MARTHA ANN FIGG
Martha Ann Figg was born August 16, 1929 near Louisville, Kentucky and was married to Samuel Wyckoff January 1, 1850 at Ognawka, Illinois, where they joined the Methodist Church.
They removed to Iowa in 1868 and for more than 37 years she resided with her family at Hawthorne, where they owned a comfortable home which she left only when the infirmities of age made it advisable for her to gibe up her usual activities.
Her life was spent in doing all the good for others that she could and she arose to each day's duty with a cheerful spirit and willing and capable hands. Into homes of sickness or affliction she went with words of cheer and deeds of helpfulness and many people outside her own family were provided for at her table.
She was a famous cook and found pleasure in that fact. For two years her mid had been clouted and she lived over the days of her youth and conversed with friends who had long since passed into the Great Beyond, while the events of the present were to her a blank. Finally, only at fleeting moments did she recognize her own children. She had lived with her two sons, Robert and Cyrus here and her daughters, Mrs. Gleason of Riverton and Mrs. William Daugherty, of Stronghurst, Illinois at intervals during that time, returning to Red Oak three weeks before her death, which occurred at the home of her son, Robert, on Friday, June 4.
Funeral services were held at the house, June 5, interment made at the Emerson Cemetery beside her husband, who died November 5, 1891. Most of her immediate relatives were present except her sons, Charles and Harry, who were unable on account of illness to be her. She is survived by one brother, Robert Figg of Chicago; two daughters, four sos, and twenty-three grandchildren, besides five great grandchildren, who mourn a kind mother and grandmother.
Many years residence here gave her a wide circle of friends at and near Hawthorne. The family which to express in their time of trouble, their thanks and appreciation of neighborly kindness shown them during their recent bereavement.
A Friend.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, Friday, June 11, 1909, page 4
Martha Ann Figg was born August 16, 1929 near Louisville, Kentucky and was married to Samuel Wyckoff January 1, 1850 at Ognawka, Illinois, where they joined the Methodist Church.
They removed to Iowa in 1868 and for more than 37 years she resided with her family at Hawthorne, where they owned a comfortable home which she left only when the infirmities of age made it advisable for her to gibe up her usual activities.
Her life was spent in doing all the good for others that she could and she arose to each day's duty with a cheerful spirit and willing and capable hands. Into homes of sickness or affliction she went with words of cheer and deeds of helpfulness and many people outside her own family were provided for at her table.
She was a famous cook and found pleasure in that fact. For two years her mid had been clouted and she lived over the days of her youth and conversed with friends who had long since passed into the Great Beyond, while the events of the present were to her a blank. Finally, only at fleeting moments did she recognize her own children. She had lived with her two sons, Robert and Cyrus here and her daughters, Mrs. Gleason of Riverton and Mrs. William Daugherty, of Stronghurst, Illinois at intervals during that time, returning to Red Oak three weeks before her death, which occurred at the home of her son, Robert, on Friday, June 4.
Funeral services were held at the house, June 5, interment made at the Emerson Cemetery beside her husband, who died November 5, 1891. Most of her immediate relatives were present except her sons, Charles and Harry, who were unable on account of illness to be her. She is survived by one brother, Robert Figg of Chicago; two daughters, four sos, and twenty-three grandchildren, besides five great grandchildren, who mourn a kind mother and grandmother.
Many years residence here gave her a wide circle of friends at and near Hawthorne. The family which to express in their time of trouble, their thanks and appreciation of neighborly kindness shown them during their recent bereavement.
A Friend.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, Friday, June 11, 1909, page 4
MARTHA ANN FIGG
Martha Ann Figg was born August 16, 1929 near Louisville, Kentucky and was married to Samuel Wyckoff January 1, 1850 at Ognawka, Illinois, where they joined the Methodist Church.
They removed to Iowa in 1868 and for more than 37 years she resided with her family at Hawthorne, where they owned a comfortable home which she left only when the infirmities of age made it advisable for her to gibe up her usual activities.
Her life was spent in doing all the good for others that she could and she arose to each day's duty with a cheerful spirit and willing and capable hands. Into homes of sickness or affliction she went with words of cheer and deeds of helpfulness and many people outside her own family were provided for at her table.
She was a famous cook and found pleasure in that fact. For two years her mid had been clouted and she lived over the days of her youth and conversed with friends who had long since passed into the Great Beyond, while the events of the present were to her a blank. Finally, only at fleeting moments did she recognize her own children. She had lived with her two sons, Robert and Cyrus here and her daughters, Mrs. Gleason of Riverton and Mrs. William Daugherty, of Stronghurst, Illinois at intervals during that time, returning to Red Oak three weeks before her death, which occurred at the home of her son, Robert, on Friday, June 4.
Funeral services were held at the house, June 5, interment made at the Emerson Cemetery beside her husband, who died November 5, 1891. Most of her immediate relatives were present except her sons, Charles and Harry, who were unable on account of illness to be her. She is survived by one brother, Robert Figg of Chicago; two daughters, four sos, and twenty-three grandchildren, besides five great grandchildren, who mourn a kind mother and grandmother.
Many years residence here gave her a wide circle of friends at and near Hawthorne. The family which to express in their time of trouble, their thanks and appreciation of neighborly kindness shown them during their recent bereavement.
A Friend.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, Friday, June 11, 1909, page 4
Martha Ann Figg was born August 16, 1929 near Louisville, Kentucky and was married to Samuel Wyckoff January 1, 1850 at Ognawka, Illinois, where they joined the Methodist Church.
They removed to Iowa in 1868 and for more than 37 years she resided with her family at Hawthorne, where they owned a comfortable home which she left only when the infirmities of age made it advisable for her to gibe up her usual activities.
Her life was spent in doing all the good for others that she could and she arose to each day's duty with a cheerful spirit and willing and capable hands. Into homes of sickness or affliction she went with words of cheer and deeds of helpfulness and many people outside her own family were provided for at her table.
She was a famous cook and found pleasure in that fact. For two years her mid had been clouted and she lived over the days of her youth and conversed with friends who had long since passed into the Great Beyond, while the events of the present were to her a blank. Finally, only at fleeting moments did she recognize her own children. She had lived with her two sons, Robert and Cyrus here and her daughters, Mrs. Gleason of Riverton and Mrs. William Daugherty, of Stronghurst, Illinois at intervals during that time, returning to Red Oak three weeks before her death, which occurred at the home of her son, Robert, on Friday, June 4.
Funeral services were held at the house, June 5, interment made at the Emerson Cemetery beside her husband, who died November 5, 1891. Most of her immediate relatives were present except her sons, Charles and Harry, who were unable on account of illness to be her. She is survived by one brother, Robert Figg of Chicago; two daughters, four sos, and twenty-three grandchildren, besides five great grandchildren, who mourn a kind mother and grandmother.
Many years residence here gave her a wide circle of friends at and near Hawthorne. The family which to express in their time of trouble, their thanks and appreciation of neighborly kindness shown them during their recent bereavement.
A Friend.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, Friday, June 11, 1909, page 4
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