The Daily Commonwealth, vol. XII, no. 293, Covington, Ky., Monday Evening, August 25, 1890, p. 4, col. 5 (sub 'IN MEMORIAM - Death of Mrs. Alice E. Stevenson, Near Erlanger'):
Mrs. Alice E. Stevenson, who died at her home at "Sugar Grove," across the turnpike road from Erlanger, on Saturday night, was an uncommonly good woman. When her father, Thornton Timberlake, removed to what is now Kenton County, from what's now the thriving city of Dayton [in Kentucky], Alice Timberlake was not more than seven years of age, and for fifty-two years she has been of this people. Her husband was Dr. John H. Stevenson, and she has left children surviving her, Mrs. T. F. Hallam, Miss Mate Stevenson, and Thos. J. Stevenson, and grand-children by her son, the late Thornton Stevenson.
Her home has been an interesting feature, from the fact that its hospitality was of the widest. In the old days of the Florence fair her home was packed with jovial young people, such as the Bradfords, and Berrys, and Taylors, and Marshalls, and Pretlows, and Mackoys, and Witherses, and Caseys and many others who are now fathers and mothers in this land. But Mrs. Stevenson only quietly contributed to the happiness of the others, doing good and looking for no reward - not even praise. She was so good that it is a wonder she ever lived so long. She did not know what the word "self" meant, and she never was known to speak a harsh word, nor even to entertain an unkind thought.
These are true words, and there can be no doubt that the many who took her silent benefactions that her death is a continuation of a lovely life. Perhaps she never united with any church, but perhaps that kind of woman do[es]n't need to.
The funeral will be held to-morrow, followed by the burial in Highland Cemetery.
Mrs. Alice E. Stevenson, who died at her home at "Sugar Grove," across the turnpike road from Erlanger, on Saturday night, was an uncommonly good woman. When her father, Thornton Timberlake, removed to what is now Kenton County, from what's now the thriving city of Dayton [in Kentucky], Alice Timberlake was not more than seven years of age, and for fifty-two years she has been of this people. Her husband was Dr. John H. Stevenson, and she has left children surviving her, Mrs. T. F. Hallam, Miss Mate Stevenson, and Thos. J. Stevenson, and grand-children by her son, the late Thornton Stevenson.
Her home has been an interesting feature, from the fact that its hospitality was of the widest. In the old days of the Florence fair her home was packed with jovial young people, such as the Bradfords, and Berrys, and Taylors, and Marshalls, and Pretlows, and Mackoys, and Witherses, and Caseys and many others who are now fathers and mothers in this land. But Mrs. Stevenson only quietly contributed to the happiness of the others, doing good and looking for no reward - not even praise. She was so good that it is a wonder she ever lived so long. She did not know what the word "self" meant, and she never was known to speak a harsh word, nor even to entertain an unkind thought.
These are true words, and there can be no doubt that the many who took her silent benefactions that her death is a continuation of a lovely life. Perhaps she never united with any church, but perhaps that kind of woman do[es]n't need to.
The funeral will be held to-morrow, followed by the burial in Highland Cemetery.
The Daily Commonwealth, vol. XII, no. 293, Covington, Ky., Monday Evening, August 25, 1890, p. 4, col. 5 (sub 'IN MEMORIAM - Death of Mrs. Alice E. Stevenson, Near Erlanger'):
Mrs. Alice E. Stevenson, who died at her home at "Sugar Grove," across the turnpike road from Erlanger, on Saturday night, was an uncommonly good woman. When her father, Thornton Timberlake, removed to what is now Kenton County, from what's now the thriving city of Dayton [in Kentucky], Alice Timberlake was not more than seven years of age, and for fifty-two years she has been of this people. Her husband was Dr. John H. Stevenson, and she has left children surviving her, Mrs. T. F. Hallam, Miss Mate Stevenson, and Thos. J. Stevenson, and grand-children by her son, the late Thornton Stevenson.
Her home has been an interesting feature, from the fact that its hospitality was of the widest. In the old days of the Florence fair her home was packed with jovial young people, such as the Bradfords, and Berrys, and Taylors, and Marshalls, and Pretlows, and Mackoys, and Witherses, and Caseys and many others who are now fathers and mothers in this land. But Mrs. Stevenson only quietly contributed to the happiness of the others, doing good and looking for no reward - not even praise. She was so good that it is a wonder she ever lived so long. She did not know what the word "self" meant, and she never was known to speak a harsh word, nor even to entertain an unkind thought.
These are true words, and there can be no doubt that the many who took her silent benefactions that her death is a continuation of a lovely life. Perhaps she never united with any church, but perhaps that kind of woman do[es]n't need to.
The funeral will be held to-morrow, followed by the burial in Highland Cemetery.
Mrs. Alice E. Stevenson, who died at her home at "Sugar Grove," across the turnpike road from Erlanger, on Saturday night, was an uncommonly good woman. When her father, Thornton Timberlake, removed to what is now Kenton County, from what's now the thriving city of Dayton [in Kentucky], Alice Timberlake was not more than seven years of age, and for fifty-two years she has been of this people. Her husband was Dr. John H. Stevenson, and she has left children surviving her, Mrs. T. F. Hallam, Miss Mate Stevenson, and Thos. J. Stevenson, and grand-children by her son, the late Thornton Stevenson.
Her home has been an interesting feature, from the fact that its hospitality was of the widest. In the old days of the Florence fair her home was packed with jovial young people, such as the Bradfords, and Berrys, and Taylors, and Marshalls, and Pretlows, and Mackoys, and Witherses, and Caseys and many others who are now fathers and mothers in this land. But Mrs. Stevenson only quietly contributed to the happiness of the others, doing good and looking for no reward - not even praise. She was so good that it is a wonder she ever lived so long. She did not know what the word "self" meant, and she never was known to speak a harsh word, nor even to entertain an unkind thought.
These are true words, and there can be no doubt that the many who took her silent benefactions that her death is a continuation of a lovely life. Perhaps she never united with any church, but perhaps that kind of woman do[es]n't need to.
The funeral will be held to-morrow, followed by the burial in Highland Cemetery.
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Moved from the Timberlake-Stevenson Cemetery on Elizabeth Street in Erlanger.
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