Lena James, died 1887

JAMES, WESTCOTT

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/8/2009 at 17:00:23

The death [Nov 20 1887] of Mrs. Lena James, a brief notice of which was given last week, was wholly unexpected as even her attendants did not realize the serious turn the disease --neuralgia of the heart--had taken up to the hour of death. For several days she had suffered at times intensely, but death came so silently and the pain-racked body sank to rest so peacefully that the watchers for a time were sure she had fallen asleep. She leaves her husband and three children disconsolate over their loss.

She was a native of the east having been born in central New York. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Westcott, moved to this county in 1863, and here Miss Lena lived until after the war closed, when she returned to New York, where she married and lived until 1882, when with her husband she again moved to Estherville where her mother and relatives reside. She has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian church for some years. The funeral was held from the Baptist church Tuesday and was largely attended, Rev. D. Williams preaching the funeral discourse.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: The Northern Vindicator, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, Nov. 27, 1887.