Satira Cowgill Hutson (1853-1899)

HUTSON, COWGILL, SWARM

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 6/11/2005 at 20:27:43

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, January 19, 1899, page 5, column 2. "The remains of Mrs. Oliver Hutson of Des Moines, were brought here Tuesday evening and were taken to Peoria for burial Wednesday. Mrs. Hutson has been a sufferer from dorpsy** for a long time and death came as sweet release to her." **dorpsy is as spelled in the newspaper article instead of dropsy.

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, January 26, 1899, page 8, column 4. "OBITUARY - The subject of this notice was born in Henry county, Indiana, July 3, 1833, and was married to Oliver S. Hutson in October, 1853. In 1855, they came to Iowa, locating in Peoria City. There they resided until 1877, when they moved to Des Moines, where they lived until her death, which occurred Jan. 17, 1899, at the age of 65 years, 6 months and 14 days -disease, dropsy. To them were born four children, James H., Joseph B., Geo. T., and Lucy E. - All survive her except James H., who died in June, 1879. The deceased joined the M. P. church forty years ago and lived an honest, upright, Christian to the day of her death. Her maiden name was Cowgill; a sister to G. V. Cowgill, Mrs. D. Swarm's first husband, who died in the U. S. service in '63. Her husband, two sons and daughter, and Mrs. J. B. and the daughter of Geo. Hutson followed her lifeless remains to Maxwell by train. They were met by the Maxwell undertaker with his sable steeds (we almost fear them) and friends who followed the hearse to Peoria. It had been her request that her body be laid in the Peoria cemetery by the side of her oldest son, James H. Funeral in the Peoria church on the 18th, by Rev. S. S. Scull. Text, Mark, 6th chapter and first clause of the 48th verse. >From those words he spoke words of wisdom and sympathy; also, encouragement to the wounded hearts of the bereft relatives and her many sorrowing friends, urging them to emulate her good qualities and to live to meet the loved wife and mother in a better land where the ship's passengers would toil as the text spoke of. The writer has been personally acquainted with the deceased since 1852 and knew her integrity, knew her christian character, that it has no peer. She loved her God supremely and was, seemingly more than is common, attached to her husband and children and other relatives. Her daily and nightly prayers were for their salvation. She chose for her pall bearers her own nieces, if they could and if not, her next nearest relatives; so her brothers-in-law and three nephews carried the worn-out body of their loved aunt and sister to its last resting place. When her health began to fail, she began to pray more fervently for her family, nor did she forget her other relatives. As she was partially deaf, almost entirely so at the last, she wrote two or three letters to her husband and children. We read them and to read them is to know the power she is endowed with. As it is said, the testament is without force while the testator lives, but now the testator is gone, with what force does her testimony come to them and to all her relatives. In them she beseeches husband and children to live christian lives, to shun the evil and do the good things, telling them as she could not hear their voices, to meet her where there were no deaf ears, no aching heads, no sorrow nor suffering. In her last agonies, which were intense, she seemed to be talking with angels and the spirits of the just made perfect by the blood of the lamb. She exclaimed, "Why, Betty Dunlap, Sister Beulah Ann and my own dear mother are here," and others she spoke of. As she was deprived of her hearing, she put in her time, when not busy with her other duties, to the cultivation of flowers. The ladies of Des Moines remembered her with beautiful flower tributes as were seen in profusion upon her casket. She was a real lover of the Maxwell Tribune. When the last copy came, two or three days before her death, as she sat in her big chair where she had sat for twenty odd days, almost then in the death throes, her mind being flighty at times, she motioned for her glasses and gave signs for her paper. She read its pages quite awhile and hunting up for herself the news from her old home here. Now, her husband will read it while the dear one sleeps with those she loved so well. She loved her Bible and read it and prayed for her family to follow its precepts, but we all hope to meet her some sweet day by and by. Now rest that worn-out body with kindred dear till the last call when Christ will come to make up his jewels. CARD OF THANKS - To the people of Peoria City and vicinity, we wish to tender our heartfelt thanks for their kind assistance to us, during the funeral and burial of our dear wife and mother. May they always find help in their time of need is our prayer. Oliver S. Hutson and family."

BURIAL: Iowa Historical Library Des Moines, Iowa POLK COUNTY IOWA CEMETERIES WASHINGTON TWP Geneal * F 627.P7 C4 V.6; Peoria Cemetery page 8: HUTSON, O. S and Hutson, James H., are both buried Sec CS, tier 1, row 4, ****obituary of Oliver S. Hutson indicates he was "was laid to rest in the Peoria City cemetery by the side of his wife and son..."; there is no cemetery listing for Satira Cowgill Hutson except in information extracted from D. A. R. records. HUTSON Satira age _____, born 7 3 1883**, died 1 17 1899. **editorial note Satira married Oliver S. Hutson Oct 1853 which indicates birth information incorrect.