Mrs. Mary C. TAYLOR 1875-1922

BELL, DIMMITT, HEMPY, HOUGH, KING, NEWBY, POWELL, TAYLOR, WEBSTER, WILLEY

Posted By: L.K.Newby (email)
Date: 10/19/2007 at 12:38:22

Many attend Funeral of Mrs. Mary C. Taylor

Donnellson Feb 1 — The funeral of Mrs. Mary Cyrena (NEWBY) TAYLOR, 46, at Sharon Church on Tuesday, January 31 was attended by quite a number of Donnellson people. Mrs. TAYLOR was well known throughout the county owing to her ability and willingness to serve her community in any work that was being done for its welfare. During the war she was active in RED CROSS* work as township chairman.

Mary Cyrena TAYLOR, daughter of Matthew and Martha (POWELL) NEWBY was born near Mt. Hamill, Iowa on September 30, 1875, being the eldest of a family of six children—four sisters and two brothers. She was married on September 12, 1893, to Sherman TAYLOR. Two sons were born to this union: Fred and Frank.

Mrs. TAYLOR passed away at her home near BIG MOUND, after a brief illness on January 27, 1922. Besides her husband and sons she is survived by three sisters and two brothers—Mrs. J.B.(Alta) WEBSTER, a missionary in China; Mrs. I.C.(Annie) BELL, of Fort Madison; Mrs. P.C. (Ada) WILLEY, of Burlington; Edward and Joseph NEWBY of Mt. Hamill. There are also two half sisters— Mrs. Ida Belle (Hempy) HOUGH and Mrs. Olive (Hempy) DIMMITT of Modesto, California. She was preceded in death by her parents and one half sister—Mrs. Ella Mae (Hempy) KING.

Her life has been one of self-sacrifice. As a wife she was the unfailing counselor of her devoted husband. The memory of her genial ways, splendid character and hospitality * will be sacred to scores of friends.

Along with her family, she united with the Clay Grove M.E. church when a young girl. She was a member of the Eastern Star and several women’s societies in local church circles.

Funeral services were held at Sharon Presbyterian church January 31, 1922, at 2 p.m. Rev. Lloyd Tennant of West Liberty, Iowa preached the sermon. Scripture was read by Rev. Alycop of Sharon, prayer by Rev. Prichard of Big Mound, benediction by Rev. Rogers, Rev. Pritchard, and Leona Haffner furnished the singing. Interment at Sharon cemetery.

[This was transcribed for Lee county Iowa genealogy purposes, the news clipping was found among other family scrapbook items gathered by Mrs. J.M. Newby, 1882-1964.]

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*Genealogists Notes:

TAYLOR Sunday Picnics:

Family lore tells of the many summer Sundays that local friends, neighbors and relatives spent picnicking under the large shade trees on the West side of the Taylor home located on the Mt. Hamill to Big Mound road. (Lee Co., Cedar twp, Range 7, Sec. 22)

RED CROSS & WORLD WAR I:

Iowans did what many do at the beginning of a war and donated money to the Red Cross to care for injured soldiers and civilians. The task of many Red Cross township chairmen like Mary Taylor was to tirelessly recruit women to knit clothing and roll bandages for army hospitals, surprisingly this would not be the most challenging part of their duties.

Near the end of WWI an international INFLUENZA PANDEMIC broke in the fall and spring of 1918-1919. The Red Cross recruited any woman with a nursing background or had taken their HOME HYGIENE course.

These women fearlessly volunteered to serve in military camps, hospitals, troop ships, civilian hospitals and the HOMES OF INFECTED CIVILIANS in cities, towns and rural areas across the U.S. By the time hostilities of World War I ended, more U.S. soldiers had died of the influenza virus than from combat-related injuries.

U.S. Civilian death toll numbers reported well over half a million souls; global deaths are estimated at over 21 million.

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