There was no West Virginia until more than 40 years after Tabitha was born.~The Quill, page 1
Tuesday, January 21, 1913
DEATH CALLS A NONAGENARIAN
Mrs. Tabitha Mason was in Her Ninety-Second Year -- Her Death Saturday Not Unexpected.
With the death of Mrs. Tabitha Mason, which occurred in this city on Saturday, January 18th, there passed from our midst one of the most interesting characters which connect our days with those pioneer time whose characteristics we have lately so completely outgrown. She was in many ways a very remarkable woman, and she embodied to an unusual degree the virtues and strength of character which were the best product of those sterner, barer days. We are the poorer for her going and may count it a privilege to pay her a last tribute.
Tabitha Shinn was born in Shinnstown, W. Va., June 29, 1821, the third in a family of nine children. The Shinns were of the best kind of English Puritan stock, upright and God fearing, and many members of the family were prominent in church affairs of the first half of the nineteenth century, both as clergymen and laymen. The family took a prominent part in the founding of the Methodist Protestant denomination, of which the subject of this sketch was a member from early womanhood.
In 1841 she was married to Peter Mason, a native of the same village. They continued to live there for a number of years and there their two children, Isaac w. and Wm. Emory were born. In 1855 the family migrated to Illinois, whither they had been preceded by some of their relatives. They came by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, landed at Pontoosuc and settled in Durham township, this county. there she and her husband lived for nearly forty years, until his death in 1892[.] They were farmers. They broke the virgin soil of the Illinois prairie, and grew to prosperity by the exercise of the sterling qualities which distinguished those pioneers. Since the death of her husband she had made her home with her children and grand children [sic], chiefly at Carthage and LaHarpe[.] Three years ago she had the misfortune to suffer an accident which had ever since confined her to her bed. During the time she lived with the Misses Tarman of this city, whose affectionate care did much to lighten the burden of her affliction. In spite of much suffering during these last few years she maintained her characteristic mental brightness and vigor almost unimpaired till the last. Her final illness came about four weeks ago. Her intimate friends will be glad to know that the end found her with that smile on her face, the evidence of a promise fulfilled, for which she had so often expressed a wish.
Mrs. Mason was a woman who lived deeply. More than almost any person whom we have known, man or woman, she touched the ordinary affairs of life, not in the perfunctory routine way of most of us, but with a quick, sure perception, an active sympathy and a sound judgment[.] Life to her was a series of vital, personal, first-hand experiences. Her powers of observation were of the keenest, her judgments of men and things were just and fearless. Her memory was photographic in its exactness and the wonder of all who knew her. She possessed great austerity, but with it great good-humor and sociability. She punctured the shows, deceptions and dishonesties of life with sure shafts of wit, caricature or denunciation, but she had a ready sympathy for all suffering and misfortune. She was a most entertaining conversationalist and story-teller. She had passed through many stirring events which she could warmly revitalize to the great delight of her hearers, one or a dozen. She also had a rare knack of extracting the sentiment and humor from every-day [sic] happenings, and delighted to hold up her end of an argument. She took great interest in public men and affairs. This interest began with her vigorous espousal of the cause of "abolition" at a time and place requiring great courage, and it lasted through her life. Her one great hero was Abraham Lincoln.
The great age, of nearly ninety-two, to which she lived must be attributed to the rigid temperance in all things which she practiced and preached all her days.
Mrs. Mason had been preceded to the great beyond by all the members of her immediate family, and by most of her life-long friends. Of her close relatives there are left a sister, Mrs. Emma Clark, of Hull, Ill.; Mr. Solomon Shinn, of Olathe, Kans; three grand daughters [sic], Mrs. W. H. Palmer, of Kansas City, Mrs. John Page and Mrs. Frank Brown, of Los Angeles; and three grand sons [sic]; P. E., W. O. and Paul Mason who are well known in this city[.] She had left, too, many warm friends who will count her death a personal loss. She was a good woman, and a strong, just and righteous soul, and has left all who knew her her debtors. "Fair peace be to her sable shroud."
Funeral services were held at the Tarman Sister's [sic] home at 9:30 a. m. Monday, Rev[.] C. I[,] Hoy officiating.
