CHARLTON, Keziah/Kizia, 1818 - 1894

CHARLTON, BELL

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 11/13/2012 at 20:33:17

Added by Joey Stark, December, 2019:

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, April 11, 1894
Page 3, Column 2

LOCAL MISCELLANY.

TOUWN AND COUNTY.

… The death of Mrs. Keziah CHARLTON, widow of John CHARLTON, who died three or four years ago, occurred Saturday morning at her home seven miles northeast of the city. Deceased was seventy-six (sic) years of age, and was one of the early settlers of Jefferson county. The remains were interred in the Green cemetery Sunday (sic - Upper Richwood Cemetery). …

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"The Fairfield Weekly Journal"
Thursday, April 12, 1894
Page 3, Column 3

Rev. Jeffrey was called to Rich Woods Sunday to preach the funeral sermon of Mrs. CHARLTON. Rev. Garland occupied the pulpit here Sunday morning in the absence of Rev. Jeffrey.

(Note: This is one of a number of items dealing with different people in the same column. Kizia [on her gravestone], a/k/a Keziah, died April 7, 1894, aged 74 years. Her maiden name was BELL according to husband John's obituary. They are buried in the Upper Richwoods Cemetery.)

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On December 3, 2012, Jane Worley Knapp asked that the following note be added:

Keziah Charlton died Apr. 7, 1894 according to the Upper Richwoods Cemetery records and the date on her headstone.

The 1879 History of Jefferson County states that Keziah Bell Charlton was born in Bedford, Penn., Aug. 6, 1818. The Census records for 1856 (she was 37) and 1885 (she was 66) indicate that the year of Keziah's birth was 1818, since her birthday if assumed to be Aug. 6 was after the dates in which the census records were recorded.

Her funeral card stated that she was 75+ years of age at death; she would have been 76 later that year assuming her birth date of Aug. 6 thus born in 1818. Conflicting is the age of 74 years inscribed on her headstone.

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*The above obituary (from April 12th, transcribed by the poster) and the photo below were contributed for posting by Jane Worley Knapp, a relative, who grants permission to freely copy for private or public use.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

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