Sauk Centre Herald
1/22/1885
BEDELL—On Saturday evening, Jan. 17, 1885, Almira C., wife of Mark Bedell aged sixty-one years.
1/29/1885
Brief announcement was made last week of the death of Alma C., wife of Mark Bedell, of this village, which occurred the preceding Saturday. Mrs. Bedell was born in Oswego county, new York, May 6 1823, and at the early age of fifteen years she was married to Rev. John Wesley Armstrong, a Methodist minister. To them three daughters were born, all of whom survive her: Mrs. Sarah Reynolds and Mrs. Cornelia Johnson of this village, and Mrs. Almira Safford of Red lake Falls, Minn. In 1844 they moved to Oakland, Jefferson county, Wis., where her husband died a year later. In 1852 she was married to Mark bedell, and they removed to Bloomfield, Wis., in 1856, and eight years later came to Minnesota, settling in Marion, in Olmstead county, and the next year they came to Sauk Centre, which was her home continuously until her death. Mr. and Mrs. Bedell were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy, three surviving: Mrs. Wm. C. Mathews, of Los Angeles, Cal., Chas. W, Bedell, and Mrs. George Jenkins. Mrs. Bedell became an active member of the Methodist church at the age of thirteen and has ever manifested a consistent Christian character. Revered by her family, beloved by a large circle of friends, and respected by the entire community, her loss will be keenly felt. She had been a great sufferer since 1879. On the fourth of July she was thrown from a carriage, sustaining serious injuries which shortened her life, her death being the result of premature old age. She was laid at rest in Oakland cemetery, Rev. H. G. Bilbie officiating. The following lines are appened by request:
Angel mother thou art sleeping
In thy long last quiet rest,
And no sighs of ours, or weeping,
Ere will warm thy pulseless breast.
Yes, the grave enfolds another,
With its cold, damp, chilling o'er
That dear form we loved—our mother
We shall meet on earth no more!
When the shades of twilight gather
‘Round home's hearth, our broken band
Then the counsels of a mother
Come as from the spirit-land.
Long in memory's chain unbroken,
Gilded with affection pure,
Will each loving work and token
Help us life's ills to endure.
Yet to us our home is sadness,
For the "day star" there hath fled,
And those cheerful smiles of gladness
Now lie buried with the dead.
Gently as the evening zephyrs
Floating along the murmuring main
Hath our angel mother left us
Freed from every earthly pain.
Be it ours one day to meet her,
When this life's stern toll is o'er,
Be it ours in heaven to greet her,
There to live forever more.
Sauk Centre Historical Society
Transcribed by C B Gardiner
________
The St. Paul Daily Globe, Tuesday Morning August 20 1878, Minnesota News: In Sauk Center, a few days since, Mrs. Mark Bedell stepped upon a piece of soap which lay upon the floor, slipped and fell and broke her collar bone.
1/22/1885
BEDELL—On Saturday evening, Jan. 17, 1885, Almira C., wife of Mark Bedell aged sixty-one years.
1/29/1885
Brief announcement was made last week of the death of Alma C., wife of Mark Bedell, of this village, which occurred the preceding Saturday. Mrs. Bedell was born in Oswego county, new York, May 6 1823, and at the early age of fifteen years she was married to Rev. John Wesley Armstrong, a Methodist minister. To them three daughters were born, all of whom survive her: Mrs. Sarah Reynolds and Mrs. Cornelia Johnson of this village, and Mrs. Almira Safford of Red lake Falls, Minn. In 1844 they moved to Oakland, Jefferson county, Wis., where her husband died a year later. In 1852 she was married to Mark bedell, and they removed to Bloomfield, Wis., in 1856, and eight years later came to Minnesota, settling in Marion, in Olmstead county, and the next year they came to Sauk Centre, which was her home continuously until her death. Mr. and Mrs. Bedell were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy, three surviving: Mrs. Wm. C. Mathews, of Los Angeles, Cal., Chas. W, Bedell, and Mrs. George Jenkins. Mrs. Bedell became an active member of the Methodist church at the age of thirteen and has ever manifested a consistent Christian character. Revered by her family, beloved by a large circle of friends, and respected by the entire community, her loss will be keenly felt. She had been a great sufferer since 1879. On the fourth of July she was thrown from a carriage, sustaining serious injuries which shortened her life, her death being the result of premature old age. She was laid at rest in Oakland cemetery, Rev. H. G. Bilbie officiating. The following lines are appened by request:
Angel mother thou art sleeping
In thy long last quiet rest,
And no sighs of ours, or weeping,
Ere will warm thy pulseless breast.
Yes, the grave enfolds another,
With its cold, damp, chilling o'er
That dear form we loved—our mother
We shall meet on earth no more!
When the shades of twilight gather
‘Round home's hearth, our broken band
Then the counsels of a mother
Come as from the spirit-land.
Long in memory's chain unbroken,
Gilded with affection pure,
Will each loving work and token
Help us life's ills to endure.
Yet to us our home is sadness,
For the "day star" there hath fled,
And those cheerful smiles of gladness
Now lie buried with the dead.
Gently as the evening zephyrs
Floating along the murmuring main
Hath our angel mother left us
Freed from every earthly pain.
Be it ours one day to meet her,
When this life's stern toll is o'er,
Be it ours in heaven to greet her,
There to live forever more.
Sauk Centre Historical Society
Transcribed by C B Gardiner
________
The St. Paul Daily Globe, Tuesday Morning August 20 1878, Minnesota News: In Sauk Center, a few days since, Mrs. Mark Bedell stepped upon a piece of soap which lay upon the floor, slipped and fell and broke her collar bone.
