Fanny Harlow Crow, 1844-1900
HARLOW, ALLEN, WHITE, WALTON, SHAW, BROWN, CAVENAUGH, BOOKER, WALLACE, CROW
Posted By: Connie White <cwhite12302@comcast.net>
Date: 10/27/2009 at 20:20:39
Adams County Union-Republican, Corning, Iowa
May 3, 1900, Page 1On Saturday morning, April 28, 1900, at her home in Jasper Township, Mrs. Fanny Crow, wife of George E. Crow died of congestion of the brain, aged fifty-five years. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. M.V. :Lovejoy. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Fanny Harlow, daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth Harlow, was born in Rockford, Indiana, December 10, 1844. In 1855, when she was eleven years old, she removed with her parents to Iowa, locating in Fairfield where they spent the winter. In the following spring they , with other pioneer settlers, journeyed to Montgomry County,being one of the first white settlers in the county. After a brief residence they removed to Adams County, locating at Brooks, Iowa, and later residing at Quincy, Iowa. Her father was one of the promoters of Free Masonry and Methodism. At the age of fifteen years she united with the Methodist Church; in later life with the Presbyteian Church, to which faith she held at the time of her death.
At the age of twenty-two, July 11, 1867, she was united in marriage to George E. Crow and has since lived in Adams County. To them have been born eight children. Two died in childhood.
Her sickness dated by four days. On Monday morning she was about her household duties; at night she was stricken down. All that medical assistance and tender loving hands could do was done to prolong her stay, but her earthly mission was finished. As a wife and mother, the deceased was as nearly a type of perfection as is possible in a world of imperfection. As a neighor she was loved by all who knew her. To her children she was indulgent to a fault, and her greatest pleasure was in their comfort and happiness. When the deceased was stricken, the six surviving children were summoned and were gathered at her bedside when death came.
Those present were; Mr. L.M. Allen and Miss Aura Crow of this city; Mrs. F.G. White of Seymour, Iowa; Mrs. Willard Walton of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. S. P. Shaw of Pella, Iowa; and Charles E. Crow of Des Moines, Iowa. Four sisters were also present as follows; Mrs. George P. Brown of Corning, Iowa; Mrs. Barney Cavenaugh of Atlantic, Iowa; Mrs. Robert Booker of Omaha, Nebraska and Mrs. James Wallace of Tekamah, Nebraka.
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