Edith Emery, daughter of Conrad and Sarah Emery, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 1813, and died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Almira Giles in Gilman, Ill., on March 22, 1896, aged 82 years, 6 months, 19 days. When three years of age, she moved with her parents to Holmes County, Ohio. In 1834, she was married to Ebenezer Russell and came with her husband to Illinois in the fall of 1840. They remained in Stark County until the spring of 1841 when they moved to Princeville. For several years, they resided on their farm in Akron Township. In 1886, they again took up their residence in Princeville where she has since resided until within a few months of her departure to that glorious rest that remaineth for the people of God.
The period of her separation from her beloved husband was of short duration. Scarcely six months had passed away before they were reunited in the holy fellowship of a life that shall never end.
Sister Russell was converted at the age of thirteen and united with the M.E. Church of which she was ever a loyal and devoted member. Her activity in the service of her Master was always manifested by a spirit of enthusiastic zeal in the interests of the church of her choice. She was at one time president of the Ladies' Mite Society which did efficient service in securing funds to liquidate the indebtedness on the old church, now known as the Princeville Academy. During the war, she manifested a spirit of patriotic devotion to her country's cause and by her untiring zeal as president of the Soldier's Aid Society she inspired her co-workers to do what they could in the interests of the "brave boys who wore the blue". She was also a life member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
As a mother, she was a loving, yet, firm disciplinarian, and sought to impress upon her children the importance of obedience to parental authority and loyalty to the requirements of the word of God. She was the beloved mother of thirteen children, six of whom survive to cherish her memory with tenderest affections, namely: Mrs. Bell Palmer, Mrs. Mary Peters, Mrs. Almira Giles, and Emery, Joseph and Melvin Russell.
The funeral services were conducted at the Princeville M.E. Church by her pastor, Rev. Seaman, assisted by Rev. A. Smith of Canton, and the remains were interred in Princeville Cemetery.
Princeville Heritage Museum Archives, #160.p2011.18.
Transcribed and submitted by Ethel.
The period of her separation from her beloved husband was of short duration. Scarcely six months had passed away before they were reunited in the holy fellowship of a life that shall never end.
Sister Russell was converted at the age of thirteen and united with the M.E. Church of which she was ever a loyal and devoted member. Her activity in the service of her Master was always manifested by a spirit of enthusiastic zeal in the interests of the church of her choice. She was at one time president of the Ladies' Mite Society which did efficient service in securing funds to liquidate the indebtedness on the old church, now known as the Princeville Academy. During the war, she manifested a spirit of patriotic devotion to her country's cause and by her untiring zeal as president of the Soldier's Aid Society she inspired her co-workers to do what they could in the interests of the "brave boys who wore the blue". She was also a life member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
As a mother, she was a loving, yet, firm disciplinarian, and sought to impress upon her children the importance of obedience to parental authority and loyalty to the requirements of the word of God. She was the beloved mother of thirteen children, six of whom survive to cherish her memory with tenderest affections, namely: Mrs. Bell Palmer, Mrs. Mary Peters, Mrs. Almira Giles, and Emery, Joseph and Melvin Russell.
The funeral services were conducted at the Princeville M.E. Church by her pastor, Rev. Seaman, assisted by Rev. A. Smith of Canton, and the remains were interred in Princeville Cemetery.
Princeville Heritage Museum Archives, #160.p2011.18.
Transcribed and submitted by Ethel.
Edith Emery, daughter of Conrad and Sarah Emery, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 1813, and died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Almira Giles in Gilman, Ill., on March 22, 1896, aged 82 years, 6 months, 19 days. When three years of age, she moved with her parents to Holmes County, Ohio. In 1834, she was married to Ebenezer Russell and came with her husband to Illinois in the fall of 1840. They remained in Stark County until the spring of 1841 when they moved to Princeville. For several years, they resided on their farm in Akron Township. In 1886, they again took up their residence in Princeville where she has since resided until within a few months of her departure to that glorious rest that remaineth for the people of God.
The period of her separation from her beloved husband was of short duration. Scarcely six months had passed away before they were reunited in the holy fellowship of a life that shall never end.
Sister Russell was converted at the age of thirteen and united with the M.E. Church of which she was ever a loyal and devoted member. Her activity in the service of her Master was always manifested by a spirit of enthusiastic zeal in the interests of the church of her choice. She was at one time president of the Ladies' Mite Society which did efficient service in securing funds to liquidate the indebtedness on the old church, now known as the Princeville Academy. During the war, she manifested a spirit of patriotic devotion to her country's cause and by her untiring zeal as president of the Soldier's Aid Society she inspired her co-workers to do what they could in the interests of the "brave boys who wore the blue". She was also a life member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
As a mother, she was a loving, yet, firm disciplinarian, and sought to impress upon her children the importance of obedience to parental authority and loyalty to the requirements of the word of God. She was the beloved mother of thirteen children, six of whom survive to cherish her memory with tenderest affections, namely: Mrs. Bell Palmer, Mrs. Mary Peters, Mrs. Almira Giles, and Emery, Joseph and Melvin Russell.
The funeral services were conducted at the Princeville M.E. Church by her pastor, Rev. Seaman, assisted by Rev. A. Smith of Canton, and the remains were interred in Princeville Cemetery.
Princeville Heritage Museum Archives, #160.p2011.18.
Transcribed and submitted by Ethel.
The period of her separation from her beloved husband was of short duration. Scarcely six months had passed away before they were reunited in the holy fellowship of a life that shall never end.
Sister Russell was converted at the age of thirteen and united with the M.E. Church of which she was ever a loyal and devoted member. Her activity in the service of her Master was always manifested by a spirit of enthusiastic zeal in the interests of the church of her choice. She was at one time president of the Ladies' Mite Society which did efficient service in securing funds to liquidate the indebtedness on the old church, now known as the Princeville Academy. During the war, she manifested a spirit of patriotic devotion to her country's cause and by her untiring zeal as president of the Soldier's Aid Society she inspired her co-workers to do what they could in the interests of the "brave boys who wore the blue". She was also a life member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
As a mother, she was a loving, yet, firm disciplinarian, and sought to impress upon her children the importance of obedience to parental authority and loyalty to the requirements of the word of God. She was the beloved mother of thirteen children, six of whom survive to cherish her memory with tenderest affections, namely: Mrs. Bell Palmer, Mrs. Mary Peters, Mrs. Almira Giles, and Emery, Joseph and Melvin Russell.
The funeral services were conducted at the Princeville M.E. Church by her pastor, Rev. Seaman, assisted by Rev. A. Smith of Canton, and the remains were interred in Princeville Cemetery.
Princeville Heritage Museum Archives, #160.p2011.18.
Transcribed and submitted by Ethel.
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