Barquist, Christine Elda Anderson (1845-1903)

BARQUIST, ANDERSON

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Stratford Courier
April 9, 1903

DROWNS HERSELF IN A POND.

Mrs. A.G. Barquist Suicides While Temporarily Insane.

Stratford was horror struck Tuesday to learn of the suicide of Mrs. A.G. Barquist by drowning herself in a pond containing less than two feet of water. She had lately been very despondent and subject to mental derangement and it was while in one of these spells that she committed the deed.

She got up about six o'clock to fix some bread, she said, and when her husband came down a little later, she could not be found. He at once hitched up and drove to where a son, Edwin farms, two miles east of town, but she had not been there. On his return he found her lying a short distance from the family home in a small pool of water.

A coroner's jury was impaneled and the decision was rendered was "that the deceased came to her death by drowning herself." Peter Cannnon was deputized as coroner.

Obituary

Barquist

Mrs. A.G. Barquist was born in Westergötland, Sweden, September 20, 1845. In 1864 she, with her parents, came to this country. On November 6, 1866 she was married to A.G. Barquist and they resided in Galesburg until 1881 when they moved to a farm six miles east of Stratford, moving to Stratford a few years ago. She leaves a husband, four brothers, and six children to mourn her death. The children are - Emma J., Minnie, Agnes C., Arthur, Frank A. and Edwin H.

Deceased was all that the best woman is - a kind and loving wife and mother, a sympathizing friend to all, loved by everybody. The funeral will be held from the Lutheran church this afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. J.A. Christenson of Dayton.

Stratford Courier
April 16, 1903

The funeral of Mrs. A.G. Barquist which was held at the Swedish Lutheran church was probably the largest in point of attendance ever held here. Being a woman known far and wide for her goodness many scores of people paid their last respects. All of the people could not get into the church.