Obituary
The community at large was painfully shocked last Wednesday, to receive the sad intelligence that Anna Horn had died at noon. A severe case of measles that would not yield to medical skill, baffled her attendants and claimed her for a victim.
For several years, she has been a resident of this vicinity, her home being with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Floyd. She finished the common school course, some four years ago. She was a newspaper correspondent for some time, but chose sewing as an occupation and fitted herself for that work by taking instructions from skilled dressmaker in Holton, thus making herself a valuable aid to this vicinity in that line.
She has for seven years been a consistent member of the German Brethren (or Dunkard) church, she has been active in church and S.S. work, being the Secretary of the Oliver Hill S.S. this year.
When it was thought she would not recover, telegrams were sent to her parents in Cherokee county and her aunt, Mrs. Anna Brown, in Smith County; the latter arrived a few minutes before her death but her parents were caring for her brothers and sister, who were ill with measles, and thought they could not leave them. The telegram announcing her death was not delivered to them; no message from them being received here, another telegram was sent them and Mrs. Horn and son, John, started immediately, arriving here at noon Friday, the funeral services were postponed for them from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The mother was almost frantic with grief, she was unable to realize the awful fact that Anna was gone and that her remains must be interred then, so suddenly had it all transpired. Rev. Davis from Morrill, was summoned to conduct her funeral which was held from the Olive Hill church; the text was 1 Peter 1:24-25. Her remains were borne to their quiet resting place, across the way, "In the Silent City of the Dead" by young gentlemen, who had been her friends and classmates in the public schools and S.S.: Walter Stephenson" Walter Dove, George Peck, Lynn Thompson, Fred Blosser and Hugh Fairbank.
Anna was born in Platte Co. Mo., 23 yrs.,7 months and 8 days before the date of her death. She was the eldest of a family of nine children, leaving four brothers and four sisters the inheritance of a living memory of an elder sister who possessed a lovely Christian character, Christ like in so many ways, possessing rare traits of disposition, of which unselfishness seemed to us the chief virtue and unselfishness like hers, seems rare. Always seemingly ready to offer herself where duty called putting thoughts of self behind.
Her visits to her home which seemed to furnish such pleasures for all the family and relatives there, will be sadly missed in her circle of young friends, her place cannot be filled; but oh! the sadness of the chair will be sadly conspicuous, because for so long she has been the light of that home.
May God in his mercy, sustain them and all their loved ones. May Jesus be very real to them, revealing himself, as when "He wept with Mary" for "He's just the same today." May the beautiful Easter tide, with its joyful Resurrection Hallelujahs bring with it a comforting peace to their hearts, "for we too, will rise again."
-Holton Jackson County Tribune.
The community at large was painfully shocked last Wednesday, to receive the sad intelligence that Anna Horn had died at noon. A severe case of measles that would not yield to medical skill, baffled her attendants and claimed her for a victim.
For several years, she has been a resident of this vicinity, her home being with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Floyd. She finished the common school course, some four years ago. She was a newspaper correspondent for some time, but chose sewing as an occupation and fitted herself for that work by taking instructions from skilled dressmaker in Holton, thus making herself a valuable aid to this vicinity in that line.
She has for seven years been a consistent member of the German Brethren (or Dunkard) church, she has been active in church and S.S. work, being the Secretary of the Oliver Hill S.S. this year.
When it was thought she would not recover, telegrams were sent to her parents in Cherokee county and her aunt, Mrs. Anna Brown, in Smith County; the latter arrived a few minutes before her death but her parents were caring for her brothers and sister, who were ill with measles, and thought they could not leave them. The telegram announcing her death was not delivered to them; no message from them being received here, another telegram was sent them and Mrs. Horn and son, John, started immediately, arriving here at noon Friday, the funeral services were postponed for them from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The mother was almost frantic with grief, she was unable to realize the awful fact that Anna was gone and that her remains must be interred then, so suddenly had it all transpired. Rev. Davis from Morrill, was summoned to conduct her funeral which was held from the Olive Hill church; the text was 1 Peter 1:24-25. Her remains were borne to their quiet resting place, across the way, "In the Silent City of the Dead" by young gentlemen, who had been her friends and classmates in the public schools and S.S.: Walter Stephenson" Walter Dove, George Peck, Lynn Thompson, Fred Blosser and Hugh Fairbank.
Anna was born in Platte Co. Mo., 23 yrs.,7 months and 8 days before the date of her death. She was the eldest of a family of nine children, leaving four brothers and four sisters the inheritance of a living memory of an elder sister who possessed a lovely Christian character, Christ like in so many ways, possessing rare traits of disposition, of which unselfishness seemed to us the chief virtue and unselfishness like hers, seems rare. Always seemingly ready to offer herself where duty called putting thoughts of self behind.
Her visits to her home which seemed to furnish such pleasures for all the family and relatives there, will be sadly missed in her circle of young friends, her place cannot be filled; but oh! the sadness of the chair will be sadly conspicuous, because for so long she has been the light of that home.
May God in his mercy, sustain them and all their loved ones. May Jesus be very real to them, revealing himself, as when "He wept with Mary" for "He's just the same today." May the beautiful Easter tide, with its joyful Resurrection Hallelujahs bring with it a comforting peace to their hearts, "for we too, will rise again."
-Holton Jackson County Tribune.
