Jane (Courtney) Smith (1904)

CARRICK, COURTNEY, KEYES, SMITH

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 12/21/2009 at 13:32:50

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 28, 1904
Page 4

Obituary

The subject of this sketch, Jane Courtney, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, July 4, 1833, and died at her home in Winterset, Iowa, January 23, 1904.

At an early age she came to this country living first at Calais, Maine and afterwards at Boston, Massachusetts, where she was married to John McMurray Smith July 4, 1861. She continued to make this her home until September 1869, when with her husband and three sons she moved to Jackson county, Iowa on a farm twelve miles north of Maquoketa. In March 1886 she came to Madison county and continued to reside on the farm in Jackson township until the spring of 1899, when after the death of her husband, she moved to Winterset, where she has since resided.

The funeral services were held from the home on west Washington street Monday afternoon conducted by her pastor, Rev. R. P. Marquis of the Winterset Presbyterian church and her body borne to its last resting place, beside that of her husband, who died just one day later in the same month five years ago.

For many years Mrs. Smith had been almost a constant sufferer from ill health, and the later years of her life were largely spent within her home, where none ever entered without a warm welcome nor none left without feeling the warmth of a genuine hospitality, so characteristic of the people of her ancestry. Disease did not destroy the charm of a kind indulgent disposition, nor old age diminish her unselfish solicitude for her friends and loved ones.

Adhering to the faith of her fathers she united with the Presbyterian church in early life, and loved to attend services when health permitted. While she continued to enjoy the society of her friends and children, she had for several years realized that her active life was over and with resignation awaited the divine call from death unto life.

Of immediate relatives she leaves two sisters, Mrs. Eliza Carrick of Clearfield, Pennsylvania and Mrs. John Keys of Calais, Maine. Also four sons, James A., of Des Moines, William J. of Jackson township, and Sam C. and Ed M. Smith of Winterset.
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Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 28, 1904
Page 2

Obituary

Jane Courtney Smith was born in Ireland, July 4th, 1833. Died in Winterset, Ia., January 23d, 1904. She was married in Boston, Mass., July 4, 1861 to John M. Smith. With her husband she moved to Jackson county, Iowa September 10, 1869 where they resided until 1886 when they moved on a farm in Jackson township, this one which has been her home ever since until the death of her husband which occurred in January 1899, when she moved to Winterset.

Mrs. Smith was of Scotch descent, a life long adherent to the Presbyterian church, uniting therewith early in life.

She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Keyes, of Calais, Me., and Mrs. Carrick, of Clearfield, Pa., four sons, James A., of Des Moines, William J. of Jackson township, and Sam C. and Ed. M., of Winterset, to mourn her loss. She was a fond mother and was a faithful guide to her four sons whom she has lived to see grown to manhood, and although she has been a sufferer and has gone where there is no suffering her death causes the deepest sorrow in family and friends.

The funeral occurred at her residence Monday at two o’clock p.m., the services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. R. R. Marquis.

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