Ida M. (Wood) Barnes (1896)
BARNES, WOOD
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Date: 5/29/2008 at 09:01:42
Winterset Reporter
Thursday, November 19, 1896
Page 4Mrs. Barnes, wife of W. A. Barnes, living one-half mile northwest of St. Charles, died last Friday and was buried Saturday. Deceased was a lady of rare Christian character, the mother of an interesting family. Her husband, Mr. Barnes, had just recently provided an elegant farm home and settled down to enjoy life near the pleasant village of St. Charles, and the home was full of comforts and joy. But in an instant, as it were, all is dashed to pieces on the cruel rocks of fate and the home is broken—its happiness has been turned into darkness—its joy into tears.
The REPORTER sympathizes with Mr. Barnes and his family in this sad affliction. May the dark cloud now hovering over that home like a pall of eternal darkness have for them a silver lining.
________________________Winterset Madisonian
Tuesday, November 17, 1896
Page 1St. Charles and Roundabout
Mrs. W. A. Barnes, whose illness has been mentioned in these items from time to time during the past few months, died at her home on Friday morning of last week. Her remains were escorted to their last resting place in our cemetery on Saturday afternoon by a large circle of relatives and neighbors. Mrs. Barnes will be greatly missed in this community by her many friends to whom she had endeared herself by her marked Christian words and deeds. Her loss most deeply and heavily falls on her devoted husband and three bright children, who are accorded the undecided sympathy of all the people to whom they are known. A brother-in-law and three sisters of Mr. W. A. Barnes were in attendance at Mrs. Barnes’ funeral. The ladies here mentioned have been in attendance at her side during a greater part of her last fatal sickness.
________________________The Hawk-Eye
Burlington, Iowa
November 1896OBITUARY
Mrs. W. A. Barnes, (Ida M. Wood), was born in Lee county, Iowa, May 25th, 1858, and died at St. Charles, Iowa, November 13th, 1896, aged 38 years, 5 months and 22 days.
Her girlhood was passed principally in her native county, though she lived in Aledo, Illinois, for a few years preceding her marriage.
She became the wife of W. A. Barnes in Lee county on March 5th, 1878. They went to California soon after, where they resided until the fall of 1880, when they returned to Iowa and in the spring of 1881 located on a farm in Warren county. There they lived until the fall of 1895 when they removed to St. Charles, again occupying a farm adjoining the town, and on which she died.
Three children were born to them, all of whom survive their mother—Eddie, Lelia and Willie, aged respectively 16, 41 and 12 years.
She joined the Baptist church at Aledo, Illinois, while yet a girl and became an active worker in the Christian cause. She was ever an exemplar of the virtues of the Christian wife and mother, friend and neighbor. Her death leaves a void in one of the happiest and pleasantest of homes, she and her husband having been bound to each other by the strongest ties of mutual affection and implicit trust. Their life work together was most harmonious, there being never a jar of discord to disturb the unison of well-mated souls. In business as well as affairs purely of the home she was always his helper and sympathizer, cheerfully doing her share in all that goes to promote success and happiness in making and maintaining a home. She easily made and retained friends, and was herself the friend of every one.
During the past summer she suffered from a long and exhausting attack of puerperal hemorrhagic, and for several weeks her life was despaired of. She finally recovered so far as to be about and to some extent to resume her household duties. Her vitality had been too much weakened, however, and about October 25th she was attacked with paralysis of the left side, in body and limbs. She rallied somewhat, but again began to sink and it became apparent that the end was approaching. On the night of the 12th another stroke completely paralyzed the worn out body and at 6:45 in the morning she ceased to breathe.
She leaves besides husband and children one brother, A. D. Wood, of Muncie, Indiana.
The funeral occurred on the afternoon of the 14th, the body was being followed to its place of final rest in the St. Charles cemetery by a large concourse of the friends she had attached to herself in the new home she was permitted so brief time to enjoy.
______________________CARD OF THANKS.
We desire through the HAWKEYE to extend our heartfelt thanks to the ladies of St. Charles generally, the members of the Women’s Relief Corps, and all the neighbors for the kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and in the death of wife and mother. Such kindly interest in hours of sorrow form a bright spot on the pathway of life that will always be looked back upon with deep gratitude.
W. A. Barnes
______________________Transcriber's note: Transcribed as published, daughter Lelia"s age is "14" and not "41".
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