Anna Fox Day 1843-1902

FOX, DAY, MCCULLOUGH, FOX, LYON, GRIFFITH

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 2/28/2013 at 07:41:45

MRS. ANNA FOX DAY.
An Address Delivered by Rev. C.
E. Perkins at the
Funeral.

A BEAUTIFUL LIFE.

For the past few weeks sickness has been very common in the and neighboring communities and death has entered many households with no long warning of its approach. The excellent woman who has been the presiding mistress of this home was in usual health and with apparent promise of many years of useful life, less than two weeks ago. Her sickness came upon her a week ago Sunday night, and after lingering nine days, she passed to another world, on Tuesday afternoon at about half past four o'clock.

Anna Fox was born March 9, 1843 in Jefferson county, Iowa, and was 58 years, 11 months and 16 days old at the time of her falling asleep in the arms of her Maker. She was married February 16, 1864, to A. H. Day, in Union township, this county. In 1871 upon the completion of this house the home was set up here, with the exception of 15 months temporary residence in Keosauqua, it has ever since been.

Mrs. Day was the mother of 10 children. Five are living and are present to see this dear mother's mortal body laid away in God's kindly earth today. They are, in the order of their ages; Mrs. Rhoda F. McCullough, whose home is now in Keosauqua; Dr. Wm. R. Day of Atlanta, Mo.; Oliver L., Timothy C., and Albert H.

Mrs. Day was one of a family of ten children, of whom two brothers and two sisters are here today, viz. L. B. Fox of Stockport, James H. Fox of Corydon, Mrs. Harriet Lyon of Stockport, and Mrs. Phoebe Griffith of Eldon.

In November, 18*9, Mr. and Mrs. Day took up a temporary residence at Keosauqua, where they remained until about a year ago when they returned t the old home. As all who are hear today are aware, the old home has been sold and the family were looking forward to a removal in a few weeks. In the case of Mrs. Day the removal has come most unexpectedly and in a way to fill with deepest grief the stricken husband and the now motherless children. But you must not forget that after all she has gone to a new home and to a better home than you with all your love could possibly have provided for her in this world.

It was during that time of the fifteen months residence in Keosauqua that I made the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Day and as I came to know them learned to respect and esteem them both very highly. I saw enough of the quiet refined motherly lady to enable me to form some conception of the great loss which her husband and children have met with, in her taking away.

Mr. and Mrs. Day were members of my congregation in the Congregational church of Keosauqua, during their residence in town, to which I feel I owed my acquaintance with them.

And now, dear friends, well appreciating how your hearts are smarting under the wound which this bereavement has made, I would fain direct your minds to those great sources of peace and hope which are open to you in the thoughts that you beloved one was one of God's women, and that she has passed to her reward in heaven. I know how lonely you will be. I know that the place now made vacant can never be filled in this world. I know of the thousand ways in which you will daily miss one whose life was so bound with yours. But I know also that to you are open the consolations of the Christian hope and assurance of immortality.

Source: Entler Scrapbook, vol. 4, Iowa Historical Library, Iowa City, IA