Taylor County Republican
Thursday November 30, 1882 p. 3
Obituary
Died, at Isadora, Mo., May 21st, 1882, Arminta [Araminta Scott] Roberts, wife of Rev. William [Rufus] Roberts, aged 62 years, 5 months and 4 days.
They lived together as husband and wife for forty years. Brother Roberts preceded her to the better land five months and twenty-eight days. They had eight children; all are living but one; that one died when an infant. Sister Roberts was born in Adams County, Ohio. They were married in Jackson County, Iowa, in the fall of 1859. She was converted and joined the M. E. Church in 1837, and continued a faithful member of the same to the close of her life.
The writer first met her and family in the fall of 1847, as he then had just entered upon his first circuit, where he received a welcome from Brother and Sister Roberts that he will never forget. Being young and discouraged they imparted to me words of wisdom, sympathy and encouragement, just such as I needed, and the absence of which I sometimes think I would have failed.
Sister Roberts was kind and gentle in her disposition and in her Christian walk. Her last hours were full of spiritual light and comfort, free from doubt as to her entering her Father's house, where she would soon see and enjoy the mansion prepared for her. May the power of Christ, through whom she gloriously triumphs, abide with the bereaved relatives, whose loss is certainly her eternal gain. The writer preached her funeral at the Platteville church to a large number, both old and young, who deeply sympathized with the friends and relatives of the bereaved, saying, "Gone but not Forgotten." Text, Phil. 1:21.
S. FARLOW
[Note: Based on the birth date of the children the correct marriage date is probably Nov. 21, 1842.]
Thursday November 30, 1882 p. 3
Obituary
Died, at Isadora, Mo., May 21st, 1882, Arminta [Araminta Scott] Roberts, wife of Rev. William [Rufus] Roberts, aged 62 years, 5 months and 4 days.
They lived together as husband and wife for forty years. Brother Roberts preceded her to the better land five months and twenty-eight days. They had eight children; all are living but one; that one died when an infant. Sister Roberts was born in Adams County, Ohio. They were married in Jackson County, Iowa, in the fall of 1859. She was converted and joined the M. E. Church in 1837, and continued a faithful member of the same to the close of her life.
The writer first met her and family in the fall of 1847, as he then had just entered upon his first circuit, where he received a welcome from Brother and Sister Roberts that he will never forget. Being young and discouraged they imparted to me words of wisdom, sympathy and encouragement, just such as I needed, and the absence of which I sometimes think I would have failed.
Sister Roberts was kind and gentle in her disposition and in her Christian walk. Her last hours were full of spiritual light and comfort, free from doubt as to her entering her Father's house, where she would soon see and enjoy the mansion prepared for her. May the power of Christ, through whom she gloriously triumphs, abide with the bereaved relatives, whose loss is certainly her eternal gain. The writer preached her funeral at the Platteville church to a large number, both old and young, who deeply sympathized with the friends and relatives of the bereaved, saying, "Gone but not Forgotten." Text, Phil. 1:21.
S. FARLOW
[Note: Based on the birth date of the children the correct marriage date is probably Nov. 21, 1842.]
Taylor County Republican
Thursday November 30, 1882 p. 3
Obituary
Died, at Isadora, Mo., May 21st, 1882, Arminta [Araminta Scott] Roberts, wife of Rev. William [Rufus] Roberts, aged 62 years, 5 months and 4 days.
They lived together as husband and wife for forty years. Brother Roberts preceded her to the better land five months and twenty-eight days. They had eight children; all are living but one; that one died when an infant. Sister Roberts was born in Adams County, Ohio. They were married in Jackson County, Iowa, in the fall of 1859. She was converted and joined the M. E. Church in 1837, and continued a faithful member of the same to the close of her life.
The writer first met her and family in the fall of 1847, as he then had just entered upon his first circuit, where he received a welcome from Brother and Sister Roberts that he will never forget. Being young and discouraged they imparted to me words of wisdom, sympathy and encouragement, just such as I needed, and the absence of which I sometimes think I would have failed.
Sister Roberts was kind and gentle in her disposition and in her Christian walk. Her last hours were full of spiritual light and comfort, free from doubt as to her entering her Father's house, where she would soon see and enjoy the mansion prepared for her. May the power of Christ, through whom she gloriously triumphs, abide with the bereaved relatives, whose loss is certainly her eternal gain. The writer preached her funeral at the Platteville church to a large number, both old and young, who deeply sympathized with the friends and relatives of the bereaved, saying, "Gone but not Forgotten." Text, Phil. 1:21.
S. FARLOW
[Note: Based on the birth date of the children the correct marriage date is probably Nov. 21, 1842.]
Thursday November 30, 1882 p. 3
Obituary
Died, at Isadora, Mo., May 21st, 1882, Arminta [Araminta Scott] Roberts, wife of Rev. William [Rufus] Roberts, aged 62 years, 5 months and 4 days.
They lived together as husband and wife for forty years. Brother Roberts preceded her to the better land five months and twenty-eight days. They had eight children; all are living but one; that one died when an infant. Sister Roberts was born in Adams County, Ohio. They were married in Jackson County, Iowa, in the fall of 1859. She was converted and joined the M. E. Church in 1837, and continued a faithful member of the same to the close of her life.
The writer first met her and family in the fall of 1847, as he then had just entered upon his first circuit, where he received a welcome from Brother and Sister Roberts that he will never forget. Being young and discouraged they imparted to me words of wisdom, sympathy and encouragement, just such as I needed, and the absence of which I sometimes think I would have failed.
Sister Roberts was kind and gentle in her disposition and in her Christian walk. Her last hours were full of spiritual light and comfort, free from doubt as to her entering her Father's house, where she would soon see and enjoy the mansion prepared for her. May the power of Christ, through whom she gloriously triumphs, abide with the bereaved relatives, whose loss is certainly her eternal gain. The writer preached her funeral at the Platteville church to a large number, both old and young, who deeply sympathized with the friends and relatives of the bereaved, saying, "Gone but not Forgotten." Text, Phil. 1:21.
S. FARLOW
[Note: Based on the birth date of the children the correct marriage date is probably Nov. 21, 1842.]
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