The Holt County Sentinel., November 03, 1916 - page 7. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Conner, the remains of Mrs. Nancy Amos, more familiarly know as Grandma Amos, arrived here last Sunday morning, from Carrington, Mo. Quite a number of friends of the family and relatives were at the depot to meet the party, and the remains were taken to the home of O.W. Adams. Mrs. Amos was born in Richmond county, Virginia, April 2, 1837, and was married to Joseph Amos, in Clay county, Mo., the the year 1864, moving to the neighborhood of Big Lake shortly after this time, where she had made her home until the death of her husband about eight years ago, since which time, she has visited back and forth with her daughters, Mrs. Price Lundy and Mrs. Ben Connor, of Carrington, Mo. To this union were born six children, four having gone on before her. Besides her two daughters, Mrs. Lundy and Mrs. Conner, she leaves 17 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Amos had been in very good health for one of her age, until just a few days before her death, which occurred October 27, of paralysis of the heart. Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church, Sunday, at 1 p.m. by Rev. Davis, of Craig, where a large number of the friends of the family gathered to say a last good-bye, and the remains were laid away beside her husband in the old cemetery at Mound City.
The Holt County Sentinel., November 03, 1916 - page 7. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Conner, the remains of Mrs. Nancy Amos, more familiarly know as Grandma Amos, arrived here last Sunday morning, from Carrington, Mo. Quite a number of friends of the family and relatives were at the depot to meet the party, and the remains were taken to the home of O.W. Adams. Mrs. Amos was born in Richmond county, Virginia, April 2, 1837, and was married to Joseph Amos, in Clay county, Mo., the the year 1864, moving to the neighborhood of Big Lake shortly after this time, where she had made her home until the death of her husband about eight years ago, since which time, she has visited back and forth with her daughters, Mrs. Price Lundy and Mrs. Ben Connor, of Carrington, Mo. To this union were born six children, four having gone on before her. Besides her two daughters, Mrs. Lundy and Mrs. Conner, she leaves 17 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Amos had been in very good health for one of her age, until just a few days before her death, which occurred October 27, of paralysis of the heart. Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church, Sunday, at 1 p.m. by Rev. Davis, of Craig, where a large number of the friends of the family gathered to say a last good-bye, and the remains were laid away beside her husband in the old cemetery at Mound City.
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