Dec 3, 1846
Died
In this Town, Tuesday morning, 1st inst, after a protracted illness, which
she bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, Mrs. Maria, wife of Mr.
Abijah SAWYER, Aged 25 years.
Dec 31, 1846
Married
On the 15 inst, in Buffalo Township by Rev D. WORTHINGTON, Mr Nathan
BLACKMAN to Miss Eliza Jane McBRIDE.
Also by the same, in Rockingham Township on the 20th ult, Mr. Seymour AYERS
to Miss Elizabeth KERSHAW all of Scott County.
Died
At Centreville, Scott county on the 17th inst, of Typhus Fever, Huldah, wife
of Samuel SLOPER, in the 57th year of her age. Her last sickness was very
short, she was taken on the morning of the 16th at 6 o'clock and died the
next day at 10 o'clock She was insensible in two hours after she was taken
and remained so with the exception of a few minutes at intervals until she
died.
Mrs. SLOPER was the mother of 17 children, 15 of whom are now living, and
grandmother of 38, 30 of whom are living. Her children and grandchilden are
all living in this State and most of them in this county, in the above named
place, seven miles north of Davenport.
Mrs. SLOPER was a member of the Disciples Church and was beloved by all who
knew her. She was a kind and dutiful wife, and a tender and affectionate
mother. She is lamented by her friends and has left her husband and children
to mourn their irreparable loss.