Sarah Eva (Harnest) Thompson (1904)

HARNEST, THOMPSON

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 12/27/2009 at 12:55:08

The Madison County Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 14, 1904
Page 3

Death of Mrs. J. H. Thompson

The death of Mrs. J. H. Thompson occurred Monday evening at eight o’clock. She had been a sufferer for several months and for weeks all hope of her recovery had been abandoned. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are among our oldest citizens, coming in an early day and living here continuously excepting a couple of years in Des Moines prior to something like a year ago.

Mrs. Thompson was born January 22, 1834, and was married September 15th, 1859, at Carthage, Ill. To them were born three children, Ed. E., Lida H. and Eva May. The first two survive the deceased while the latter died in 1873 at the age of three years. She leaves her aged husband, who is in poor health and the son and daughter who have faithfully attended her during her long sickness. The estimable family was one of the best known and best loved in our city and its breaking causes the deepest grief.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 14, 1904
Page 5

County and City

Mrs. J. H. Thompson died on Monday evening after a short illness of great suffering from cancerous growth of the stomach.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Sarah Eva Harnest, was born January 22, 1835; was married September 15, 1859 to J. H. Thompson who with two children, Edward E. and Lyda H., are left to mourn the loss of a faithful helpmate and devoted Christian mother.

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson moved to Winterset in 1868, and improved property in the west part of the city. Mrs. Thompson was for fifty years a member of the Baptist church.

The funeral services were held this afternoon conducted by Rev. Walter M. Walger, pastor of the first Baptist church of Des Moines.

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