OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, January 17, 1901
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE
Mrs. Hugh Larimer of Cedar Township Called to Her Eternal Reward
The year known as the year without a summer, 1816, Harriet Yergey was born at Redding, Pennsylvania on July 2nd. She died in Cedar township, Lucas county, Iowa, Thursday, January 10, 1901
At the age of 18, she in company with a widowed mother, one sister and a brother moved to Circleville, Ohio, where she was married December 8 to George Weaver. Her brother came to Iowa in 1848, and in 1850, she with her husband and 5 children moved to Iowa and settled on a farm in Cedar township where she remained until her death.
Geo. Weaver died Sept. 12, 1869, and on October 12th, 1876 she was again married to Hugh Larimer, a well known resident of Lucas county. He died on January 27, 1884, and she has taken care of the farm since his death.
Mrs. Larimer was an earnest, faithful Christian woman and being of sturdy stock of early pioneers that "made the prairies of Iowa bloom like a rose." She was accustomed to all kinds of hardships but in all was kind, loving and sympathetic and many a home has been brightened by her presence.
The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery by the side of her first husband.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, January 17, 1901
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE
Mrs. Hugh Larimer of Cedar Township Called to Her Eternal Reward
The year known as the year without a summer, 1816, Harriet Yergey was born at Redding, Pennsylvania on July 2nd. She died in Cedar township, Lucas county, Iowa, Thursday, January 10, 1901
At the age of 18, she in company with a widowed mother, one sister and a brother moved to Circleville, Ohio, where she was married December 8 to George Weaver. Her brother came to Iowa in 1848, and in 1850, she with her husband and 5 children moved to Iowa and settled on a farm in Cedar township where she remained until her death.
Geo. Weaver died Sept. 12, 1869, and on October 12th, 1876 she was again married to Hugh Larimer, a well known resident of Lucas county. He died on January 27, 1884, and she has taken care of the farm since his death.
Mrs. Larimer was an earnest, faithful Christian woman and being of sturdy stock of early pioneers that "made the prairies of Iowa bloom like a rose." She was accustomed to all kinds of hardships but in all was kind, loving and sympathetic and many a home has been brightened by her presence.
The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery by the side of her first husband.
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