Again death invaded her family and took from her, her husband in 1877, and left her with three little helpless children to face the world alone and very limited financially for which Mr. Poorman was industrious and upright. He was a veteran of the civil war and severely wounded at Chickamauga and was a constant and many times an intense sufferer from that time until his death. Affliction greatly handicapped him through life. The mother struggled to keep the children with her but stress of circumstances compelled her to turn to that great institution of helpfulness to many a weary mother, the soldiers orphan home. And great as was the sacrifice, she forced herself to make it for the good of the children and sent them there where they remained except for an occasional vacation until the age limit. She never regretted placing them in the home for it proved a blessing both to them and her and certainly the father suffering in behalf of his country entitled them to everything they received. In the spring of 1887, Mrs. Poorman was married to William J. Malone, who lived but a few years when she was again left a widow. From that time on she made her home with her son. Considering the many sorrows through which the deceased was called to pass, she was of a remarkably cheerful and pleasant disposition. When we remember how often she has stood beside the casket, to take a last look at loved ones and stood so many times beside the open grave to which was consigned those so near and dear, of many hard fought battles of life, we wondered that the milk of human kindness still kept sweet through it all. It certainly was by Gods grace in her heart made manifest in her life. She was for many years a member of the Methodist church but in after years she transferred her membership to Friends Church at West Union. The body was brought to the Brick Cemetery for burial and a funeral sermon was preached in the church near there by Rev. Stratton, a Friends minister from Sullivan, Indiana.
The weather was very inclement yet there was quite a goodly number present to pay the last tribute of love and respect to one whom they had known for so many years and to sympathize with the bereft family. May God’s blessing rest upon them? West Union, Illinois, December 31, 1906.
Source: Clark County Herald, 9-January-1907
Again death invaded her family and took from her, her husband in 1877, and left her with three little helpless children to face the world alone and very limited financially for which Mr. Poorman was industrious and upright. He was a veteran of the civil war and severely wounded at Chickamauga and was a constant and many times an intense sufferer from that time until his death. Affliction greatly handicapped him through life. The mother struggled to keep the children with her but stress of circumstances compelled her to turn to that great institution of helpfulness to many a weary mother, the soldiers orphan home. And great as was the sacrifice, she forced herself to make it for the good of the children and sent them there where they remained except for an occasional vacation until the age limit. She never regretted placing them in the home for it proved a blessing both to them and her and certainly the father suffering in behalf of his country entitled them to everything they received. In the spring of 1887, Mrs. Poorman was married to William J. Malone, who lived but a few years when she was again left a widow. From that time on she made her home with her son. Considering the many sorrows through which the deceased was called to pass, she was of a remarkably cheerful and pleasant disposition. When we remember how often she has stood beside the casket, to take a last look at loved ones and stood so many times beside the open grave to which was consigned those so near and dear, of many hard fought battles of life, we wondered that the milk of human kindness still kept sweet through it all. It certainly was by Gods grace in her heart made manifest in her life. She was for many years a member of the Methodist church but in after years she transferred her membership to Friends Church at West Union. The body was brought to the Brick Cemetery for burial and a funeral sermon was preached in the church near there by Rev. Stratton, a Friends minister from Sullivan, Indiana.
The weather was very inclement yet there was quite a goodly number present to pay the last tribute of love and respect to one whom they had known for so many years and to sympathize with the bereft family. May God’s blessing rest upon them? West Union, Illinois, December 31, 1906.
Source: Clark County Herald, 9-January-1907
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