Mrs. HARRY (Emily Callbreth) MOTT 1820-1885

MOTT, MILLSPAUGH, ABBOTT

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Date: 4/7/2005 at 19:24:27

Mrs. HARRY (Emily Callbreth) MOTT

Emily Callbreth MOTT was born in N. Y. City, July 4th, 1820. Died Nov. 14th, 1885, at Pleasant Lake, N. Y. at the residence of her sister, Mrs. James MILLSPAUGH. She was married 29 years ago to Mr. Harry MOTT, who died several years ago. Mrs. MOTT lived and died a member of the Scotch Coventer Church.

In my brief acquaintance with deceased she impressed me as a modest, quiet, Christian woman, whose delight was in the law of the Lord; who carried with her the assurance that her Savior has prepared "a place" for her, and that the heavenly mansions were hers. How we cherish the last words of our dying friends. Our curiosity, our doubt and our hope presses us to catch the word which may speak of the future to us. About a week before she died she was heard to say, "Is there any one there at the beautiful gate waiting and watching for me." Evidently her mind was on those mansions and she knew something of the consoling words of Jesus. With gratitude for such a Christian, womanly life we pay our tribute of respect to her memory and say "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

- source: Postville Review, 11/28/1885
- contributed by Sharyl Ferrall

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Added by Reid R. Johnson 4/27/2013:

Postville Review, Sat., 21 Nov. 1885.

Death of Mrs. Harry Mott.
Mrs. A. P. Abbott returned from New York on the midnight train, Thursday night, with the remains of her sister, Mrs. Harry Mott, who died last Tuesday. On their arrival the remains were taken in charge by the Odd Fellows, and the funeral was held from the Congregational church this (Friday) forenoon, and now she sleeps beside her husband in Postville cemetery. We were unable to get the particulars before going to press.