Wife of A.A. Trimper
Age 61 Yrs.
The Lawrence Daily Journal and Kansas Daily Tribune - Sunday, October 16, 1881, Page 4
Mrs. Catharine M. Tremper
The subject of this notice was born in Cumberland County, Pa., September 14, 1820, and there her infancy and early childhood were spent. She was the daughter of refined and educated parents, who imparted to the child what they possessed. Her parents removed to Gettysburg, Pa., when she was a girl and her father became president of the theological seminary which has since become famous through its noble sons scattered over the whole land. She received almost a perfect education, and was the pride of her associates. In 1841, at the age of twenty-one years she married A. A. Tremper, and with him, at once started for the missionary field of Illinois where nearly forty years of her married life were spent. She was a woman of quick wit and soon adapted herself to the people with whom she was thrown in contact. Her husband, to whom she has been a helpmate indeed, says of her: "Raised a puritan myself, I was always a sticker for law, but my wife grasped the gospel at once, and won people by the love of Christ where I failed. All my life I have been struggling to get to the point where she started out." Of the good work she did among those pioneers of Illinois no one will ever know till we see the stars in her crown on "that great day."
Mr. and Mrs. Temper came to Kansas in 1873 and resumed here their missionary work. No words which we could utter, would express the love that is held for them by our people. A lady in the Baptist church with whom we conversed yesterday, said: "In church matters I never met Mrs. Tremper, but I have often met her in works of mercy. She could get nearer in true sympathy to suffering humanity that any person I ever met." Perhaps her life was never better illustrated that in a remark made a few moments before her death. Mrs. Tremper's mother has lived with them for years. She had a chill on Friday morning. About half an hour before her death, Mrs. Tremper said, "Keep it warm for mother, she is ill to day." Her thoughts was always for somebody else. She loved her neighbor even better than herself.
As fruits of her marriage with Mr. Tremper, there were eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. Two children, the first that had attained to youth, died in the great cholera scourage which swept over the country. They were the first victims at Hillsboro, Ill. Five children are still living, viz: Mrs. Uhl, wife of a farmer in Iowa, two of whose children have attended the University here and are well known to many of our people. Henry Tremper, the next oldest child, lives here and is well known. Lucy, the next daughter, is the wife of Wm. Fincher, (Fricker) and lives near Fort Scott in Missouri. Edwin was for a time telegraph operator here and took the report for the Journal. He is now at Fort Worth and in feeble health - not able to come home to his mother's funeral. Mary, the youngest child, is at home with her father.
This in brief is the history of the life of one whose memory will always be a bright light in the hearts of those who know her. On the morning of the day she died Dr. Andersan said to Mr. Tremper: "Your wife cannot live; perhaps you had best tell her; she may have something she would like to say." Mr. Tremper told her as best he could, and in a quiet natural way she replied: "No, I have nothing to say. I have lived it all my life before them." Truly her good works shall follow her.
Age 61 Yrs.
The Lawrence Daily Journal and Kansas Daily Tribune - Sunday, October 16, 1881, Page 4
Mrs. Catharine M. Tremper
The subject of this notice was born in Cumberland County, Pa., September 14, 1820, and there her infancy and early childhood were spent. She was the daughter of refined and educated parents, who imparted to the child what they possessed. Her parents removed to Gettysburg, Pa., when she was a girl and her father became president of the theological seminary which has since become famous through its noble sons scattered over the whole land. She received almost a perfect education, and was the pride of her associates. In 1841, at the age of twenty-one years she married A. A. Tremper, and with him, at once started for the missionary field of Illinois where nearly forty years of her married life were spent. She was a woman of quick wit and soon adapted herself to the people with whom she was thrown in contact. Her husband, to whom she has been a helpmate indeed, says of her: "Raised a puritan myself, I was always a sticker for law, but my wife grasped the gospel at once, and won people by the love of Christ where I failed. All my life I have been struggling to get to the point where she started out." Of the good work she did among those pioneers of Illinois no one will ever know till we see the stars in her crown on "that great day."
Mr. and Mrs. Temper came to Kansas in 1873 and resumed here their missionary work. No words which we could utter, would express the love that is held for them by our people. A lady in the Baptist church with whom we conversed yesterday, said: "In church matters I never met Mrs. Tremper, but I have often met her in works of mercy. She could get nearer in true sympathy to suffering humanity that any person I ever met." Perhaps her life was never better illustrated that in a remark made a few moments before her death. Mrs. Tremper's mother has lived with them for years. She had a chill on Friday morning. About half an hour before her death, Mrs. Tremper said, "Keep it warm for mother, she is ill to day." Her thoughts was always for somebody else. She loved her neighbor even better than herself.
As fruits of her marriage with Mr. Tremper, there were eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. Two children, the first that had attained to youth, died in the great cholera scourage which swept over the country. They were the first victims at Hillsboro, Ill. Five children are still living, viz: Mrs. Uhl, wife of a farmer in Iowa, two of whose children have attended the University here and are well known to many of our people. Henry Tremper, the next oldest child, lives here and is well known. Lucy, the next daughter, is the wife of Wm. Fincher, (Fricker) and lives near Fort Scott in Missouri. Edwin was for a time telegraph operator here and took the report for the Journal. He is now at Fort Worth and in feeble health - not able to come home to his mother's funeral. Mary, the youngest child, is at home with her father.
This in brief is the history of the life of one whose memory will always be a bright light in the hearts of those who know her. On the morning of the day she died Dr. Andersan said to Mr. Tremper: "Your wife cannot live; perhaps you had best tell her; she may have something she would like to say." Mr. Tremper told her as best he could, and in a quiet natural way she replied: "No, I have nothing to say. I have lived it all my life before them." Truly her good works shall follow her.
