CULVER, Mrs. Celia

CULVER, JOSEPH

Posted By: Lois Shaul-volunteer (email)
Date: 6/29/2014 at 19:12:41

MALVERN LEADER Thursday, May 19, 1997
CULVER, Mrs. Celia- Died Saturday, April 30, 1887 in Adams Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. Mrs. Culver, wife of Elmer R. Culvers, aged 57 years, 3 months and 2 days.

Mrs. Celia, whose maiden name was Joseph, was born in Muskingam County, Ohio, January 26, 1829. Immigrated with her family to Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1836, where the family resided about 20 years. They then moved to Iowa in 1856, and settled in Mahaska County.

Mrs. Celia J. Joseph and Elmer R. Culver were married in March 1866, the next year after Mr. Culver was mustered out of the army, July 20, 1865, where he had faithfully served his country in the 9th Regiment of Iowa- most of the time in the Army Corps of General John A. Logan. During his service he lost his health by being over heated by too rapid marching between Richmond and Washington, from the effects of which he never fully recovered, and for which the government has bestowed upon him a small pension.

Mr. and Mrs. Culver had three children born to them, all dying in infancy, all buried together in Wymore cemetery, Monroe Township, in a lot set apart for the Culver family in that pleasant country graveyard, where marble gravestones, appropriately lettered, mark the places where rest Grandpa ands Grandma Culver.

The family of Mrs. Culver are nearly all gone. One brother, Jonathan E. Joseph, lives in Allen County, Ind., and Thomas S. Joseph lives at Silver City, Miles County, Iowa and was present at his sisters funeral.

Mrs. Culver was truly a good woman, industrious, kind and sympathetic. She commanded respect of all acquainted with her. She died of that dreadful disease, consumption, that has preyed upon millions of our race, passing them over the Jordan of death "to that land from whence no traveler returns." Mrs. Culver bore patiently her long and severe affliction, believing with Paul when he uttered, "For I reckon that the suffering of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us." Mrs. Culver, while living in Ft. Wayne many years ago, united with the Baptist Church, but since she left there and came to Iowa she has not lived conveniently to a Baptist church, but preserving her Christian integrity, adding to her faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, godliness, charity and other Christian graces, died in the hope of blessed immortality.

The writer attended her funeral, and after the usual preliminary services, endeavored to comfort all present by calling attention to the mission of Christ to save mankind from sinning, to introduce a new and better order of things, to school the church, to hope for immortality in an endless life, that His labors of love would not be consummated until all things in heaven and earth were subjugated and reconciled to Him. Then, and not until then, would Christ's mission be fulfilled. That such a grand result had been promised by all God's prophets since the foundation of the world, the angels chanted an immortal song to the shepherd on the night clad plains of Bethlehem: "Behold, we bring you glad tidings of joy which shall be to all people."
Her remains were taken to the Wymore cemetery to sleep by her dear babies. peace be to her ashes, and rest to her soul.