denied them by the untimely death of their mother. Mr. Ashwood passed away May 21, 1910. In her early life, Mrs. Ashwood joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Ray, where she maintains her membership until the time of her death. Mrs. Ashwood lived a long and useful life, maintaining a home where her children early learned lessons in thrift and orderliness which they in turn have passed on to their children and their children's children. She was the mother of four, the grandmother of nine, the great-grandmother of 18 and the great-great-grandmother of 23 children, all of whom can revere her memory. Funeral services were held on Thursday, November 22, at the Voorheers, Memorial home, the Rev. Lewis Dee Hopper, officiating. Burial was in Rushville Cemetery.
SOURCE: Rushville Times, 1956.
Wife of Thomas Whitmore Ashwood, daughter of Robert William Aten and Mary Jane Allison-Aten..
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OBIT: In Memoriam - Mrs. Thomas W. Ashwood: Sarah Ashwood, the daughter of Robert and Mary Jane Allison Aten, was born in Oakland Township, Schuyler County, Illinois September 9, 1858 and departed this life in the Culbertson Hospital in Rushville, November 20, 1956 at the age of 98 years, two months and 11 days. She was a member of a large family, being one of nine children born to her parents. Her six brothers and two sisters have all preceded her in death. As was the custom of her time, she obtained her schooling in the local rural school. On April 19, 1876 she was married to Thomas W. Ashwood. To this union were born three daughters and one son. Minnie (deceased), wife of Joseph Young; Hattie (deceased), wife of Walter {John Walter} Montooth; Nora, wife of Fred Ritchey and Herschel Ashwood. Upon the death of their daughter, Hattie, they took into their home, Hattie's two small children, Roland and Frieda {Freeda married Alva "Bob" Roudebush), whom they reared as their own, giving them the loving care denied them by the untimely death of their mother. Mr. Ashwood passed away May 21, 1910. In her early life, Mrs. Ashwood joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Ray, where she maintains her membership until the time of her death. Mrs. Ashwood lived a long and useful life, maintaining a home where her children early learned lessons in thrift and orderliness which they in turn have passed on to their children and their children's children. She was the mother of four, the grandmother of nine, the great-grandmother of 18 and the great-great-grandmother of 23 children, all of whom can revere her memory. Funeral services were held on Thursday, November 22, at the Voorheers, Memorial home, the Rev. Lewis Dee Hopper, officiating. Burial was in Rushville Cemetery.
SOURCE: Rushville Times, 1956.
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OBIT: In Memoriam - Mrs. Thomas W. Ashwood: Sarah Ashwood, the daughter of Robert and Mary Jane Allison Aten, was born in Oakland Township, Schuyler County, Illinois September 9, 1858 and departed this life in the Culbertson Hospital in Rushville, November 20, 1956 at the age of 98 years, two months and 11 days. She was a member of a large family, being one of nine children born to her parents. Her six brothers and two sisters have all preceded her in death. As was the custom of her time, she obtained her schooling in the local rural school. On April 19, 1876 she was married to Thomas W. Ashwood. To this union were born three daughters and one son. Minnie (deceased), wife of Joseph Young; Hattie (deceased), wife of Walter {John Walter} Montooth; Nora, wife of Fred Ritchey and Herschel Ashwood. Upon the death of their daughter, Hattie, they took into their home, Hattie's two small children, Roland and Frieda {Freeda married Alva "Bob" Roudebush), whom they reared as their own, giving them the loving care denied them by the untimely death of their mother. Mr. Ashwood passed away May 21, 1910. In her early life, Mrs. Ashwood joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Ray, where she maintains her membership until the time of her death. Mrs. Ashwood lived a long and useful life, maintaining a home where her children early learned lessons in thrift and orderliness which they in turn have passed on to their children and their children's children. She was the mother of four, the grandmother of nine, the great-grandmother of 18 and the great-great-grandmother of 23 children, all of whom can revere her memory. Funeral services were held on Thursday, November 22, at the Voorheers, Memorial home, the Rev. Lewis Dee Hopper, officiating. Burial was in Rushville Cemetery.
SOURCE: Rushville Times, 1956.
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