BRITT, Martha

BRITT, DUNNAGAN, BREWER, BROWN, AITEN, READ, DONNER, PRENTIS

Posted By: Eldon Clark (email)
Date: 11/9/2004 at 17:24:15

Mrs. T. M. Britt Passes Away [Martha C. Dunnagan]

This community was startled and saddened Monday by the report that Mrs. Britt, wife of Hon. T. M. Britt, had suddenly passed away. Inquiry elicited the fact that she was first taken sick Monday evening of last week, but her condition was not thought to be serious until Sunday afternoon when she became unconscious from an apoplectic shock. From this she never rallied, passing peacefully away Monday afternoon, surrounded by her sorrowing loved ones. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. C. W. Brewer assisted by Rev. E. W. Brown, Rev. Thomas Aiten, Hillsdale, and Rev. Mr. Read, Glenwood, were held at Mr. Britt's beautiful country residence where a large concourse of friends assembled to mingle their tears with the tears of the bereaved family and to pay a parting tribute to one whom they had so much respected and deeply loved in life. While not a member of the church visible (sic), Mrs. Britt's life was full of noble deeds prompted by a tender, loving heart that beat sympathetically for humanity. She was especially devoted to husband and family, and in that home there is now a sadness and loneliness that only those who have passed through similar sorrows can appreciate.

Martha C. Dunnagan was born in Tennessee November 16, 1836 and on February 16, 1860 was married to her surviving husband, Hon. T. M. Britt. Mrs. Britt was the mother of three children, Dr. W. H. Britt, practicing in Nebraska, Mrs. Maud C. Donner, a resident of this county, and Lewis Prentis, who died in his eighth year. Twenty seven years of the married life of Mr. and Mrs. Britt were spent on the farm where the dear wife passed away and from which the loved form was tenderly born to the Malvern cemetery followed by a long procession of neighbors and friends on Tuesday afternoon.

(Headstone in Malvern Cemetery shows Martha C. Britt, wf. of T.M. 16 Nov 1836 - 13 Jan 1896)