Burial in Moss Ridge cemetery, Carthage Ill.
Tuesday, January 21, 1913
DEATH CALLS A NONAGENARIAN
Mrs. Tabitha Mason was in Her Ninety-Second Year -- Her Death Saturday Not Unexpected.
With the death of Mrs. Tabitha Mason, which occurred in this city on Saturday, January 18th, there passed from our midst one of the most interesting characters which connect our days with those pioneer time whose characteristics we have lately so completely outgrown. She was in many ways a very remarkable woman, and she embodied to an unusual degree the virtues and strength of character which were the best product of those sterner, barer days. We are the poorer for her going and may count it a privilege to pay her a last tribute.
Tabitha Shinn was born in Shinnstown, W. Va., June 29, 1821, the third in a family of nine children. The Shinns were of the best kind of English Puritan stock, upright and God fearing, and many members of the family were prominent in church affairs of the first half of the nineteenth century, both as clergymen and laymen. The family took a prominent part in the founding of the Methodist Protestant denomination, of which the subject of this sketch was a member from early womanhood.
In 1841 she was married to Peter Mason, a native of the same village. They continued to live there for a number of years and there their two children, Isaac w. and Wm. Emory were born. In 1855 the family migrated to Illinois, whither they had been preceded by some of their relatives. They came by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, landed at Pontoosuc and settled in Durham township, this county. there she and her husband lived for nearly forty years, until his death in 1892[.] They were farmers. They broke the virgin soil of the Illinois prairie, and grew to prosperity by the exercise of the sterling qualities which distinguished those pioneers. Since the death of her husband she had made her home with her children and grand children [sic], chiefly at Carthage and LaHarpe[.] Three years ago she had the misfortune to suffer an accident which had ever since confined her to her bed. During the time she lived with the Misses Tarman of this city, whose affectionate care did much to lighten the burden of her affliction. In spite of much suffering during these last few years she maintained her characteristic mental brightness and vigor almost unimpaired till the last. Her final illness came about four weeks ago. Her intimate friends will be glad to know that the end found her with that smile on her face, the evidence of a promise fulfilled, for which she had so often expressed a wish.
Mrs. Mason was a woman who lived deeply. More than almost any person whom we have known, man or woman, she touched the ordinary affairs of life, not in the perfunctory routine way of most of us, but with a quick, sure perception, an active sympathy and a sound judgment[.] Life to her was a series of vital, personal, first-hand experiences. Her powers of observation were of the keenest, her judgments of men and things were just and fearless. Her memory was photographic in its exactness and the wonder of all who knew her. She possessed great austerity, but with it great good-humor and sociability. She punctured the shows, deceptions and dishonesties of life with sure shafts of wit, caricature or denunciation, but she had a ready sympathy for all suffering and misfortune. She was a most entertaining conversationalist and story-teller. She had passed through many stirring events which she could warmly revitalize to the great delight of her hearers, one or a dozen. She also had a rare knack of extracting the sentiment and humor from every-day [sic] happenings, and delighted to hold up her end of an argument. She took great interest in public men and affairs. This interest began with her vigorous espousal of the cause of "abolition" at a time and place requiring great courage, and it lasted through her life. Her one great hero was Abraham Lincoln.
The great age, of nearly ninety-two, to which she lived must be attributed to the rigid temperance in all things which she practiced and preached all her days.
Mrs. Mason had been preceded to the great beyond by all the members of her immediate family, and by most of her life-long friends. Of her close relatives there are left a sister, Mrs. Emma Clark, of Hull, Ill.; Mr. Solomon Shinn, of Olathe, Kans; three grand daughters [sic], Mrs. W. H. Palmer, of Kansas City, Mrs. John Page and Mrs. Frank Brown, of Los Angeles; and three grand sons [sic]; P. E., W. O. and Paul Mason who are well known in this city[.] She had left, too, many warm friends who will count her death a personal loss. She was a good woman, and a strong, just and righteous soul, and has left all who knew her her debtors. "Fair peace be to her sable shroud."
Funeral services were held at the Tarman Sister's [sic] home at 9:30 a. m. Monday, Rev[.] C. I[,] Hoy officiating.
Burial in Moss Ridge cemetery, Carthage Ill.
