HAMPSON, Rachel WILSON 1825 - 1916

HAMPSON, WILSON, MCQUAIDE

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/16/2006 at 13:46:10

"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Saturday, November 11, 1916
Page 3, Column 2

MRS. RACHEL HAMPSON DIES IN GREENSBURG, PA.---FUNERAL HERE.

Mrs. Rachel HAMPSON departed this life in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, early Thursday morning at the home of her nieces, known to friends in this city as the Misses McQUAIDE. She made her home with her nieces most of the time for some years last past. Mrs. HAMPSON has been in failing health for some months. The recent death of her son, Mr. Joseph H. HAMPSON, was a severe affliction and doubtless hastened her own departure.

Mrs. HAMPSON was born in Pennsylvania, and was one of the pioneer women of Iowa. She was foremost among those to whose influential activity Fairfield owes a continuing debt of gratitude for the reputable environment of the present day and generation. She never relinquished her interest in those things tending to this city's better life and happier ways of living. Her's (sic) was a prompt and encouraging contrbution to the fund whence come the electroliers of our public square's ornamental street lighting. In her name and out of his abounding love for her, the son of herein above gracious mention, gave to the public library of this city, the piano that adorns the
lecture room---hence the gift and the gratitude here primarily belong to her.

On the east wall of the reading room in the library, thoughtful hands have placed a small picture, in modest frame, and of altogether historic value. It shows Mrs. HAMPSON and her two then young daughters, along with other women, engaged in packing barrels and boxes with food and supplies to be taken by Mrs. Major (Ellis) Woods, and distributed among Iowa soldiers in camps and hospitals in the southern arena of war. Possibly, and very probably, Mrs. HAMPSON is the last of Jefferson county's noble women to draw a dependent mother's United States pension for the loyalty of a son who gave his life as a sacrifice in his and her country's military service in that war. It is more generally known that a second son was also a Union soldier throughout the entire war of the rebellion. She was a woman who attracted and retained earth's warmest friendships---and the foundation is kindness. Her love for Fairfield and those friendships needs no better attest than
that she always counted this city her home and contemplated it as her last resting place.

Two of her beloved nieces are accompanying her body to this city. The remains will arrive on No. 3 tomorrow (Sunday) morning, and will be taken direct to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin J. WILSON, 306 South Main street. A short service, to which the friends of Mrs. HAMPSON are invited, will be held at the WILSON home Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock. The services will be in charge of Rev. H. A. Mosser of the First Presbyterian church of this city. The interment will be in the HAMPSON lot in Fairfield Evergreen cemetery.

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in Lot SDof25-002. She was born about 1825 and died on Nov. 9, 1916. Her husband was George W. HAMPSON, from whom she was divorced; when and where he died and was buried is not known at the time of this posting.