Aged 72 Years; died in Jacksonville, IL. Her obituary stated her full name to be Evaline Frances.
She was prominent in church, temperance and benevolent work and a leader in the woman's suffrage movement. Eva was quite noted in literary and musical circles. One of the works she edited was "Woman in Sacred Song", which is said to have been popular at the time.
Daughter of William C. Munson, a well-known educator and musician. She attended Mary Sharp College in Tennessee. Graduated from the seminary in Rockford, IL, in the class of 1864. After her father died, she went to Nebraska City, Neb., and had charge of the music department of Otoe University. Married George C. Smith in 1869 and went to Topeka, Kan. They moved to Springfield in 1875. Survived by husband, a cousin, Captain C. N. Munson, a niece, Mrs. J. T. Ford of Springfield and a nephew, Oliver Bradshaw of Ohio.
She was prominent in church, temperance and benevolent work and a leader in the woman's suffrage movement. Eva was quite noted in literary and musical circles. One of the works she edited was "Woman in Sacred Song", which is said to have been popular at the time.
Daughter of William C. Munson, a well-known educator and musician. She attended Mary Sharp College in Tennessee. Graduated from the seminary in Rockford, IL, in the class of 1864. After her father died, she went to Nebraska City, Neb., and had charge of the music department of Otoe University. Married George C. Smith in 1869 and went to Topeka, Kan. They moved to Springfield in 1875. Survived by husband, a cousin, Captain C. N. Munson, a niece, Mrs. J. T. Ford of Springfield and a nephew, Oliver Bradshaw of Ohio.
Aged 72 Years; died in Jacksonville, IL. Her obituary stated her full name to be Evaline Frances.
She was prominent in church, temperance and benevolent work and a leader in the woman's suffrage movement. Eva was quite noted in literary and musical circles. One of the works she edited was "Woman in Sacred Song", which is said to have been popular at the time.
Daughter of William C. Munson, a well-known educator and musician. She attended Mary Sharp College in Tennessee. Graduated from the seminary in Rockford, IL, in the class of 1864. After her father died, she went to Nebraska City, Neb., and had charge of the music department of Otoe University. Married George C. Smith in 1869 and went to Topeka, Kan. They moved to Springfield in 1875. Survived by husband, a cousin, Captain C. N. Munson, a niece, Mrs. J. T. Ford of Springfield and a nephew, Oliver Bradshaw of Ohio.
She was prominent in church, temperance and benevolent work and a leader in the woman's suffrage movement. Eva was quite noted in literary and musical circles. One of the works she edited was "Woman in Sacred Song", which is said to have been popular at the time.
Daughter of William C. Munson, a well-known educator and musician. She attended Mary Sharp College in Tennessee. Graduated from the seminary in Rockford, IL, in the class of 1864. After her father died, she went to Nebraska City, Neb., and had charge of the music department of Otoe University. Married George C. Smith in 1869 and went to Topeka, Kan. They moved to Springfield in 1875. Survived by husband, a cousin, Captain C. N. Munson, a niece, Mrs. J. T. Ford of Springfield and a nephew, Oliver Bradshaw of Ohio.
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