There was no West Virginia until more than 40 years after Tabitha was born.~The Quill, page 1
Tuesday, January 21, 1913
DEATH CALLS A NONAGENARIAN
Mrs. Tabitha Mason was in Her Ninety-Second Year -- Her Death Saturday Not Unexpected.
With the death of Mrs. Tabitha Mason, which occurred in this city on Saturday, January 18th, there passed from our midst one of the most interesting characters which connect our days with those pioneer time whose characteristics we have lately so completely outgrown. She was in many ways a very remarkable woman, and she embodied to an unusual degree the virtues and strength of character which were the best product of those sterner, barer days. We are the poorer for her going and may count it a privilege to pay her a last tribute.
Tabitha Shinn was born in Shinnstown, W. Va., June 29, 1821, the third in a family of nine children. The Shinns were of the best kind of English Puritan stock, upright and God fearing, and many members of the family were prominent in church affairs of the first half of the nineteenth century, both as clergymen and laymen. The family took a prominent part in the founding of the Methodist Protestant denomination, of which the subject of this sketch was a member from early womanhood.
In 1841 she was married to Peter Mason, a native of the same village. They continued to live there for a number of years and there their two children, Isaac w. and Wm. Emory were born. In 1855 the family migrated to Illinois, whither they had been preceded by some of their relatives. They came by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, landed at Pontoosuc and settled in Durham township, this county. there she and her husband lived for nearly forty years, until his death in 1892[.] They were farmers. They broke the virgin soil of the Illinois prairie, and grew to prosperity by the exercise of the sterling qualities which distinguished those pioneers. Since the death of her husband she had made her home with her children and grand children [sic], chiefly at Carthage and LaHarpe[.] Three years ago she had the misfortune to suffer an accident which had ever since confined her to her bed. During the time she lived with the Misses Tarman of this city, whose affectionate care did much to lighten the burden of her affliction. In spite of much suffering during these last few years she maintained her characteristic mental brightness and vigor almost unimpaired till the last. Her final illness came about four weeks ago. Her intimate friends will be glad to know that the end found her with that smile on her face, the evidence of a promise fulfilled, for which she had so often expressed a wish.
Mrs. Mason was a woman who lived deeply. More than almost any person whom we have known, man or woman, she touched the ordinary affairs of life, not in the perfunctory routine way of most of us, but with a quick, sure perception, an active sympathy and a sound judgment[.] Life to her was a series of vital, personal, first-hand experiences. Her powers of observation were of the keenest, her judgments of men and things were just and fearless. Her memory was photographic in its exactness and the wonder of all who knew her. She possessed great austerity, but with it great good-humor and sociability. She punctured the shows, deceptions and dishonesties of life with sure shafts of wit, caricature or denunciation, but she had a ready sympathy for all suffering and misfortune. She was a most entertaining conversationalist and story-teller. She had passed through many stirring events which she could warmly revitalize to the great delight of her hearers, one or a dozen. She also had a rare knack of extracting the sentiment and humor from every-day [sic] happenings, and delighted to hold up her end of an argument. She took great interest in public men and affairs. This interest began with her vigorous espousal of the cause of "abolition" at a time and place requiring great courage, and it lasted through her life. Her one great hero was Abraham Lincoln.
The great age, of nearly ninety-two, to which she lived must be attributed to the rigid temperance in all things which she practiced and preached all her days.
Mrs. Mason had been preceded to the great beyond by all the members of her immediate family, and by most of her life-long friends. Of her close relatives there are left a sister, Mrs. Emma Clark, of Hull, Ill.; Mr. Solomon Shinn, of Olathe, Kans; three grand daughters [sic], Mrs. W. H. Palmer, of Kansas City, Mrs. John Page and Mrs. Frank Brown, of Los Angeles; and three grand sons [sic]; P. E., W. O. and Paul Mason who are well known in this city[.] She had left, too, many warm friends who will count her death a personal loss. She was a good woman, and a strong, just and righteous soul, and has left all who knew her her debtors. "Fair peace be to her sable shroud."
Funeral services were held at the Tarman Sister's [sic] home at 9:30 a. m. Monday, Rev[.] C. I[,] Hoy officiating.
