BISSELL, Nannie HENN 1843 - 1876

BISSELL, HENN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:28

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Thursday, May 4, 1876
Page 3, Column 6

The remains of the beloved and accomplished Mrs. Chas. R. BISSELL were buried in the Evergreen Cemetery on Monday afternoon, May 1st. She was better known to many of our citizens as Nannie HENN.-- She died in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, April 26th, and her remains were brought here for interment by her husband, Dr. BISSELL.-- The friends gathered here from various parts of the State, and her funeral took place from the residence of her sister, Mrs. Dr. HUFFORD.-- Rev. Judd preached the funeral sermon. In this sad bereavement the relatives have the deep sympathy of many friends. A proper obituary will be published next week.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Thursday, May 11, 1876
Page 3, Column 7

DIED.

BISSELL.--At Colorado Springs, April 26th, 1876, Mrs. Anna BISSELL, wife of Dr. BISSELL, of that city.

The above sad and melancholy announcement will be read with deep sorrow by the numerous friends of the deceased in this State.

A native of our Burlington, in which she was born, October 19th, 1843. Mrs. BISSELL was the second daughter of the late Hon, Barnhart (sic - Bernhart) HENN, so well remembered, by early settlers, as a U S. Land Officer at Fairfield, and a member of Congress from Iowa. "Death loves a shining mark," and seldom has he chosen a brighter one than the subject of this notice. To rare and personal charms she united elegance and refinement of manner with a high degree of mental cultivation of discipline.

In 1866 she was most happily married to Dr. BISSELL, of Colorado, and subsequently accompanying him, visited, and passed some years in Europe. It was while at the Capital of "beautiful France" that the hectic flush foretold the doom, from which neither mountain air and water, physician's skill, nor the affectionate nursing of a fond and devoted husband could save her. A firm believer in christianity, Mrs. BISSELL in early life attached herself to the Episcopal church, in whose faith she lived and died. In conformity with her wish the remains of Mrs. BISSELL were conveyed from Colorado and deposited by the side of her father in the cemetery at Fairfield, Iowa (sic - Evergreen Cemetery).

The following touching notice is taken from the Colorado Springs "Gazette":

The cruel struggle is over, and our sweet friend has found rest. For only two brief years has she made her home among us, but in this short time a host of new-made friends have learned to love her; to love her for the innate loveliness of her disposition, the sweet patience shown in her sufferings, and the cheerful hopelessness under so many discouragements.

Only those, however, who were with her during the last painful weeks saw the brightest side of her beautiful disposition: constantly harassed by much more than ordinary suffering of a mist distressing malady; always bright and peaceful, in the intervals of her distress, her pleasant, playful, kindly humor made the sick room an almost pleasant place. Considerate to and thoughtful for all around her, it was a truly real, if sad, pleasure to wait upon her.

With a wholesome and very human dread of dying there was no fear of death; and when, with an intellect unclouded to the last, this poor, patient sufferer calmly awaited the great change, it was waiting, not for the destroyer, but for the deliverer, the rest-giver; not for death, but for entrance into a newer, better life. And this is our great and only consolation in what would otherwise be a grief without _____. (last word cut off at bottom of column - possibly 'allay'?)

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*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in Lot Old.P.292. Husband Charles then married Nannie's sister Kate; he died in 1900 and Kate in 1934, and both are buried in Evergreen with Nannie on the same lot.