DuBOIS, Elizabeth DILL 1818 - 1881

DUBOIS, DILL

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 6/1/2012 at 12:48:56

"The Evening Journal"
Fairfield, IA
Thursday, July 7, 1881
Page 12, Column 1

DEATH OF MRS. JOHN W. DUBOIS.

Died, this morning, at her late residence, northwest of the city, at 2 o'clock, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Elizabeth DuBOIS, wife of John W. DuBOIS, Sr. The funeral will take place from the residence to-morrow at 10 o'clock a.m. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, July 13, 1881
Page 3, Column 6

Death of Mrs. DU BOIS

Died, near Fairfield, Iowa, her residence for 37 years, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of John W. DU BOIS, Sr., on the morning of the Fourth of July. Mrs. DU BOIS was unquestionably one of the earliest settlers of the Mississippi Valley, having moved with her father, Stephen DILL, from Tennessee to Illinois in June, 1830, within 20 miles of Burlington, Iowa, then called Flint Hills. She would have been 63 years of age on the 12th of this month. She died in the triumph of a living faith in Christ, her Redeemer. Her funeral discourse was delivered by J. T. Johnson, of Ottumwa, of the Christian Church, of which she was a member for 45 years. Elder Johnson was assisted in the discharge of his solemn duty by Bro. Frank Evans, of the First M. E. Church, of Fairfield. She was followed to the cemetery by a large concourse of neighbors and friends. Perhaps no lady ever exercised a greater influence over her children, seven of whom still survive her--five sons and two daughters--and perhaps no mother was ever more missed from the family circle than her.-- Mrs. DU BOIS possessed an eminent degree of those qualities that constitute the character of a good, a true, a faithful wife and mother. We are glad to know that the aged husband, J. W. DU BOIS, Sr., and the family, have the sympathies of the entire community.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Thursday, July 14, 1881
Page 3, Column 5

The Death of a Pioneer.--Very rapidly, of late years, are the pioneers of our county passing away: one by one they are dropping off, until soon the men and women who did the first work in the settling of Jefferson county will be spoken of as a generation of the past. No men or women of a future generation can exert so great an influence on the destinies of our country as have those of the one just passing away. Coming here when the country was new, and laying the very foundations of society, they did a work which will reach far down the future in its effects. That they were a conscientious people, and that they fostered the principles of right in the community which they founded, explains to a great extent the prosperity which we now enjoy. The passing away of each of these pioneers is a matter of public loss and sorrow. Such was the death in this city last Thursday of Mrs. DuBOIS, of which the following notice has been furnished The Tribune:

Died, at Fairfield, Iowa, at her residence for thirty-seven years past, Elizabeth, the beloved companion of John W. DuBOIS, sr., on the morning of the 7th of July. Mrs. DuBOIS was unquestionably one of the oldest settlers in Iowa, having moved with her father, Stephen DILL, from West Tennessee to Illinois, within twenty miles of Burlington (then called Flint Hills) in June, 1830. Not many years later she removed here. She would have been sixty-three years old on the 12th of this month. She died in the triumph of a living faith in Christ, her redeemer. Her fuderal (sic) discourse was delivered by Elder G. T. Johnson, of Ottumwa, of the Christian church, of which she had been a member for forty-five years. Elder Johnson was assisted in the discharge of his solemn duty by Bro. Frank Evans, of the M. E. church, of Fairfield. She was followed to the cemetry (sic) by a large concourse of neighbors and friends. Perhaps no mother ever exercised so great an influence over her children, seven of whom survive her, five sons and two daughters; and perhaps no mother was ever more missed from the family circle than she was. Mrs. DuBOIS possessed in an eminent way, those qualities which constitute the character of a good, true, faithful wite and mother. We are glad to know that the husband, J. W. DuBOIS, sr., and the family, have the sympathy of the entire community.

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA. Husband John Wesley DU BOIS married, second, Jennie DU BOIS, and died in 1888. He is buried with Elizabeth in Lot Old.P.258.