Burial in Moss Ridge cemetery, Carthage Ill.
Tuesday, January 21, 1913
DEATH CALLS A NONAGENARIAN
Mrs. Tabitha Mason was in Her Ninety-Second Year -- Her Death Saturday Not Unexpected.
With the death of Mrs. Tabitha Mason, which occurred in this city on Saturday, January 18th, there passed from our midst one of the most interesting characters which connect our days with those pioneer time whose characteristics we have lately so completely outgrown. She was in many ways a very remarkable woman, and she embodied to an unusual degree the virtues and strength of character which were the best product of those sterner, barer days. We are the poorer for her going and may count it a privilege to pay her a last tribute.
Tabitha Shinn was born in Shinnstown, W. Va., June 29, 1821, the third in a family of nine children. The Shinns were of the best kind of English Puritan stock, upright and God fearing, and many members of the family were prominent in church affairs of the first half of the nineteenth century, both as clergymen and laymen. The family took a prominent part in the founding of the Methodist Protestant denomination, of which the subject of this sketch was a member from early womanhood.
In 1841 she was married to Peter Mason, a native of the same village. They continued to live there for a number of years and there their two children, Isaac w. and Wm. Emory were born. In 1855 the family migrated to Illinois, whither they had been preceded by some of their relatives. They came by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, landed at Pontoosuc and settled in Durham township, this county. there she and her husband lived for nearly forty years, until his death in 1892[.] They were farmers. They broke the virgin soil of the Illinois prairie, and grew to prosperity by the exercise of the sterling qualities which distinguished those pioneers. Since the death of her husband she had made her home with her children and grand children [sic], chiefly at Carthage and LaHarpe[.] Three years ago she had the misfortune to suffer an accident which had ever since confined her to her bed. During the time she lived with the Misses Tarman of this city, whose affectionate care did much to lighten the burden of her affliction. In spite of much suffering during these last few years she maintained her characteristic mental brightness and vigor almost unimpaired till the last. Her final illness came about four weeks ago. Her intimate friends will be glad to know that the end found her with that smile on her face, the evidence of a promise fulfilled, for which she had so often expressed a wish.
Mrs. Mason was a woman who lived deeply. More than almost any person whom we have known, man or woman, she touched the ordinary affairs of life, not in the perfunctory routine way of most of us, but with a quick, sure perception, an active sympathy and a sound judgment[.] Life to her was a series of vital, personal, first-hand experiences. Her powers of observation were of the keenest, her judgments of men and things were just and fearless. Her memory was photographic in its exactness and the wonder of all who knew her. She possessed great austerity, but with it great good-humor and sociability. She punctured the shows, deceptions and dishonesties of life with sure shafts of wit, caricature or denunciation, but she had a ready sympathy for all suffering and misfortune. She was a most entertaining conversationalist and story-teller. She had passed through many stirring events which she could warmly revitalize to the great delight of her hearers, one or a dozen. She also had a rare knack of extracting the sentiment and humor from every-day [sic] happenings, and delighted to hold up her end of an argument. She took great interest in public men and affairs. This interest began with her vigorous espousal of the cause of "abolition" at a time and place requiring great courage, and it lasted through her life. Her one great hero was Abraham Lincoln.
The great age, of nearly ninety-two, to which she lived must be attributed to the rigid temperance in all things which she practiced and preached all her days.
Mrs. Mason had been preceded to the great beyond by all the members of her immediate family, and by most of her life-long friends. Of her close relatives there are left a sister, Mrs. Emma Clark, of Hull, Ill.; Mr. Solomon Shinn, of Olathe, Kans; three grand daughters [sic], Mrs. W. H. Palmer, of Kansas City, Mrs. John Page and Mrs. Frank Brown, of Los Angeles; and three grand sons [sic]; P. E., W. O. and Paul Mason who are well known in this city[.] She had left, too, many warm friends who will count her death a personal loss. She was a good woman, and a strong, just and righteous soul, and has left all who knew her her debtors. "Fair peace be to her sable shroud."
Funeral services were held at the Tarman Sister's [sic] home at 9:30 a. m. Monday, Rev[.] C. I[,] Hoy officiating.
Burial in Moss Ridge cemetery, Carthage Ill.
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