Margaret (Holmes) Canfield (1895)

CANFIELD, DOUGLAS, HEACOCK, HIATT, HOLMES, HULL

Posted By: Cay Merryman
Date: 7/24/2004 at 13:19:18

Newspaper Unknown
December 1895

Margaret Holmes Canfield, died at her home in Dows City, Iowa, on Saturday, December 28, 1895

Margaret Holmes, beloved wife of M. D. Canfield; aged 58 years, 10 months and 2 days. Margaret Holmes was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on February 25, 1837. In 1854 she moved with her father's family to Van Buren county, Iowa, where on March 17, 185?, she was united in marriage to M. D. Canfield. To this union were born four children, two of whom (Nelson and James) are left to mourn with the father, the loss of an affectionate and indulgent mother and wife. Seven sisters and brothers - M'mes James Hull, James Douglas, Sam'l Heacock, Mary Hiatt and D. F. Bradshaw, and Archer, Isaac and J. M. Holmes - survive to mingle their tears with the orphaned children and bereaved husband in sorrow for the dead.

Mrs. Canfield was a woman of many Christian....., ready at all times to extend aid and sympathy to the needy, and she was the center of attraction around which all the home circle revolved. "Mother's gone!" Few realize a mother's true worth until it is too late; the many sacrifices made, the self denials practiced that her family may be made happier. But when the contact comes with the selfish world, we are compelled to at least divide even if not take the smaller share of life's sweets, where "mother" took the fragments while the children enjoyed the lion's share, and to her it was a work of love.

These things come back to us, fresh and vivid, every time we stand beside the bier of "somebody's mother," and we would like to impress it strongly on the memory of the young to never neglect an opportunity to say a kind word or do a loving deed for your mother.

The remains arrived in Truro on the 9:13 train Monday morning, and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. D. DeTar from the M. E. church on Tuesday, December 31, '95, and were attended by many old time neighbors and friends of the deceased. The last sad rites for the dead were performed, and the mortal remains of Margaret Holmes Canfield were laid to rest beside those of her father and mother and two children in the Hartman Cemetery.
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Winterset Reporter
January 9, 1896
Page 4

Truro

Mrs. M. D. Canfield, who at one time lived in Ohio township, was buried here on Tuesday of last week. She had been a long sufferer of consumption. She leaves a husband, two sons and a host of friends.

The many friends of M. D. Canfield in this county will learn with sadness the news of the death of his wife, which occurred at their home in Dow City, Iowa, December 29th. The Canfield family lived in Ohio township for years, also in Jefferson township and at Winterset.

Mrs. Canfield had been an invalid for some time, yet her death was not expected so soon. The remains were buried at her old home in Truro last Tuesday, the funeral being held in the M. E. church at that place. She was a noble Christian lady, a loving wife and kind mother. During her ill health Mr. Canfield and family did all in their power to alleviate her suffering and make her comfortable and happy. But the decree of fate was against them and the one they loved was compelled to surrender to the inevitable.

The REPORTER sends its most earnest condolence to Mr. Canfield in this sad hour. The new year dawns dark to him, no doubt, but we hope the cloud may have a silver lining and that 1896 may, on the whole, be a happy and prosperous year in the history of his life.

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