Carrie Paschal (1876-1900)

PASCHAL, BYERS

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 6/17/2005 at 18:59:40

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, September 27, 1900, page 1, column 4. "Miss Carrie Paschal Dies. - Carrie E. Paschal was born at Columbus City, Iowa, on December 4, 1876, and died of consumption at the home of her uncle, T. M. Byers, Maxwell, Iowa, September 21, 1900. The silent winged messenger, Death, has been in our midst the past week and cast his shadows over the T. M. Byers home, taking with him on his unseen journey their niece, Miss Carrie Paschal. A little less than a year ago, the insidious disease, consumption, fastened its clutches upon her, and the place that once knew her shall know her no more forever. She was the youngest child of a sister of Mrs. Byers, and her mother died when she was quite small, leaving her infant daughter to the care of a loving sister, and Carrie was a welcome and cheering inmate of the Byers home until 1894, when she went to Des Moines, and has since clerked in one of the large dry-goods stores there until failing health compelled her to give up her position. A few weeks ago, knowing full well that the end was not far off, she returned to the home of her girlhood and to those who had tenderly cared for her in the past, to spend the closing days of her young life. Alas! How soon the call came. She was accompanied here by a young lady friend as nurse, Miss Lou Converse, of Des Moines, who remained until after the body had been consigned to Mother Earth, returning to Des Moines Tuesday. Miss Paschal was a christian young woman, having united with the Presbyterian church at Mechanicsville, Iowa, when quite young and has never departed from the faith. The funeral services were held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Byers on Monday at 2:00 o'clock, conducted by Rev. C. L. Heskett, of the C. P. church, and the remains were taken to Peoria City cemetery for interment. Beautiful flowers adorned the casket; emblems of the sympathy of friends. The deceased leaves a father, one brother and one sister and many relatives and friends to mourn her departure."