Obituary
The community at large was painfully shocked last Wednesday, to receive the sad intelligence that Anna Horn had died at noon. A severe case of measles that would not yield to medical skill, baffled her attendants and claimed her for a victim.
For several years, she has been a resident of this vicinity, her home being with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Floyd. She finished the common school course, some four years ago. She was a newspaper correspondent for some time, but chose sewing as an occupation and fitted herself for that work by taking instructions from skilled dressmaker in Holton, thus making herself a valuable aid to this vicinity in that line.
She has for seven years been a consistent member of the German Brethren (or Dunkard) church, she has been active in church and S.S. work, being the Secretary of the Oliver Hill S.S. this year.
When it was thought she would not recover, telegrams were sent to her parents in Cherokee county and her aunt, Mrs. Anna Brown, in Smith County; the latter arrived a few minutes before her death but her parents were caring for her brothers and sister, who were ill with measles, and thought they could not leave them. The telegram announcing her death was not delivered to them; no message from them being received here, another telegram was sent them and Mrs. Horn and son, John, started immediately, arriving here at noon Friday, the funeral services were postponed for them from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The mother was almost frantic with grief, she was unable to realize the awful fact that Anna was gone and that her remains must be interred then, so suddenly had it all transpired. Rev. Davis from Morrill, was summoned to conduct her funeral which was held from the Olive Hill church; the text was 1 Peter 1:24-25. Her remains were borne to their quiet resting place, across the way, "In the Silent City of the Dead" by young gentlemen, who had been her friends and classmates in the public schools and S.S.: Walter Stephenson" Walter Dove, George Peck, Lynn Thompson, Fred Blosser and Hugh Fairbank.
Anna was born in Platte Co. Mo., 23 yrs.,7 months and 8 days before the date of her death. She was the eldest of a family of nine children, leaving four brothers and four sisters the inheritance of a living memory of an elder sister who possessed a lovely Christian character, Christ like in so many ways, possessing rare traits of disposition, of which unselfishness seemed to us the chief virtue and unselfishness like hers, seems rare. Always seemingly ready to offer herself where duty called putting thoughts of self behind.
Her visits to her home which seemed to furnish such pleasures for all the family and relatives there, will be sadly missed in her circle of young friends, her place cannot be filled; but oh! the sadness of the chair will be sadly conspicuous, because for so long she has been the light of that home.
May God in his mercy, sustain them and all their loved ones. May Jesus be very real to them, revealing himself, as when "He wept with Mary" for "He's just the same today." May the beautiful Easter tide, with its joyful Resurrection Hallelujahs bring with it a comforting peace to their hearts, "for we too, will rise again."
-Holton Jackson County Tribune.
The community at large was painfully shocked last Wednesday, to receive the sad intelligence that Anna Horn had died at noon. A severe case of measles that would not yield to medical skill, baffled her attendants and claimed her for a victim.
For several years, she has been a resident of this vicinity, her home being with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Floyd. She finished the common school course, some four years ago. She was a newspaper correspondent for some time, but chose sewing as an occupation and fitted herself for that work by taking instructions from skilled dressmaker in Holton, thus making herself a valuable aid to this vicinity in that line.
She has for seven years been a consistent member of the German Brethren (or Dunkard) church, she has been active in church and S.S. work, being the Secretary of the Oliver Hill S.S. this year.
When it was thought she would not recover, telegrams were sent to her parents in Cherokee county and her aunt, Mrs. Anna Brown, in Smith County; the latter arrived a few minutes before her death but her parents were caring for her brothers and sister, who were ill with measles, and thought they could not leave them. The telegram announcing her death was not delivered to them; no message from them being received here, another telegram was sent them and Mrs. Horn and son, John, started immediately, arriving here at noon Friday, the funeral services were postponed for them from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The mother was almost frantic with grief, she was unable to realize the awful fact that Anna was gone and that her remains must be interred then, so suddenly had it all transpired. Rev. Davis from Morrill, was summoned to conduct her funeral which was held from the Olive Hill church; the text was 1 Peter 1:24-25. Her remains were borne to their quiet resting place, across the way, "In the Silent City of the Dead" by young gentlemen, who had been her friends and classmates in the public schools and S.S.: Walter Stephenson" Walter Dove, George Peck, Lynn Thompson, Fred Blosser and Hugh Fairbank.
Anna was born in Platte Co. Mo., 23 yrs.,7 months and 8 days before the date of her death. She was the eldest of a family of nine children, leaving four brothers and four sisters the inheritance of a living memory of an elder sister who possessed a lovely Christian character, Christ like in so many ways, possessing rare traits of disposition, of which unselfishness seemed to us the chief virtue and unselfishness like hers, seems rare. Always seemingly ready to offer herself where duty called putting thoughts of self behind.
Her visits to her home which seemed to furnish such pleasures for all the family and relatives there, will be sadly missed in her circle of young friends, her place cannot be filled; but oh! the sadness of the chair will be sadly conspicuous, because for so long she has been the light of that home.
May God in his mercy, sustain them and all their loved ones. May Jesus be very real to them, revealing himself, as when "He wept with Mary" for "He's just the same today." May the beautiful Easter tide, with its joyful Resurrection Hallelujahs bring with it a comforting peace to their hearts, "for we too, will rise again."
-Holton Jackson County Tribune.
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Annie Horn, Grandaughter of G & A Floyd, Born Aug. 15, 1880 Died Mar. 23, 1904
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