Sauk Centre Herald
1/22/1885
BEDELL—On Saturday evening, Jan. 17, 1885, Almira C., wife of Mark Bedell aged sixty-one years.
1/29/1885
Brief announcement was made last week of the death of Alma C., wife of Mark Bedell, of this village, which occurred the preceding Saturday. Mrs. Bedell was born in Oswego county, new York, May 6 1823, and at the early age of fifteen years she was married to Rev. John Wesley Armstrong, a Methodist minister. To them three daughters were born, all of whom survive her: Mrs. Sarah Reynolds and Mrs. Cornelia Johnson of this village, and Mrs. Almira Safford of Red lake Falls, Minn. In 1844 they moved to Oakland, Jefferson county, Wis., where her husband died a year later. In 1852 she was married to Mark bedell, and they removed to Bloomfield, Wis., in 1856, and eight years later came to Minnesota, settling in Marion, in Olmstead county, and the next year they came to Sauk Centre, which was her home continuously until her death. Mr. and Mrs. Bedell were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy, three surviving: Mrs. Wm. C. Mathews, of Los Angeles, Cal., Chas. W, Bedell, and Mrs. George Jenkins. Mrs. Bedell became an active member of the Methodist church at the age of thirteen and has ever manifested a consistent Christian character. Revered by her family, beloved by a large circle of friends, and respected by the entire community, her loss will be keenly felt. She had been a great sufferer since 1879. On the fourth of July she was thrown from a carriage, sustaining serious injuries which shortened her life, her death being the result of premature old age. She was laid at rest in Oakland cemetery, Rev. H. G. Bilbie officiating. The following lines are appened by request:
Angel mother thou art sleeping
In thy long last quiet rest,
And no sighs of ours, or weeping,
Ere will warm thy pulseless breast.
Yes, the grave enfolds another,
With its cold, damp, chilling o'er
That dear form we loved—our mother
We shall meet on earth no more!
When the shades of twilight gather
‘Round home's hearth, our broken band
Then the counsels of a mother
Come as from the spirit-land.
Long in memory's chain unbroken,
Gilded with affection pure,
Will each loving work and token
Help us life's ills to endure.
Yet to us our home is sadness,
For the "day star" there hath fled,
And those cheerful smiles of gladness
Now lie buried with the dead.
Gently as the evening zephyrs
Floating along the murmuring main
Hath our angel mother left us
Freed from every earthly pain.
Be it ours one day to meet her,
When this life's stern toll is o'er,
Be it ours in heaven to greet her,
There to live forever more.
Sauk Centre Historical Society
Transcribed by C B Gardiner
________
The St. Paul Daily Globe, Tuesday Morning August 20 1878, Minnesota News: In Sauk Center, a few days since, Mrs. Mark Bedell stepped upon a piece of soap which lay upon the floor, slipped and fell and broke her collar bone.
1/22/1885
BEDELL—On Saturday evening, Jan. 17, 1885, Almira C., wife of Mark Bedell aged sixty-one years.
1/29/1885
Brief announcement was made last week of the death of Alma C., wife of Mark Bedell, of this village, which occurred the preceding Saturday. Mrs. Bedell was born in Oswego county, new York, May 6 1823, and at the early age of fifteen years she was married to Rev. John Wesley Armstrong, a Methodist minister. To them three daughters were born, all of whom survive her: Mrs. Sarah Reynolds and Mrs. Cornelia Johnson of this village, and Mrs. Almira Safford of Red lake Falls, Minn. In 1844 they moved to Oakland, Jefferson county, Wis., where her husband died a year later. In 1852 she was married to Mark bedell, and they removed to Bloomfield, Wis., in 1856, and eight years later came to Minnesota, settling in Marion, in Olmstead county, and the next year they came to Sauk Centre, which was her home continuously until her death. Mr. and Mrs. Bedell were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy, three surviving: Mrs. Wm. C. Mathews, of Los Angeles, Cal., Chas. W, Bedell, and Mrs. George Jenkins. Mrs. Bedell became an active member of the Methodist church at the age of thirteen and has ever manifested a consistent Christian character. Revered by her family, beloved by a large circle of friends, and respected by the entire community, her loss will be keenly felt. She had been a great sufferer since 1879. On the fourth of July she was thrown from a carriage, sustaining serious injuries which shortened her life, her death being the result of premature old age. She was laid at rest in Oakland cemetery, Rev. H. G. Bilbie officiating. The following lines are appened by request:
Angel mother thou art sleeping
In thy long last quiet rest,
And no sighs of ours, or weeping,
Ere will warm thy pulseless breast.
Yes, the grave enfolds another,
With its cold, damp, chilling o'er
That dear form we loved—our mother
We shall meet on earth no more!
When the shades of twilight gather
‘Round home's hearth, our broken band
Then the counsels of a mother
Come as from the spirit-land.
Long in memory's chain unbroken,
Gilded with affection pure,
Will each loving work and token
Help us life's ills to endure.
Yet to us our home is sadness,
For the "day star" there hath fled,
And those cheerful smiles of gladness
Now lie buried with the dead.
Gently as the evening zephyrs
Floating along the murmuring main
Hath our angel mother left us
Freed from every earthly pain.
Be it ours one day to meet her,
When this life's stern toll is o'er,
Be it ours in heaven to greet her,
There to live forever more.
Sauk Centre Historical Society
Transcribed by C B Gardiner
________
The St. Paul Daily Globe, Tuesday Morning August 20 1878, Minnesota News: In Sauk Center, a few days since, Mrs. Mark Bedell stepped upon a piece of soap which lay upon the floor, slipped and fell and broke her collar bone.
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