Margaret Elizabeth Smith (1937)

COCHRAN, HERMAN, SMITH

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 3/18/2007 at 18:36:58

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, October 29, 1937
Page 1, Column 3

PIONEER RESIDENT DIED LAST SUNDAY

Margaret Elizabeth Smith Came to Madison County in 1857

Margaret Elizabeth Smith, a resident of Madison county since 1857, died at the state hospital in Clarinda Sunday at the advanced age of 86 years.

Miss Smith was born in Marion county, Indiana, on December 19, 1850, the daughter of Harvey and Cynthia Ann Cochran Smith.

At the age of seven years, she came with her parents to Iowa. The family settled near the Fairview church in Madison county, and this county had since remained her home.

After four years in that community, the family moved south of Winterset, where she lived until about 1877, when she moved into Winterset. She lived here until last year, when failing health made it necessary to take her to the hospital at Clarinda.

She was a member of the Methodist congregation in Winterset, uniting with the church under the pastorate of the Rev. Fred Harris in 1893.

She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Jane Herman and by four nephews and three nieces.

Funeral services were conducted from the Tidrick funeral home Tuesday in charge of the Rev. M. R. Talley of the Methodist church. Burial was made in the Bennett cemetery in Madison township.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, October 28, 1937
Page 1, Column 6

SERVICES ARE HELD FOR MISS M. SMITH

Miss Margaret Elizabeth Smith, 86, died Sunday at Clarinda. Services were held here Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Tidrick funeral home conducted by the Rev. M. R. Talley, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial was in the Bennett cemetery northwest of Winterset.

Miss Smith was born in Marion county, Indiana, December 19, 1850. Her parents moved to Iowa in 1857, spending the first four years near the Fairview church. In 1861 the family moved south of Winterset where they lived until about 1877. Miss Smith move to Winterset at that time, living her until about a year ago.

She was a member of the Methodist church, uniting in 1893 under the pastorate of the rev. Fred Harris. Mrs. Jane Herman is a sister of the deceased.

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