Name of Deceased: GATES, Lucinda (WOOD)
Name of Newspaper: Virden Recorder
Date of Obituary: Jan. 18, 1895
Obituary: Lucinda WOOD was born in Madison Co, IL, Dec. 31, 1816, moved with her parents to Sangamon Co, in 1818, and settled near where Auburn now stands. She was the oldest of a family of twelve children, consisting of seven sons and five daughters, all of whom have been gathered home except three brothers and two sisters, well along in years, only waiting the Master's call. She was raised a Cumberland Presbyterian and made a profession of religion in October, 1822, but as her children became followers of the Savior they united with the Baptist Church, and she, feeling that she wanted to be with them, united with the Sugar Creek Baptist Church now known as the Auburn Baptist Church and later in life placed her letter in the Virden Baptist Church of which she lived a consistent member. Jan. 10, 1895, she answered the call to which we all must respond and passed away quietly, trusting in the precious promises of her Heavenly Father. She was married to Andrew GATES, formerly of Kentucky, in February 1833, Of this union twelve children were born, seven sons and five daughters. One son and three daughters survive her, viz: Leander A. GATES and Catherine A. ORGAN, of Virden, Mary E. BALDWIN, of Springfield, and Lucinda E. LEUTZ, at present in St. Augustine, FL. The others, together with her loving husband, have passed on before her to the other side. Besides the sons and daughters mentioned above, she leaves twelve grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.
Name of Newspaper: Virden Recorder
Date of Obituary: Jan. 18, 1895
Obituary: Lucinda WOOD was born in Madison Co, IL, Dec. 31, 1816, moved with her parents to Sangamon Co, in 1818, and settled near where Auburn now stands. She was the oldest of a family of twelve children, consisting of seven sons and five daughters, all of whom have been gathered home except three brothers and two sisters, well along in years, only waiting the Master's call. She was raised a Cumberland Presbyterian and made a profession of religion in October, 1822, but as her children became followers of the Savior they united with the Baptist Church, and she, feeling that she wanted to be with them, united with the Sugar Creek Baptist Church now known as the Auburn Baptist Church and later in life placed her letter in the Virden Baptist Church of which she lived a consistent member. Jan. 10, 1895, she answered the call to which we all must respond and passed away quietly, trusting in the precious promises of her Heavenly Father. She was married to Andrew GATES, formerly of Kentucky, in February 1833, Of this union twelve children were born, seven sons and five daughters. One son and three daughters survive her, viz: Leander A. GATES and Catherine A. ORGAN, of Virden, Mary E. BALDWIN, of Springfield, and Lucinda E. LEUTZ, at present in St. Augustine, FL. The others, together with her loving husband, have passed on before her to the other side. Besides the sons and daughters mentioned above, she leaves twelve grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.
Name of Deceased: GATES, Lucinda (WOOD)
Name of Newspaper: Virden Recorder
Date of Obituary: Jan. 18, 1895
Obituary: Lucinda WOOD was born in Madison Co, IL, Dec. 31, 1816, moved with her parents to Sangamon Co, in 1818, and settled near where Auburn now stands. She was the oldest of a family of twelve children, consisting of seven sons and five daughters, all of whom have been gathered home except three brothers and two sisters, well along in years, only waiting the Master's call. She was raised a Cumberland Presbyterian and made a profession of religion in October, 1822, but as her children became followers of the Savior they united with the Baptist Church, and she, feeling that she wanted to be with them, united with the Sugar Creek Baptist Church now known as the Auburn Baptist Church and later in life placed her letter in the Virden Baptist Church of which she lived a consistent member. Jan. 10, 1895, she answered the call to which we all must respond and passed away quietly, trusting in the precious promises of her Heavenly Father. She was married to Andrew GATES, formerly of Kentucky, in February 1833, Of this union twelve children were born, seven sons and five daughters. One son and three daughters survive her, viz: Leander A. GATES and Catherine A. ORGAN, of Virden, Mary E. BALDWIN, of Springfield, and Lucinda E. LEUTZ, at present in St. Augustine, FL. The others, together with her loving husband, have passed on before her to the other side. Besides the sons and daughters mentioned above, she leaves twelve grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.
Name of Newspaper: Virden Recorder
Date of Obituary: Jan. 18, 1895
Obituary: Lucinda WOOD was born in Madison Co, IL, Dec. 31, 1816, moved with her parents to Sangamon Co, in 1818, and settled near where Auburn now stands. She was the oldest of a family of twelve children, consisting of seven sons and five daughters, all of whom have been gathered home except three brothers and two sisters, well along in years, only waiting the Master's call. She was raised a Cumberland Presbyterian and made a profession of religion in October, 1822, but as her children became followers of the Savior they united with the Baptist Church, and she, feeling that she wanted to be with them, united with the Sugar Creek Baptist Church now known as the Auburn Baptist Church and later in life placed her letter in the Virden Baptist Church of which she lived a consistent member. Jan. 10, 1895, she answered the call to which we all must respond and passed away quietly, trusting in the precious promises of her Heavenly Father. She was married to Andrew GATES, formerly of Kentucky, in February 1833, Of this union twelve children were born, seven sons and five daughters. One son and three daughters survive her, viz: Leander A. GATES and Catherine A. ORGAN, of Virden, Mary E. BALDWIN, of Springfield, and Lucinda E. LEUTZ, at present in St. Augustine, FL. The others, together with her loving husband, have passed on before her to the other side. Besides the sons and daughters mentioned above, she leaves twelve grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.
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