Susan Freed (McBride) Gilpin (1926)
GILPIN, MCBRIDE, MACBRIDE, BEAN, COOPER
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Date: 1/9/2011 at 13:34:38
Winterset Madisonian – December 9, 1926
Pg 1Mrs. Susan Gilpin died early Friday morning, December 3rd, at her home on West Green street at the age of 89 years. While she has been in poor health for some time, she was seriously ill for only a few days. Mrs. Gilpin has been a resident of Winterset for many years, coming here during the Civil war while her husband, the late Major T. C. Gilpin, served in the army.
The deceased was born in Rushville, Indiana, November 3rd, 1837. She was married to Mr. Gilpin at Rushville, Indiana, in 1858, and in 1860 they moved to Bloomfield, Iowa.
Mrs. Gilpin is survived by three children, Mrs. Elihu Bean of Casper, Wyoming, Mrs. Robert Cooper of Winterset, and Victor C. Gilpin of New York City.
Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. LeRoy C. Cooley, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and interment was made in the Winterset cemetery. More details of her life may be found in the mortuary column.
----------------------Winterset Madisonian – December 9, 1926
Pg 9Susan Freed MacBride was born in Rushville, Indiana, November 3rd, 1837, the youngest of ten children. She was the last surviving member of her family.
She spent her early girlhood in Rushville, Indiana, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was engaged in teaching school in Rushville when she met Thomas Curtis Gilpin, a young lawyer of that place, whom she married July 10th, 1856. Later they moved to Hanover, Indiana, where they made their home. In the fall of 1860 they moved to Iowa, locating in Bloomfield where Mr. Gilpin practiced law.
At the outbreak of the Civil war when her husband enlisted, Mrs. Gilpin with her baby son remained in Bloomfield until conditions near the Missouri line incident to the Civil war made living there hazardous, when she came with her mother to Winterset to be with her brothers, Charles and Robert MacBride. During the four years of the Civil war Mrs. Gilpin endured all the privations and hardships of that time heroically. She once made the journey to Mexico, Missouri, where her husband’s company was quartered, to nurse her husband through typhoid pneumonia. A part of that journey was made on horseback with her four year old child on the saddle in front of her.
She has made her home in Winterset since that time, living in the present house for over fifty years. She was the mother of seven children, five sons and two daughters. One died in infancy.
She was a member of the Presbyterian church and faithful unto death. She united with this church in Winterset, February 4th, 1864, coming by letter and having previously made her confession of faith in the Savior. She was the organist for seven years at the time when the church was located on the lot now occupied by the city hall. She has continued faithfully in her church membership here for more than sixty-two years. She was devoted to her home and on summer evenings the members of the family loved to join in singing together on the front veranda of their home.
She and Major Gilpin celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary the summer before his death which took place December 21st, 1916. Mrs. Gilpin was summoned to her heavenly home December 3rd, 1926.
Of her children, three are living: Victor C. Gilpin of New York City, Mrs. Elihu Bean of Casper, Wyoming, and Mrs. Robert Cooper of Winterset. There are five grandchildren and five great grandchildren who honor her memory.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Leroy C. Cooley at the home on West Green street Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment was in the Rock City cemetery.
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