Emeline Angel McCarty (1812-1905)

ANGEL, MCCARTY, STODDARD, KENNEDY, BRISTOL, BICKFORD, SULLIVAN, RALSTEN

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Date: 11/15/2011 at 15:44:19

Maquoketa Record, March 29, 1905

MONMOUTH NEWS

Emeline Angel was born in Rutland, New York, January 18, 1812, where she grew to womanhood and married Hays McCarty, October 30, 1833. In 1866 they came with their family to Iowa, living at Monticello until 1869, when they came to Monmouth where she has since resided. Since the death of her husband in 1893, she has made her home with her oldest daughter, Mrs. Mathilda Stoddard, where she died March 25, 1905, aged 93 years, 2 months, 7 days. In early life she was converted and united with the Christian church and remained a consistent Christian during her long life. She was the mother of 9 children, two dying in infancy, one Mrs. Helen Kennedy died in 1873; the other six, Mrs. Mathilda Stoddard and Mrs. D. A. Bristol, Monmouth; Mrs. C. D. Bickford, Washington, Iowa; Mrs. R. F. Sullivan, Sheffield, Iowa; Mrs. Geo. Ralston and William McCarty, Lebanon, Nebraska, survive her. All but the last two mentioned were present with her during her last illness.