BRECKINRIDGE, THEODOSIA/Source: Alton Telegraph, March 27, 1890
Death, in saddest form and most terrible guise, has again come among us, and at his bidding, another of the best, the fairest, and the most beloved of Alton's young daughters has left her earthly friends to join those who have gone before. Miss Theodosia Breckinridge, aged thirty years and one month, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Long Breckinridge and the late Dr. Marcus Prevost Breckinridge, died Thursday at the family residence on Franklin Street. That her death has caused immeasurable grief in the large circle of friends may be a trite statement, but it is an eminently truthful one, for she was endowed with those rare traits of heart and mind that bespoke for her the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Death was caused by that dread disease, diphtheria, after an illness of about two weeks, and for the last thirty-six hours of that time, she was mercifully allowed to be unconscious of the terrible agony that attends the malady which ended her life. The funeral took place this afternoon. It was necessarily private, and the beloved dead was consigned to her last resting place with no other ceremony than the conducting of the Episcopal burial service at the grave site, by Rev. Horace B. Goodyear.
Death, in saddest form and most terrible guise, has again come among us, and at his bidding, another of the best, the fairest, and the most beloved of Alton's young daughters has left her earthly friends to join those who have gone before. Miss Theodosia Breckinridge, aged thirty years and one month, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Long Breckinridge and the late Dr. Marcus Prevost Breckinridge, died Thursday at the family residence on Franklin Street. That her death has caused immeasurable grief in the large circle of friends may be a trite statement, but it is an eminently truthful one, for she was endowed with those rare traits of heart and mind that bespoke for her the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Death was caused by that dread disease, diphtheria, after an illness of about two weeks, and for the last thirty-six hours of that time, she was mercifully allowed to be unconscious of the terrible agony that attends the malady which ended her life. The funeral took place this afternoon. It was necessarily private, and the beloved dead was consigned to her last resting place with no other ceremony than the conducting of the Episcopal burial service at the grave site, by Rev. Horace B. Goodyear.
BRECKINRIDGE, THEODOSIA/Source: Alton Telegraph, March 27, 1890
Death, in saddest form and most terrible guise, has again come among us, and at his bidding, another of the best, the fairest, and the most beloved of Alton's young daughters has left her earthly friends to join those who have gone before. Miss Theodosia Breckinridge, aged thirty years and one month, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Long Breckinridge and the late Dr. Marcus Prevost Breckinridge, died Thursday at the family residence on Franklin Street. That her death has caused immeasurable grief in the large circle of friends may be a trite statement, but it is an eminently truthful one, for she was endowed with those rare traits of heart and mind that bespoke for her the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Death was caused by that dread disease, diphtheria, after an illness of about two weeks, and for the last thirty-six hours of that time, she was mercifully allowed to be unconscious of the terrible agony that attends the malady which ended her life. The funeral took place this afternoon. It was necessarily private, and the beloved dead was consigned to her last resting place with no other ceremony than the conducting of the Episcopal burial service at the grave site, by Rev. Horace B. Goodyear.
Death, in saddest form and most terrible guise, has again come among us, and at his bidding, another of the best, the fairest, and the most beloved of Alton's young daughters has left her earthly friends to join those who have gone before. Miss Theodosia Breckinridge, aged thirty years and one month, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Long Breckinridge and the late Dr. Marcus Prevost Breckinridge, died Thursday at the family residence on Franklin Street. That her death has caused immeasurable grief in the large circle of friends may be a trite statement, but it is an eminently truthful one, for she was endowed with those rare traits of heart and mind that bespoke for her the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Death was caused by that dread disease, diphtheria, after an illness of about two weeks, and for the last thirty-six hours of that time, she was mercifully allowed to be unconscious of the terrible agony that attends the malady which ended her life. The funeral took place this afternoon. It was necessarily private, and the beloved dead was consigned to her last resting place with no other ceremony than the conducting of the Episcopal burial service at the grave site, by Rev. Horace B. Goodyear.
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