Rebecca Cutler Espy died at 12:45 p.m. Monday, June 10, 1912, at her residence in Fort Madison of ailments incident to old age, aged 82 years, 6 months, and 19 days. Mrs. Espy was the oldest continuous resident of Fort Madison. Nor was the record of her pioneership most noteworthy, the last of a large and prominent family, the characteristics which marked her early life, a generous heart and a loving nature, predominated in her domestic and social relations of advanced life and endeared her to many a soul which sorrows in her passing.
Rebecca Cutler, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cutler, was born at Shelbyville, Illinois, November 21, 1829. When she was but six years of age, in 1835, the family removed to Iowa, taking up their residence in Washington Township, where innumerable farms date back to Cutler ownership and where a handsome dwelling still stands as a reminiscence of the early settling days of Jacob Cutler and his children. With the exception of that part of her life spent in Washington Township, the residence of the deceased was at Fort Madison, the house of her death being her home for the past twenty years.
On September 20, 1848, she was united in marriage with Stephen Barlow Espy, then in business in Fort Madison. When the Civil War broke out Mr. Espy was temporarily in business at Shelbyville and he organized a company, which Mr. Espy as captain went to the front as part of the 115th Illinois Regiment. Captain Espy was killed at the battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863.
Their union was blessed with five children – Pussie, who died July 18, 1855; Knud I., who died December 29, 1884; Mrs. Toma Morrison of 415 Fourth Street, this city; Miss Florence, whose home is here, but has been traveling; Miss Georgiana, at home. Miss Florence Espy had started from South Bend for her mother’s bedside the day of the death.
-- Fort Madison Evening Democrat, June 10, 1912, page 5.
Rebecca Cutler, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cutler, was born at Shelbyville, Illinois, November 21, 1829. When she was but six years of age, in 1835, the family removed to Iowa, taking up their residence in Washington Township, where innumerable farms date back to Cutler ownership and where a handsome dwelling still stands as a reminiscence of the early settling days of Jacob Cutler and his children. With the exception of that part of her life spent in Washington Township, the residence of the deceased was at Fort Madison, the house of her death being her home for the past twenty years.
On September 20, 1848, she was united in marriage with Stephen Barlow Espy, then in business in Fort Madison. When the Civil War broke out Mr. Espy was temporarily in business at Shelbyville and he organized a company, which Mr. Espy as captain went to the front as part of the 115th Illinois Regiment. Captain Espy was killed at the battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863.
Their union was blessed with five children – Pussie, who died July 18, 1855; Knud I., who died December 29, 1884; Mrs. Toma Morrison of 415 Fourth Street, this city; Miss Florence, whose home is here, but has been traveling; Miss Georgiana, at home. Miss Florence Espy had started from South Bend for her mother’s bedside the day of the death.
-- Fort Madison Evening Democrat, June 10, 1912, page 5.
Rebecca Cutler Espy died at 12:45 p.m. Monday, June 10, 1912, at her residence in Fort Madison of ailments incident to old age, aged 82 years, 6 months, and 19 days. Mrs. Espy was the oldest continuous resident of Fort Madison. Nor was the record of her pioneership most noteworthy, the last of a large and prominent family, the characteristics which marked her early life, a generous heart and a loving nature, predominated in her domestic and social relations of advanced life and endeared her to many a soul which sorrows in her passing.
Rebecca Cutler, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cutler, was born at Shelbyville, Illinois, November 21, 1829. When she was but six years of age, in 1835, the family removed to Iowa, taking up their residence in Washington Township, where innumerable farms date back to Cutler ownership and where a handsome dwelling still stands as a reminiscence of the early settling days of Jacob Cutler and his children. With the exception of that part of her life spent in Washington Township, the residence of the deceased was at Fort Madison, the house of her death being her home for the past twenty years.
On September 20, 1848, she was united in marriage with Stephen Barlow Espy, then in business in Fort Madison. When the Civil War broke out Mr. Espy was temporarily in business at Shelbyville and he organized a company, which Mr. Espy as captain went to the front as part of the 115th Illinois Regiment. Captain Espy was killed at the battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863.
Their union was blessed with five children – Pussie, who died July 18, 1855; Knud I., who died December 29, 1884; Mrs. Toma Morrison of 415 Fourth Street, this city; Miss Florence, whose home is here, but has been traveling; Miss Georgiana, at home. Miss Florence Espy had started from South Bend for her mother’s bedside the day of the death.
-- Fort Madison Evening Democrat, June 10, 1912, page 5.
Rebecca Cutler, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cutler, was born at Shelbyville, Illinois, November 21, 1829. When she was but six years of age, in 1835, the family removed to Iowa, taking up their residence in Washington Township, where innumerable farms date back to Cutler ownership and where a handsome dwelling still stands as a reminiscence of the early settling days of Jacob Cutler and his children. With the exception of that part of her life spent in Washington Township, the residence of the deceased was at Fort Madison, the house of her death being her home for the past twenty years.
On September 20, 1848, she was united in marriage with Stephen Barlow Espy, then in business in Fort Madison. When the Civil War broke out Mr. Espy was temporarily in business at Shelbyville and he organized a company, which Mr. Espy as captain went to the front as part of the 115th Illinois Regiment. Captain Espy was killed at the battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863.
Their union was blessed with five children – Pussie, who died July 18, 1855; Knud I., who died December 29, 1884; Mrs. Toma Morrison of 415 Fourth Street, this city; Miss Florence, whose home is here, but has been traveling; Miss Georgiana, at home. Miss Florence Espy had started from South Bend for her mother’s bedside the day of the death.
-- Fort Madison Evening Democrat, June 10, 1912, page 5.
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