Charlotte (Moulton) Child (1811-1886)

MOULTON, CHILD

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 12/1/2015 at 23:24:47

From Nevada Representative August 25, 1886

Obituary.

Died at her home in Nevada, Monday evening, Mrs. David Child, aged 75 years, 5 months and 9 days.

Mrs. Child was born in Lyme, Grafton county, N. H., March 14th, 1811, and her maiden name was Charlotte Moulton. She was married to David Child, March 22nd, 1827, with whom, for nearly sixty years, she had experienced the joys and sorrows of wedded life. She was the mother of seven children, five sons and two daughters, all of whom reached mature life, and all but one son are still living. The early home of Mr. and Mrs. Child was at Bath, N. H., and it was also the birth place of all their children. In 1851 they moved to Peoria, Illinois, and in 1856, to Nevada, Iowa. They were among the first settlers of the town having resided here a little over thirty years.

Mrs. Child's health has been very much impaired during the past two years, but her death was not looked for until her serious illness of the last two weeks. Grandma Child was a bright cheerful and pleasant old lady. She was broad and liberal in her religious views and possessed unquestioned faith in the immortality of the soul. She always had a pleasant greeting for every one, and a helping hand to those in need. She has lived a good life and has passed to her reward with the affectionate remembrance of her household, even to the third and fourth generations, and the universal esteem of the community in which she lived. To Uncle David Child, in this day of his sad bereavement, all hearts are turned in true sympathy, and all member of the mourning families sincere condolence is extended. The funeral services were conducted at the house to-day at 2 o'clock by the Rev. R. A. Ferguson, and were largely attended by friends and neighbors.

Also in the same issue of the paper:

--Mrs. David Child was grandmother to twenty-five children, and great grandmother to five more.