PYE, Eddie died 1878

PYE

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 4/16/2024 at 20:11:57

Little Eddie, infant son of Rev. Mr. Pye, died on the 8th, of membranous croup, after an illness of only twenty-four hours.

Burial services Sabbath morning, by Rev. Mr. Barrows.

"There is a reaper whose name is Death,
And with his sickle keen
Life cuts the bearded grain at a breath,
And the flowers that go between"

~Mitchell Co. Press, Osage, Thursday, June 13, 1878; pg 5 (Stacyville column)

Note: Burial is in the Stacyville cemetery (aka Penneyville cemetery)