Alton Telegraph
January 12, 1890
Mrs Sam Stahl
After a long period of suffering dies
Mrs Elizabeth Boucher Stahl, wife of Samuel Stahl, died Monday morning, January 9, aged 83 years, 2 months. She was the mother of eight children of whom seven are living. Her eldest daughter, Mrs D A Lynch, died in Moro more than twenty years ago, her death being the only one in the family up to the present time. Beside the four sons, and three daughters who survive Mrs Stahl. She leaves twenty-one grandchildren and her aged husband with whom she has lived for nearly sixty years.
Elizabeth Boucher was one of ten children of Solomon Boucher, whose ancestors came to America and settled in Pennsylvania in 1855. She was born in Somerest County, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1815, was married to Samuel Stahl December 25, 1839 and came to Illinois in October 1853. In the early spring of 1854 she, with her husband and seven children, moved to their newly purchased farm two miles north of Moro, where she has lived a quiet, peaceful life for nearly 45 years. During this period of time, the inhabitants of the neighborhood of Moro have entirely changed.
Mr Samuel Stahl and Mrs Elizabeth Stahl are now the only ones who hold the same residents that was theirs in 1854. Mrs Stahl was a consistent member of the Baptist church. The funeral took place from the Presbyterian church on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock services conducted by Rev W H Groner of Litchfield, who was a chosen friend of Mrs Stahl and one whom she selected to conduct her funeral. Her casket was born to its last resting place by the four sons and two sons-in-law, the last service to the beloved mother who ministered to them in truest devotion.