[From The Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Friday, July 25, 1902, page 4, col. 3]
Death of Mrs. Christy.
Irene Sheets, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Sheets, was born December 2, 1821, near Vevay, Switzerland county, Indiana; died at her home in Toulon, Illinois, July 20, 1902, aged 80 years, 7 months and 18 days.
She came with her parents to Illinois in 1836. They settled in Essex township, Stark county, and lived for a number of years in a log cabin; but as years went by and a measure of prosperity came to them, they built a new home of stone in 1842, which is standing today and in good repair.
On June 5, 1848, she was united in wedlock with Alexander Christy, who preceded her some five years to the better world. The first years of their married life were spent on a farm three miles south of Toulon. Some forty-two years ago they moved into Toulon, where they lived until God called them home.
This union was blessed with seven children – Evarilla Amelia Christy, who died in infancy; Emmarilla Arcelia (Mrs. John Hamilton), her twin sister, who was called home twenty-two years ago; Mrs. Jennie Freer, of Galesburg; Miss Mary Christy, who has been living at home and caring for her father and mother; Charles Christy, of Peoria; Mrs. Alda Rist, of Gilson, Illinois; and Mrs. Ella Bocock, of Burlington, Iowa. These five children, with eight grandchildren, one sister, two brothers and many friends mourn her loss.
She was a good wife and mother, in the earlier part of her life sharing the toils and hardships common to all pioneers; but in the later years caring only for the quiet and privacy of her home.
Her last sickness and death was the result of an accident, falling from a chair Sunday evening, July 13, causing paralysis and a deep sleep, from which she never awoke until she opened her eyes in that land where sorrow never comes and partings shall be no more.
The funeral services were held at the house Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. D. S. McKown officiating. The singers were N. J. Smith, Will Cooley, Mrs. Ida Sweet and Mrs. R. W. Patty.
Death of Mrs. Christy.
Irene Sheets, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Sheets, was born December 2, 1821, near Vevay, Switzerland county, Indiana; died at her home in Toulon, Illinois, July 20, 1902, aged 80 years, 7 months and 18 days.
She came with her parents to Illinois in 1836. They settled in Essex township, Stark county, and lived for a number of years in a log cabin; but as years went by and a measure of prosperity came to them, they built a new home of stone in 1842, which is standing today and in good repair.
On June 5, 1848, she was united in wedlock with Alexander Christy, who preceded her some five years to the better world. The first years of their married life were spent on a farm three miles south of Toulon. Some forty-two years ago they moved into Toulon, where they lived until God called them home.
This union was blessed with seven children – Evarilla Amelia Christy, who died in infancy; Emmarilla Arcelia (Mrs. John Hamilton), her twin sister, who was called home twenty-two years ago; Mrs. Jennie Freer, of Galesburg; Miss Mary Christy, who has been living at home and caring for her father and mother; Charles Christy, of Peoria; Mrs. Alda Rist, of Gilson, Illinois; and Mrs. Ella Bocock, of Burlington, Iowa. These five children, with eight grandchildren, one sister, two brothers and many friends mourn her loss.
She was a good wife and mother, in the earlier part of her life sharing the toils and hardships common to all pioneers; but in the later years caring only for the quiet and privacy of her home.
Her last sickness and death was the result of an accident, falling from a chair Sunday evening, July 13, causing paralysis and a deep sleep, from which she never awoke until she opened her eyes in that land where sorrow never comes and partings shall be no more.
The funeral services were held at the house Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. D. S. McKown officiating. The singers were N. J. Smith, Will Cooley, Mrs. Ida Sweet and Mrs. R. W. Patty.
[From The Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Friday, July 25, 1902, page 4, col. 3]
Death of Mrs. Christy.
Irene Sheets, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Sheets, was born December 2, 1821, near Vevay, Switzerland county, Indiana; died at her home in Toulon, Illinois, July 20, 1902, aged 80 years, 7 months and 18 days.
She came with her parents to Illinois in 1836. They settled in Essex township, Stark county, and lived for a number of years in a log cabin; but as years went by and a measure of prosperity came to them, they built a new home of stone in 1842, which is standing today and in good repair.
On June 5, 1848, she was united in wedlock with Alexander Christy, who preceded her some five years to the better world. The first years of their married life were spent on a farm three miles south of Toulon. Some forty-two years ago they moved into Toulon, where they lived until God called them home.
This union was blessed with seven children – Evarilla Amelia Christy, who died in infancy; Emmarilla Arcelia (Mrs. John Hamilton), her twin sister, who was called home twenty-two years ago; Mrs. Jennie Freer, of Galesburg; Miss Mary Christy, who has been living at home and caring for her father and mother; Charles Christy, of Peoria; Mrs. Alda Rist, of Gilson, Illinois; and Mrs. Ella Bocock, of Burlington, Iowa. These five children, with eight grandchildren, one sister, two brothers and many friends mourn her loss.
She was a good wife and mother, in the earlier part of her life sharing the toils and hardships common to all pioneers; but in the later years caring only for the quiet and privacy of her home.
Her last sickness and death was the result of an accident, falling from a chair Sunday evening, July 13, causing paralysis and a deep sleep, from which she never awoke until she opened her eyes in that land where sorrow never comes and partings shall be no more.
The funeral services were held at the house Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. D. S. McKown officiating. The singers were N. J. Smith, Will Cooley, Mrs. Ida Sweet and Mrs. R. W. Patty.
Death of Mrs. Christy.
Irene Sheets, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Sheets, was born December 2, 1821, near Vevay, Switzerland county, Indiana; died at her home in Toulon, Illinois, July 20, 1902, aged 80 years, 7 months and 18 days.
She came with her parents to Illinois in 1836. They settled in Essex township, Stark county, and lived for a number of years in a log cabin; but as years went by and a measure of prosperity came to them, they built a new home of stone in 1842, which is standing today and in good repair.
On June 5, 1848, she was united in wedlock with Alexander Christy, who preceded her some five years to the better world. The first years of their married life were spent on a farm three miles south of Toulon. Some forty-two years ago they moved into Toulon, where they lived until God called them home.
This union was blessed with seven children – Evarilla Amelia Christy, who died in infancy; Emmarilla Arcelia (Mrs. John Hamilton), her twin sister, who was called home twenty-two years ago; Mrs. Jennie Freer, of Galesburg; Miss Mary Christy, who has been living at home and caring for her father and mother; Charles Christy, of Peoria; Mrs. Alda Rist, of Gilson, Illinois; and Mrs. Ella Bocock, of Burlington, Iowa. These five children, with eight grandchildren, one sister, two brothers and many friends mourn her loss.
She was a good wife and mother, in the earlier part of her life sharing the toils and hardships common to all pioneers; but in the later years caring only for the quiet and privacy of her home.
Her last sickness and death was the result of an accident, falling from a chair Sunday evening, July 13, causing paralysis and a deep sleep, from which she never awoke until she opened her eyes in that land where sorrow never comes and partings shall be no more.
The funeral services were held at the house Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. D. S. McKown officiating. The singers were N. J. Smith, Will Cooley, Mrs. Ida Sweet and Mrs. R. W. Patty.
Gravesite Details
No gravestone for Irene (Sheets) Christy
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
