Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Elswick.
Married to Charles R. Cowger March 24, 1878. They were the parents of Etta and Viola.
Remarried to A. F. Smith in 1887.
SENECA TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas, Thursday, September 16, 1909.
ONLY ILL THREE DAYS
After an illness that extended from Saturday until Wednesday, Mrs. Ella Smith passed away at 9:30 on the evening of September 8, 1909. For a number of years Mrs. Smith had not been in the best of health, but was able to be up and about her daily tasks until the Saturday before her death. That evening she was taken very ill with what seemed to be abscess of the lungs. Her serious illness brought her three daughters to her bedside, but their loving care was of no avail and the mother answered the summons from on high.
Ella Prudence Elswick was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Elswick and was born February 14, 1862, at Amazonia, Missouri. In 1878 she was married to Charles R. Cowger at her home in Doniphan county, near Wathena. Two children were born to them. Mrs. Etta Eye of Wathena, and Mrs. Ola Richardson of Holton. Later she moved to Hutchinson and there in 1887 she was married to A. F. Smith. To them two children were born, Mrs. Bettie Streeter of Holton, and Edwin Smith of Newkirk, Oklahoma. Mr. Smith died in 1900, and since then Mrs. Smith has spent the greater portion of her time in Seneca. She was a dressmaker and after the children left the home she lived alone in apartments in the telephone block. Her life was an unassuming one, quiet and peaceful, with love and charity for her neighbors and a strong believer in the all-wise direction of the Father. She was a member of the Methodist church and a firm believer in the doctrine of that faith. Friday afternoon her pastor, Rev. J. B. Vernon conducted funeral services at the Methodist church. The three daughters and many friends followed the body to the last resting place and laid all that was mortal of mother and friend to rest in the Seneca cemetery.
Married to Charles R. Cowger March 24, 1878. They were the parents of Etta and Viola.
Remarried to A. F. Smith in 1887.
SENECA TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas, Thursday, September 16, 1909.
ONLY ILL THREE DAYS
After an illness that extended from Saturday until Wednesday, Mrs. Ella Smith passed away at 9:30 on the evening of September 8, 1909. For a number of years Mrs. Smith had not been in the best of health, but was able to be up and about her daily tasks until the Saturday before her death. That evening she was taken very ill with what seemed to be abscess of the lungs. Her serious illness brought her three daughters to her bedside, but their loving care was of no avail and the mother answered the summons from on high.
Ella Prudence Elswick was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Elswick and was born February 14, 1862, at Amazonia, Missouri. In 1878 she was married to Charles R. Cowger at her home in Doniphan county, near Wathena. Two children were born to them. Mrs. Etta Eye of Wathena, and Mrs. Ola Richardson of Holton. Later she moved to Hutchinson and there in 1887 she was married to A. F. Smith. To them two children were born, Mrs. Bettie Streeter of Holton, and Edwin Smith of Newkirk, Oklahoma. Mr. Smith died in 1900, and since then Mrs. Smith has spent the greater portion of her time in Seneca. She was a dressmaker and after the children left the home she lived alone in apartments in the telephone block. Her life was an unassuming one, quiet and peaceful, with love and charity for her neighbors and a strong believer in the all-wise direction of the Father. She was a member of the Methodist church and a firm believer in the doctrine of that faith. Friday afternoon her pastor, Rev. J. B. Vernon conducted funeral services at the Methodist church. The three daughters and many friends followed the body to the last resting place and laid all that was mortal of mother and friend to rest in the Seneca cemetery.
Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Elswick.
Married to Charles R. Cowger March 24, 1878. They were the parents of Etta and Viola.
Remarried to A. F. Smith in 1887.
SENECA TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas, Thursday, September 16, 1909.
ONLY ILL THREE DAYS
After an illness that extended from Saturday until Wednesday, Mrs. Ella Smith passed away at 9:30 on the evening of September 8, 1909. For a number of years Mrs. Smith had not been in the best of health, but was able to be up and about her daily tasks until the Saturday before her death. That evening she was taken very ill with what seemed to be abscess of the lungs. Her serious illness brought her three daughters to her bedside, but their loving care was of no avail and the mother answered the summons from on high.
Ella Prudence Elswick was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Elswick and was born February 14, 1862, at Amazonia, Missouri. In 1878 she was married to Charles R. Cowger at her home in Doniphan county, near Wathena. Two children were born to them. Mrs. Etta Eye of Wathena, and Mrs. Ola Richardson of Holton. Later she moved to Hutchinson and there in 1887 she was married to A. F. Smith. To them two children were born, Mrs. Bettie Streeter of Holton, and Edwin Smith of Newkirk, Oklahoma. Mr. Smith died in 1900, and since then Mrs. Smith has spent the greater portion of her time in Seneca. She was a dressmaker and after the children left the home she lived alone in apartments in the telephone block. Her life was an unassuming one, quiet and peaceful, with love and charity for her neighbors and a strong believer in the all-wise direction of the Father. She was a member of the Methodist church and a firm believer in the doctrine of that faith. Friday afternoon her pastor, Rev. J. B. Vernon conducted funeral services at the Methodist church. The three daughters and many friends followed the body to the last resting place and laid all that was mortal of mother and friend to rest in the Seneca cemetery.
Married to Charles R. Cowger March 24, 1878. They were the parents of Etta and Viola.
Remarried to A. F. Smith in 1887.
SENECA TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas, Thursday, September 16, 1909.
ONLY ILL THREE DAYS
After an illness that extended from Saturday until Wednesday, Mrs. Ella Smith passed away at 9:30 on the evening of September 8, 1909. For a number of years Mrs. Smith had not been in the best of health, but was able to be up and about her daily tasks until the Saturday before her death. That evening she was taken very ill with what seemed to be abscess of the lungs. Her serious illness brought her three daughters to her bedside, but their loving care was of no avail and the mother answered the summons from on high.
Ella Prudence Elswick was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Elswick and was born February 14, 1862, at Amazonia, Missouri. In 1878 she was married to Charles R. Cowger at her home in Doniphan county, near Wathena. Two children were born to them. Mrs. Etta Eye of Wathena, and Mrs. Ola Richardson of Holton. Later she moved to Hutchinson and there in 1887 she was married to A. F. Smith. To them two children were born, Mrs. Bettie Streeter of Holton, and Edwin Smith of Newkirk, Oklahoma. Mr. Smith died in 1900, and since then Mrs. Smith has spent the greater portion of her time in Seneca. She was a dressmaker and after the children left the home she lived alone in apartments in the telephone block. Her life was an unassuming one, quiet and peaceful, with love and charity for her neighbors and a strong believer in the all-wise direction of the Father. She was a member of the Methodist church and a firm believer in the doctrine of that faith. Friday afternoon her pastor, Rev. J. B. Vernon conducted funeral services at the Methodist church. The three daughters and many friends followed the body to the last resting place and laid all that was mortal of mother and friend to rest in the Seneca cemetery.
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