OBITUARY
Mrs. Virginia Smith Loyd died at her late residence near New Florence on the 7th day of October, 1895, at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 11 days.
She was born in Fleming county, Ky., July 26, 1816, and was the daughter of Elijah and Polly Maughs, who in the year 1821 moved west and settled in St. Louis county, where they lived until 1832 when they came to this county.
Mrs. Loyd was the only living sister of G. B. M. Maughs whose prominence as a state senator about the beginning of the war and as mayor of Kansas City, as well as his high standing in medical circles, makes him a distinguished figure in the history of the state. At her death she left but one child, Mrs. Mary M. Powell, wife of one of Montgomery's oldest and best known citizens, Col. Thomas J. Powell of New Florence.
Mrs. Loyd was twice married. The husband of her girlhood choice was Henry Davault, Esq., to whom she was married in 1834; Mrs. Powell was born of this union. On the 5th of April, 1849, Mr. Davault, a member of the distinguished family of that name still so well and favorably known in north Missouri, died, and left his widow living on the same farm on which she so recently died.
In 1851 she again married, this time giving her hand to Mr. Willis Loyd, who died in 1880, leaving no living children; and thus she again was left a widow in the same old home where she continued to reside until her death, cared for and protected by her grandson, Wm. L. Powell, who lived with her during her old age and, with the assistance of her daughter Mary and her son-in-law, Thos. J. Powell, made her last years comfortable, peaceful and happy.
At her bedside during the last days and last hours of her life were her daughter and Col. Powell, and her brother, Dr. Maughs and thus surrounded she passed serenely away, without pain or struggle, a landmark of the olden times and a type of character that the early days of this western country have made historic and marvelously grand. She was last of the associates of her young days, for her almost four score years had witnessed the passing away of all with whom her girlhood formed friendly ties. And yet she died "a mother in Israel," who had blessed the world with her own life and left, to weep over her grave and hold sacred her memory, thirteen living grand children -- all the children of her daughter, Mary M. Powell -- and twenty-six living great grand children.
Mrs. Loyd was a woman on unusual strength of mind and character and while kind and affectionate she was a fine example of the woman of decision and firmness of purpose. A half century before her death she joined the Methodist church and during all those years she lived a consistent, christian life -- a splendid type of true christian womanhood -- and passed to the land "beyond the river" without a fear, leaving brother, daughter, grand children and great grand children full of sorrow, but hoping for an eternal reunion.
May God in his great love and mercy be with them all and may his kindest, tenderest care gather around the aged brother who stands now alone of his family, watching and waiting for his call to rejoin them beyond the grave.
A. Friend
Mrs. Virginia Smith Loyd died at her late residence near New Florence on the 7th day of October, 1895, at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 11 days.
She was born in Fleming county, Ky., July 26, 1816, and was the daughter of Elijah and Polly Maughs, who in the year 1821 moved west and settled in St. Louis county, where they lived until 1832 when they came to this county.
Mrs. Loyd was the only living sister of G. B. M. Maughs whose prominence as a state senator about the beginning of the war and as mayor of Kansas City, as well as his high standing in medical circles, makes him a distinguished figure in the history of the state. At her death she left but one child, Mrs. Mary M. Powell, wife of one of Montgomery's oldest and best known citizens, Col. Thomas J. Powell of New Florence.
Mrs. Loyd was twice married. The husband of her girlhood choice was Henry Davault, Esq., to whom she was married in 1834; Mrs. Powell was born of this union. On the 5th of April, 1849, Mr. Davault, a member of the distinguished family of that name still so well and favorably known in north Missouri, died, and left his widow living on the same farm on which she so recently died.
In 1851 she again married, this time giving her hand to Mr. Willis Loyd, who died in 1880, leaving no living children; and thus she again was left a widow in the same old home where she continued to reside until her death, cared for and protected by her grandson, Wm. L. Powell, who lived with her during her old age and, with the assistance of her daughter Mary and her son-in-law, Thos. J. Powell, made her last years comfortable, peaceful and happy.
At her bedside during the last days and last hours of her life were her daughter and Col. Powell, and her brother, Dr. Maughs and thus surrounded she passed serenely away, without pain or struggle, a landmark of the olden times and a type of character that the early days of this western country have made historic and marvelously grand. She was last of the associates of her young days, for her almost four score years had witnessed the passing away of all with whom her girlhood formed friendly ties. And yet she died "a mother in Israel," who had blessed the world with her own life and left, to weep over her grave and hold sacred her memory, thirteen living grand children -- all the children of her daughter, Mary M. Powell -- and twenty-six living great grand children.
Mrs. Loyd was a woman on unusual strength of mind and character and while kind and affectionate she was a fine example of the woman of decision and firmness of purpose. A half century before her death she joined the Methodist church and during all those years she lived a consistent, christian life -- a splendid type of true christian womanhood -- and passed to the land "beyond the river" without a fear, leaving brother, daughter, grand children and great grand children full of sorrow, but hoping for an eternal reunion.
May God in his great love and mercy be with them all and may his kindest, tenderest care gather around the aged brother who stands now alone of his family, watching and waiting for his call to rejoin them beyond the grave.
A. Friend
OBITUARY
Mrs. Virginia Smith Loyd died at her late residence near New Florence on the 7th day of October, 1895, at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 11 days.
