Lamar Democrat, April 26, 1900
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Eckles died at her home in this city Sunday morning, April 22, at 7:30, aged 55 years, 11 months, and 1 day. She died from cancer. The funeral
services were held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Baptist Church, Rev. T. G. Hendricks conducting the services. Interment at Lake Cemetery. Mrs.
Eckles maiden name was Elizabeth Potter. She was born near Quincy, Illinois. She was married May 21, 1863, at La Harpe, Illinois to Jonathan Eckles. They moved to Bates county, this state in 1870. The family came to Barton county
twenty years ago and have lived on a farm and in Lamar ever since, with the exception of a short while in Kansas City. Deceased was the mother of four children, all living, as follow: Mrs. Flora E. Ruffner, Lamar; Mrs. Stella
Robinson, near Lamar; George C. Eckles, Lamar; Chauncey E. Eckles, Lamar. Her husband of 71 years survives her. For 18 months she had been bed ridden, suffering untold agony a greater part of the time. She had been slowly dying since
Wednesday noon of last week. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church for a long number of years. She was prepared to meet her God, but it grieved her to leave her family. Wednesday afternoon she rallied and called her husband and children around her and bade them goodbye, telling them she was about to go. She is the first of the family circle to die.
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Eckles died at her home in this city Sunday morning, April 22, at 7:30, aged 55 years, 11 months, and 1 day. She died from cancer. The funeral
services were held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Baptist Church, Rev. T. G. Hendricks conducting the services. Interment at Lake Cemetery. Mrs.
Eckles maiden name was Elizabeth Potter. She was born near Quincy, Illinois. She was married May 21, 1863, at La Harpe, Illinois to Jonathan Eckles. They moved to Bates county, this state in 1870. The family came to Barton county
twenty years ago and have lived on a farm and in Lamar ever since, with the exception of a short while in Kansas City. Deceased was the mother of four children, all living, as follow: Mrs. Flora E. Ruffner, Lamar; Mrs. Stella
Robinson, near Lamar; George C. Eckles, Lamar; Chauncey E. Eckles, Lamar. Her husband of 71 years survives her. For 18 months she had been bed ridden, suffering untold agony a greater part of the time. She had been slowly dying since
Wednesday noon of last week. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church for a long number of years. She was prepared to meet her God, but it grieved her to leave her family. Wednesday afternoon she rallied and called her husband and children around her and bade them goodbye, telling them she was about to go. She is the first of the family circle to die.
Lamar Democrat, April 26, 1900
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Eckles died at her home in this city Sunday morning, April 22, at 7:30, aged 55 years, 11 months, and 1 day. She died from cancer. The funeral
services were held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Baptist Church, Rev. T. G. Hendricks conducting the services. Interment at Lake Cemetery. Mrs.
Eckles maiden name was Elizabeth Potter. She was born near Quincy, Illinois. She was married May 21, 1863, at La Harpe, Illinois to Jonathan Eckles. They moved to Bates county, this state in 1870. The family came to Barton county
twenty years ago and have lived on a farm and in Lamar ever since, with the exception of a short while in Kansas City. Deceased was the mother of four children, all living, as follow: Mrs. Flora E. Ruffner, Lamar; Mrs. Stella
Robinson, near Lamar; George C. Eckles, Lamar; Chauncey E. Eckles, Lamar. Her husband of 71 years survives her. For 18 months she had been bed ridden, suffering untold agony a greater part of the time. She had been slowly dying since
Wednesday noon of last week. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church for a long number of years. She was prepared to meet her God, but it grieved her to leave her family. Wednesday afternoon she rallied and called her husband and children around her and bade them goodbye, telling them she was about to go. She is the first of the family circle to die.
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Eckles died at her home in this city Sunday morning, April 22, at 7:30, aged 55 years, 11 months, and 1 day. She died from cancer. The funeral
services were held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Baptist Church, Rev. T. G. Hendricks conducting the services. Interment at Lake Cemetery. Mrs.
Eckles maiden name was Elizabeth Potter. She was born near Quincy, Illinois. She was married May 21, 1863, at La Harpe, Illinois to Jonathan Eckles. They moved to Bates county, this state in 1870. The family came to Barton county
twenty years ago and have lived on a farm and in Lamar ever since, with the exception of a short while in Kansas City. Deceased was the mother of four children, all living, as follow: Mrs. Flora E. Ruffner, Lamar; Mrs. Stella
Robinson, near Lamar; George C. Eckles, Lamar; Chauncey E. Eckles, Lamar. Her husband of 71 years survives her. For 18 months she had been bed ridden, suffering untold agony a greater part of the time. She had been slowly dying since
Wednesday noon of last week. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church for a long number of years. She was prepared to meet her God, but it grieved her to leave her family. Wednesday afternoon she rallied and called her husband and children around her and bade them goodbye, telling them she was about to go. She is the first of the family circle to die.
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