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Death of Frances E. Brown Swope

 

Argus, Astoria, Fulton County, Illinois, Thursday December 24, 1891 Sad Death of a Former Citizen  

 

The following letter from Edward Swope, of Stella, Nebraska, to his mother in this city, gives an account of the death of his wife, who was a sister of Abram Brown, of this township.  Mr. and Mrs.Swope, at one time lived here, but went to Nebraska about fourteen years ago.  Mr. Swope and children have the sympathy of a large circle of relatives and friends in South Fulton in their sad bereavement.

 

 

Stella, Nebraska, December 18, 1891

 

Dear Mother;

 

With a sad heart I send you sad news.  My dear Frances is dead.  Yea, last Sunday at 11:30 a. m., she was taken away from me.  

 

On Tuesday following, at 3 o'clock she was laid to rest in Prairie Union Cemetery.  

 

She was not feeling well for a few weeks, before she was taken down, had the grippe or a cold.  

 

On Friday morning she got up, and went about her work, had breakfast nearly ready, when her right foot became partially paralyzed.  I then got her to lie down on the couch, and in less than one hour her right hand bacame paralyzed.  She lay still and talked till about 12:30 when she fell into a deep sleep or stupor, from which she could not be aroused.  She remained so for 47 hours when she breathed her last.

 

Note: Frances (Francis) E. Brown was born Lodi, Seneca County, New York, died December 13, 1891

Stella, Nebraska, buried Prairie Union Cemetery.

 

 She married Edward Franklin Swope August 16, 1857 in Fulton County, Illinois.  They had 8 children:  Clinton, Annie, Charles, William, Ina, Edgar, Frank and Walter.  

 

Submitted by Sara Hemp, descendant of Edward Swope's sister <cryssara@merr.com>

 

Roberta J. "Bobby" Gentry-Cettel

(1922-2007)
Born: November 16, 1922 in Richardson County, Nebraska
Died: September 11, 2007 in Portland or Gresham, Oregon
Marriage: Richard W. Cettel
Survivors: husband, 2 sons, 2 daughters, 14 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren

The Oregonian - September 23, 2007

Obituary edited for length. Full reprint available from The Oregonian Newspaper, Portland, OR."  

Submitted by:   lisamail@verizon.net

     


 

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