She was born in Fleming county, Ky., July 26, 1816, and was the daughter of Elijah and Polly Maughs, who in the year 1821 moved west and settled in St. Louis county, where they lived until 1832 when they came to this county.
Mrs. Loyd was the only living sister of G. B. M. Maughs whose prominence as a state senator about the beginning of the war and as mayor of Kansas City, as well as his high standing in medical circles, makes him a distinguished figure in the history of the state. At her death she left but one child, Mrs. Mary M. Powell, wife of one of Montgomery's oldest and best known citizens, Col. Thomas J. Powell of New Florence.
Mrs. Loyd was twice married. The husband of her girlhood choice was Henry Davault, Esq., to whom she was married in 1834; Mrs. Powell was born of this union. On the 5th of April, 1849, Mr. Davault, a member of the distinguished family of that name still so well and favorably known in north Missouri, died, and left his widow living on the same farm on which she so recently died.
In 1851 she again married, this time giving her hand to Mr. Willis Loyd, who died in 1880, leaving no living children; and thus she again was left a widow in the same old home where she continued to reside until her death, cared for and protected by her grandson, Wm. L. Powell, who lived with her during her old age and, with the assistance of her daughter Mary and her son-in-law, Thos. J. Powell, made her last years comfortable, peaceful and happy.
At her bedside during the last days and last hours of her life were her daughter and Col. Powell, and her brother, Dr. Maughs and thus surrounded she passed serenely away, without pain or struggle, a landmark of the olden times and a type of character that the early days of this western country have made historic and marvelously grand. She was last of the associates of her young days, for her almost four score years had witnessed the passing away of all with whom her girlhood formed friendly ties. And yet she died "a mother in Israel," who had blessed the world with her own life and left, to weep over her grave and hold sacred her memory, thirteen living grand children -- all the children of her daughter, Mary M. Powell -- and twenty-six living great grand children.
Mrs. Loyd was a woman on unusual strength of mind and character and while kind and affectionate she was a fine example of the woman of decision and firmness of purpose. A half century before her death she joined the Methodist church and during all those years she lived a consistent, christian life -- a splendid type of true christian womanhood -- and passed to the land "beyond the river" without a fear, leaving brother, daughter, grand children and great grand children full of sorrow, but hoping for an eternal reunion.
May God in his great love and mercy be with them all and may his kindest, tenderest care gather around the aged brother who stands now alone of his family, watching and waiting for his call to rejoin them beyond the grave.
A. Friend
Mrs. Virginia Smith Loyd died at her late residence near New Florence on the 7th day of October, 1895, at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 11 days.
She was born in Fleming county, Ky., July 26, 1816, and was the daughter of Elijah and Polly Maughs, who in the year 1821 moved west and settled in St. Louis county, where they lived until 1832 when they came to this county.
Mrs. Loyd was the only living sister of G. B. M. Maughs whose prominence as a state senator about the beginning of the war and as mayor of Kansas City, as well as his high standing in medical circles, makes him a distinguished figure in the history of the state. At her death she left but one child, Mrs. Mary M. Powell, wife of one of Montgomery's oldest and best known citizens, Col. Thomas J. Powell of New Florence.
Mrs. Loyd was twice married. The husband of her girlhood choice was Henry Davault, Esq., to whom she was married in 1834; Mrs. Powell was born of this union. On the 5th of April, 1849, Mr. Davault, a member of the distinguished family of that name still so well and favorably known in north Missouri, died, and left his widow living on the same farm on which she so recently died.
In 1851 she again married, this time giving her hand to Mr. Willis Loyd, who died in 1880, leaving no living children; and thus she again was left a widow in the same old home where she continued to reside until her death, cared for and protected by her grandson, Wm. L. Powell, who lived with her during her old age and, with the assistance of her daughter Mary and her son-in-law, Thos. J. Powell, made her last years comfortable, peaceful and happy.
At her bedside during the last days and last hours of her life were her daughter and Col. Powell, and her brother, Dr. Maughs and thus surrounded she passed serenely away, without pain or struggle, a landmark of the olden times and a type of character that the early days of this western country have made historic and marvelously grand. She was last of the associates of her young days, for her almost four score years had witnessed the passing away of all with whom her girlhood formed friendly ties. And yet she died "a mother in Israel," who had blessed the world with her own life and left, to weep over her grave and hold sacred her memory, thirteen living grand children -- all the children of her daughter, Mary M. Powell -- and twenty-six living great grand children.
Mrs. Loyd was a woman on unusual strength of mind and character and while kind and affectionate she was a fine example of the woman of decision and firmness of purpose. A half century before her death she joined the Methodist church and during all those years she lived a consistent, christian life -- a splendid type of true christian womanhood -- and passed to the land "beyond the river" without a fear, leaving brother, daughter, grand children and great grand children full of sorrow, but hoping for an eternal reunion.
May God in his great love and mercy be with them all and may his kindest, tenderest care gather around the aged brother who stands now alone of his family, watching and waiting for his call to rejoin them beyond the grave.
A. Friend
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**** In memory of
** Virginia Smity Loyd
**** Daughter of
* Elijah & Polly Maughs
****** Born
**** July 16, 1816
** Died Oct 7, 1895
****** Aged
* 79 yrs. 2 mos. 21 Ds
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