Elizabeth (Cook) Taplin

COOK, TAPLIN, COLEMAN, BARTLETT

Posted By: LuAnn Goeke (email)
Date: 6/26/2006 at 22:14:31

Mrs. Thomas Taplin, who[se] death was mentioned in this paper last week, was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Cook. She was born in West Pennard, England in 1847 and with her parents came to this country in 1850. Ten years after, on Dec. 19th, Elizabeth Ann Cook and Thomas Taplin were united in marriage by Rev. O. Emerson. Their union was blessed with eleven children, two of whom died in infancy and nine survive her and with their lonely father mourn the loss of one whose vacant chair makes home so desolate.

In this bereaved family are 5 boys and 4 girls. The youngest is a boy babe not two years old. Mrs. Taplin was ill only about two weeks. Her illness was of a serious character from the first and although her sufferings were great she was patient and submissive. To her, death had no sting. She had lived the life of a christian, a devoted wife and mother. Her work was well done and her faith in Christ gave her a glimpse of the reward that awaited her.

On the afternoon before her death she assured her friends that all was well with her soul. She was ready for the grim messenger and on Thursday at 1:30 a.m., Feb. 21st, 1889, he came and bore her spirit from earth away. Mrs. Taplin was known and loved as a kind hearted neighbor, a woman worthy of the respect she enjoyed. She will be missed in the community where she lived; in the home where she was the guiding star. Aching hearts will sigh for her. Husband and children will listen for her footsteps, for her gentle voice and home will be so desolate without her.

Ah! Who can cheer them in their sorrow?

Who dispell [sic] the gloom that falls?

Who can bring them joy tomorrow,

Or stay the vision that recalls.

The eyes of mother, dimmed forever;

The lips of wife no more to smile.

Who can cheer them - who can ever

Bid them cease to grieve awhile?

The funeral services were held at her home near Sterling on Saturday afternoon. They were conducted by N.A. Kimball of Miles. The remains were wrapped in a black velvet robe; encased in an elegant casket and laid to rest in an evergreen-lined grave in Fairview cemetery. At the head of the grave there was a floral star, at the foot, an anchor. Among the friends from abroad who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Mary Coleman and Mrs. Sarah Bartlett, sisters of the deceased.

Feb 1889
prob. Sabula Gazette, Sabula, IA