Melvira Huggins b.1858

HUGGINS, BARNETT, STOTT, NICKOLS

Posted By: Volunteer: Stacey Swierk
Date: 9/13/2008 at 01:55:08

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OBITUARY

Mrs. Melvira Barnett, daughter of David and Elizabeth Huggins, was born near Pearceville, Iowa, on June 6, 1858, and after a prolonged illness died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Stott in Cantril. She had reached the age of 71 years, 9 months and 28 days.

When a small girl she moved with her parents to a farm near Cantril where she lived until she was married, on December 23, 1875, she was married to Mark Hopkins Barnett, who preceded her in death on August 7, 1927.

Five children were born to this union, four sons and one daughter. Those left to mourn her passing are two sons, Harry H. and William H. Barnett, both of Memphis, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Elsa Dell Stott of Cantril, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Jane Nickols of Upton, and one brother, Alonzo Huggins, of Portland, Oregon. Seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Mrs. Barnett, with her husband joined the Prairie View Methodist church in 1896 and afterward transferred their membership to the Methodist church at Cantril where they had retired. She was also a member of the Easter Star No. 437, Cantril.

She resteth now. No more her breast
Heaves with its weary breath;
Pain sits no longer on the brow
Where lies the calm of death
Sunk to her rest like a tired child,
She lies in slumber deep
Soft folded in the arms of Him
Who “giveth his beloved sleep.”

Funeral services were held at Prairie View, Wednesday afternoon in charge of her pastor, Rev. O. B. Rogers. Burial at Prairie View beside her husband. The Eastern Star had charge of the service at the grave. The floral offerings were many and beautiful.

[Photocopy of this obit is located on page 245 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA]