Mrs Elizabeth Smouse, wife of Samuel Smouse, died at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas on the morning of April 24, 1874. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Troutman, and was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, March 23, 1814. She leaves a large circle of relatives and friends to morn her departure. Her aged mother, in Somerset Co, Pa, preceded her only a few weeks ago to the Better Land. The funeral services were conducted in the Congregational Church of this city on Sunday morning 26th, filling the church to its utmost capacity, with those who sympathized with the afflicted and bereaved family paying their last tribute of love and affection to the departed one. . .
Mrs Smouse was formerly connected with the Lutheran Church, latterly a member of the Presbyterian Church. She had been a great sufferer for several years, and exemplified the favor of divine grace in holy living, evincing great patience, strong faith, and resignation to the divine will. She has fought the good fight, kept the faith, and finished her course, waiting now the rewards of the Great Coronation day. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.
Mrs Smouse was formerly connected with the Lutheran Church, latterly a member of the Presbyterian Church. She had been a great sufferer for several years, and exemplified the favor of divine grace in holy living, evincing great patience, strong faith, and resignation to the divine will. She has fought the good fight, kept the faith, and finished her course, waiting now the rewards of the Great Coronation day. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.
Mrs Elizabeth Smouse, wife of Samuel Smouse, died at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas on the morning of April 24, 1874. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Troutman, and was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, March 23, 1814. She leaves a large circle of relatives and friends to morn her departure. Her aged mother, in Somerset Co, Pa, preceded her only a few weeks ago to the Better Land. The funeral services were conducted in the Congregational Church of this city on Sunday morning 26th, filling the church to its utmost capacity, with those who sympathized with the afflicted and bereaved family paying their last tribute of love and affection to the departed one. . .
Mrs Smouse was formerly connected with the Lutheran Church, latterly a member of the Presbyterian Church. She had been a great sufferer for several years, and exemplified the favor of divine grace in holy living, evincing great patience, strong faith, and resignation to the divine will. She has fought the good fight, kept the faith, and finished her course, waiting now the rewards of the Great Coronation day. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.
Mrs Smouse was formerly connected with the Lutheran Church, latterly a member of the Presbyterian Church. She had been a great sufferer for several years, and exemplified the favor of divine grace in holy living, evincing great patience, strong faith, and resignation to the divine will. She has fought the good fight, kept the faith, and finished her course, waiting now the rewards of the Great Coronation day. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.
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Wife of Samuel Smouse - Aged 60 years - 1 month - 1 day.
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OBITUARY - HIAWATHA DISPATCH - APRIL 30, 1874 : Birthplace of Elizabeth Troutman, known to be Southampton, Somerset Co., very near Londonderry Bedford Co. 1820 Census shows 6 children under 10 (marriage 1812) born in 8 years. They had 18 total.
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