Mary Susan (Means) Husted

FOWLER, HUSTED, MEANS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 3/18/2006 at 15:37:30

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 13, 1913

Death of Mrs. Thos. Husted

Mrs. Thos. Husted, one of the pioneer women of this county, died on Tuesday night at the home of Robt. Husted, deceased, of Osceola. Mrs. Husted was called to Osceola last week by the death of her son, Robert S. Husted. She has been in poor health for a number of years as the result of paralysis, and it is thought that a third attack of paralysis was the cause of her death. Her son, Curtis, who is clerk of courts, was summoned to Osceola early this morning and the arrangements for funeral services have not been announced, other than that burial will be at the Ebeneezer cemetery, which is near the old Husted home in Ohio township.
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The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 13, 1913
Page 1

Death of Mrs. Thos. Husted

Word was received here this morning of the death of Mrs. Thos. Husted, who died last night at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Robt. Husted, at Osceola. Mrs. Husted has been ailing for the past few years and the first of the week she was called to Osceola by the death of her son, Robt. We have not been able to learn the particulars, but presume that the remains will be brought here for burial. Mrs. Husted was one of Winterset’s most respected citizens and her death comes as a great shock to her many friends.
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The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 20, 1913
Page 1

This estimable lady died unexpectedly at Osceola, Iowa, during the night of August 12, 1913. Mrs. Husted was born in Henry county, Missouri, January 26, 1843. Her parents, Andrew and Eliza Means, located in Missouri early in the last century where the head of the family died and the widow with her small family removed to Des Moines county, Iowa, in 1852. They removed to Walnut township, Madison county, Iowa, in 1854. Mary was the oldest child of the Means family, which was a small one. At the early age of sixteen she was married to Thomas Fowler, who enlisted early in the war and fell a victim of hard service and exposure.

October 26, 1865, she was again married to Thomas Husted, who had just completed a long term of service and had returned but a short time before. Mr. and Mrs. Husted’s first home was in the west side of Ohio township and a small farm of about forty acres was their only possession. Here they resided until the year 1898, and there was born and reared to manhood and womanhood a large family of nine children, three others having died in infancy. During these thirty-three years was the formative period of Madison county and there was no other family of the county which exerted a wider or more enduring influence than this one.

Mrs. Husted was a woman of strong traits of character; was a lifelong member of the Methodist church and in her long days of affliction delighted to talk of the old days at Ebenezer church; and often spoke of the joy which came to her in the fact that all the members of her large family had the same faith and belonged to the same communion.

In 1898 Mr. and Mrs. Husted moved to Winterset and about three years ago she was prostrated by paralysis from which she never recovered. August 4 she accompanied her husband to Osceola to attend the funeral of their son, Robert, and it was while there visiting with her daughter-in-law that she passed away.

The members of the family who grew to maturity are: Frank, of Washington, D. C.; Robert, who recently died at Osceola; Charles, Elvin, Ora, Bell, Curtis, Rosa and Darwin, all of whom live in Madison county except the last named.

The funeral was held at Peru Friday, August 15, at 11 o’clock. The music was by the choir of the Methodist church, the hymns as well as the text of the sermon having been selected by the deceased some months prior to her death. The services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. G. Hohanshelt. Among the beautiful display of flowers was an elegant piece contributed by the various county officers as a tribute to H. C. Husted, county clerk; also the Woman’s Relief Corps of Osceola, the Relief Corps and W.C.T.U. of Winterset sent flowers. Interment was in the family lot at Ebenezer cemetery.
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Coordinator's note: Full maiden name taken from the Iowa Delayed Certificate of Birth for son Ora Husted.

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