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Martha E. <I>Keown</I> Hunter

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Martha E. Keown Hunter

Birth
Madison County, Illinois, USA
Death
26 Dec 1892 (aged 52)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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DAILY REVIEW 12/27/1892

MRS. W. P. HUNTER DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 OCLOCK AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE, 966 N MAIN STREET, AGED 53 YEARS. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD FROM THE RESIDENCE AT 2 OCLOCK THURSDAY AFTERNOON, REV. T. A. PARKER OF THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH WILL CONDUCT THE SERVICE.
MRS. HUNTER WAS BORN AT SMARTS PRAIRIE,MADISON COUNTY, IL ON NOV 4, 1840. SHE WAS MARRIED IN 1861 TO W. P. HUNTER AND THREE CHILDREN WERE THE RESULT OF THE UNION. THEY ARE A. A. HUNTER AND OLLIE MAUDE HUNTER OF DECATUR AND LESLIE SCHWAB OF CHICAGO WHO WITH THE HUSBAND SURVIVE TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. MRS. HUNTER WAS CONVERTED AND JOINED THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT TAYLOVILLE IN 1874. THE FAMILY MOVED TO DECATUR IN 1876. DURING HER RESIDENCE HERE MRS. HUNTER HAD ENDEARED HERSELF TO MANY FRIENDS BY HER KINDLY DISPOSITION AND NOBLE LIFE. SHE HAS BEEN GREATLY AFFLICTED FOR MANY MONTHS AND BORE HER SUFERINGS WITH A MEEK AND QUIET SPIRIT. SHE FOUND HER HIGHEST CONSOLATION IN THE HOPES AND INSPIRATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WHICH SHE PROFESSED IN HEALTH AND SICKNESS.

OBITUARY BY JANET DONNNER
DAILY REVIEW 12/27/1892

MRS. W. P. HUNTER DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 OCLOCK AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE, 966 N MAIN STREET, AGED 53 YEARS. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD FROM THE RESIDENCE AT 2 OCLOCK THURSDAY AFTERNOON, REV. T. A. PARKER OF THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH WILL CONDUCT THE SERVICE.
MRS. HUNTER WAS BORN AT SMARTS PRAIRIE,MADISON COUNTY, IL ON NOV 4, 1840. SHE WAS MARRIED IN 1861 TO W. P. HUNTER AND THREE CHILDREN WERE THE RESULT OF THE UNION. THEY ARE A. A. HUNTER AND OLLIE MAUDE HUNTER OF DECATUR AND LESLIE SCHWAB OF CHICAGO WHO WITH THE HUSBAND SURVIVE TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. MRS. HUNTER WAS CONVERTED AND JOINED THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT TAYLOVILLE IN 1874. THE FAMILY MOVED TO DECATUR IN 1876. DURING HER RESIDENCE HERE MRS. HUNTER HAD ENDEARED HERSELF TO MANY FRIENDS BY HER KINDLY DISPOSITION AND NOBLE LIFE. SHE HAS BEEN GREATLY AFFLICTED FOR MANY MONTHS AND BORE HER SUFERINGS WITH A MEEK AND QUIET SPIRIT. SHE FOUND HER HIGHEST CONSOLATION IN THE HOPES AND INSPIRATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WHICH SHE PROFESSED IN HEALTH AND SICKNESS.

OBITUARY BY JANET DONNNER


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  • Maintained by: BjJ
  • Originally Created by: kpet
  • Added: Jan 23, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47016706/martha_e-hunter: accessed ), memorial page for Martha E. Keown Hunter (4 Nov 1840–26 Dec 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47016706, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476).