Chrystiann (Smith) Earhardt 1854-1916

SMITH, EARHARDT, KELLER, ROBERTS, ROBERS, SMITH

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/12/2002 at 02:38:13

Chrystiann Smith, youngest child of Jacob and Jane Smith, was born near Keosauqua, Iowa, June 21, 1854.

She was united in marriage to Charles Earhardt, August 17, 1879.

Most of her life was spent on the farm on which she was born. In 1907 they moved to Cantril, where Mr. Earhardt passed to the Great Beyond in 1908.

In her girlhood she united with the Methodist Protestant church and remained a faithful follower of her Master.

She often expressed the desire that she might pass peacefully and peace [sic] and on the evening of Tuesday, October 3, she passed peacefully away. She was 62 years, 3 months and 12 days of age. Four sisters and a brother preceded her in death. She is survived by three sisters; Mrs. Margaret Keller of Keosauqua, Mrs. Amanda Robers [sic] of Liberty, Nebraska, and Mrs. Lydia Smith of Arbela, Missouri.

Mrs. Earhardt [rest of obit cut off]

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 68 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, Iowa Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in January 2000. Name and date of newspaper not given; however 1916 is handwritten on it.)

I am NOT related to this person and am posting it for those who may find him/her in their family tree.

[Original Post 03 Feb 2000]