Wife of A.A. Trimper
Age 61 Yrs.
The Lawrence Daily Journal and Kansas Daily Tribune - Sunday, October 16, 1881, Page 4
Mrs. Catharine M. Tremper
The subject of this notice was born in Cumberland County, Pa., September 14, 1820, and there her infancy and early childhood were spent. She was the daughter of refined and educated parents, who imparted to the child what they possessed. Her parents removed to Gettysburg, Pa., when she was a girl and her father became president of the theological seminary which has since become famous through its noble sons scattered over the whole land. She received almost a perfect education, and was the pride of her associates. In 1841, at the age of twenty-one years she married A. A. Tremper, and with him, at once started for the missionary field of Illinois where nearly forty years of her married life were spent. She was a woman of quick wit and soon adapted herself to the people with whom she was thrown in contact. Her husband, to whom she has been a helpmate indeed, says of her: "Raised a puritan myself, I was always a sticker for law, but my wife grasped the gospel at once, and won people by the love of Christ where I failed. All my life I have been struggling to get to the point where she started out." Of the good work she did among those pioneers of Illinois no one will ever know till we see the stars in her crown on "that great day."
Mr. and Mrs. Temper came to Kansas in 1873 and resumed here their missionary work. No words which we could utter, would express the love that is held for them by our people. A lady in the Baptist church with whom we conversed yesterday, said: "In church matters I never met Mrs. Tremper, but I have often met her in works of mercy. She could get nearer in true sympathy to suffering humanity that any person I ever met." Perhaps her life was never better illustrated that in a remark made a few moments before her death. Mrs. Tremper's mother has lived with them for years. She had a chill on Friday morning. About half an hour before her death, Mrs. Tremper said, "Keep it warm for mother, she is ill to day." Her thoughts was always for somebody else. She loved her neighbor even better than herself.
As fruits of her marriage with Mr. Tremper, there were eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. Two children, the first that had attained to youth, died in the great cholera scourage which swept over the country. They were the first victims at Hillsboro, Ill. Five children are still living, viz: Mrs. Uhl, wife of a farmer in Iowa, two of whose children have attended the University here and are well known to many of our people. Henry Tremper, the next oldest child, lives here and is well known. Lucy, the next daughter, is the wife of Wm. Fincher, (Fricker) and lives near Fort Scott in Missouri. Edwin was for a time telegraph operator here and took the report for the Journal. He is now at Fort Worth and in feeble health - not able to come home to his mother's funeral. Mary, the youngest child, is at home with her father.
This in brief is the history of the life of one whose memory will always be a bright light in the hearts of those who know her. On the morning of the day she died Dr. Andersan said to Mr. Tremper: "Your wife cannot live; perhaps you had best tell her; she may have something she would like to say." Mr. Tremper told her as best he could, and in a quiet natural way she replied: "No, I have nothing to say. I have lived it all my life before them." Truly her good works shall follow her.
Age 61 Yrs.
The Lawrence Daily Journal and Kansas Daily Tribune - Sunday, October 16, 1881, Page 4
Mrs. Catharine M. Tremper
The subject of this notice was born in Cumberland County, Pa., September 14, 1820, and there her infancy and early childhood were spent. She was the daughter of refined and educated parents, who imparted to the child what they possessed. Her parents removed to Gettysburg, Pa., when she was a girl and her father became president of the theological seminary which has since become famous through its noble sons scattered over the whole land. She received almost a perfect education, and was the pride of her associates. In 1841, at the age of twenty-one years she married A. A. Tremper, and with him, at once started for the missionary field of Illinois where nearly forty years of her married life were spent. She was a woman of quick wit and soon adapted herself to the people with whom she was thrown in contact. Her husband, to whom she has been a helpmate indeed, says of her: "Raised a puritan myself, I was always a sticker for law, but my wife grasped the gospel at once, and won people by the love of Christ where I failed. All my life I have been struggling to get to the point where she started out." Of the good work she did among those pioneers of Illinois no one will ever know till we see the stars in her crown on "that great day."
Mr. and Mrs. Temper came to Kansas in 1873 and resumed here their missionary work. No words which we could utter, would express the love that is held for them by our people. A lady in the Baptist church with whom we conversed yesterday, said: "In church matters I never met Mrs. Tremper, but I have often met her in works of mercy. She could get nearer in true sympathy to suffering humanity that any person I ever met." Perhaps her life was never better illustrated that in a remark made a few moments before her death. Mrs. Tremper's mother has lived with them for years. She had a chill on Friday morning. About half an hour before her death, Mrs. Tremper said, "Keep it warm for mother, she is ill to day." Her thoughts was always for somebody else. She loved her neighbor even better than herself.
As fruits of her marriage with Mr. Tremper, there were eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. Two children, the first that had attained to youth, died in the great cholera scourage which swept over the country. They were the first victims at Hillsboro, Ill. Five children are still living, viz: Mrs. Uhl, wife of a farmer in Iowa, two of whose children have attended the University here and are well known to many of our people. Henry Tremper, the next oldest child, lives here and is well known. Lucy, the next daughter, is the wife of Wm. Fincher, (Fricker) and lives near Fort Scott in Missouri. Edwin was for a time telegraph operator here and took the report for the Journal. He is now at Fort Worth and in feeble health - not able to come home to his mother's funeral. Mary, the youngest child, is at home with her father.
This in brief is the history of the life of one whose memory will always be a bright light in the hearts of those who know her. On the morning of the day she died Dr. Andersan said to Mr. Tremper: "Your wife cannot live; perhaps you had best tell her; she may have something she would like to say." Mr. Tremper told her as best he could, and in a quiet natural way she replied: "No, I have nothing to say. I have lived it all my life before them." Truly her good works shall follow her.
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