58 yr. 3 da.
Maryville Republican (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 27, 1879
Mrs. Eliza S. Head, who died at Graham, in this county, on Sunday, Nov. 17th, 1878, was born in Athens county, Ohio, Nov. 13th, 1820. She was the eldest daughter of Rev. Jacob Dixon, a Methodist minister, who for many years was a prominent member of the Ohio Conference. The subject of this memoir was united in marriage to B. [igger] J. Head, Esq., of Highland county, Ohio, Jan. 15th, 1843. The marriage was solemnized by Rev. David Reid, at the residence of the bride's father in Clarksburg, Ross county, Ohio. Immediately after her marriage, Mrs. Head went with her husband to his farm in the vicinity of Marshall, Highland county, where she remained until the spring of 1851, when her failing health induced her husband to lease out his farm and take her with the little ones who had been given them, on a visit to New Boston, Mercer county, Illinois. Here they remained until the autumn of the same year, when, as Mrs. Head's health was not benefitted, the family returned to their old home in Ohio. A permanent disease of the spine had begun to develop itself and the agonies which this patient and exemplary woman endured for a number of years baffle all description. Finally her sufferings culminated in the total paralysis of her lower extremities and for a quarter of a century before her death, she was wholly incapable of walking. In the fall of 1855, Mr. Head purchased a farm near Prairie City, Jasper county, Iowa, to which the family removed. Here they remained until a few years since, when they moved to their present home in Nodaway county, Missouri. Some years before her death, Mrs. Head's sufferings were intensified by a painful disease of her remaining eye, the other having gone out as the result of her spinal affection many years before. She was therefore during the later years of her life, not only paralytic but practically blind. When quite young she attached herself to the Methodist Episcopal Church and during her subsequent experience her life was a brilliant exemplification of the faith, hope, cheerfulness and sublime fortitude of the true Christian. The last word she was heard to articulate upon earth was "Glory." She was a martyr indeed in her trials and a martyr's fadeless crown is her reward in that blessed realm where the weary are at rest. J. M. D.
Contributor: Member 47176433
Maryville Republican (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 27, 1879
Mrs. Eliza S. Head, who died at Graham, in this county, on Sunday, Nov. 17th, 1878, was born in Athens county, Ohio, Nov. 13th, 1820. She was the eldest daughter of Rev. Jacob Dixon, a Methodist minister, who for many years was a prominent member of the Ohio Conference. The subject of this memoir was united in marriage to B. [igger] J. Head, Esq., of Highland county, Ohio, Jan. 15th, 1843. The marriage was solemnized by Rev. David Reid, at the residence of the bride's father in Clarksburg, Ross county, Ohio. Immediately after her marriage, Mrs. Head went with her husband to his farm in the vicinity of Marshall, Highland county, where she remained until the spring of 1851, when her failing health induced her husband to lease out his farm and take her with the little ones who had been given them, on a visit to New Boston, Mercer county, Illinois. Here they remained until the autumn of the same year, when, as Mrs. Head's health was not benefitted, the family returned to their old home in Ohio. A permanent disease of the spine had begun to develop itself and the agonies which this patient and exemplary woman endured for a number of years baffle all description. Finally her sufferings culminated in the total paralysis of her lower extremities and for a quarter of a century before her death, she was wholly incapable of walking. In the fall of 1855, Mr. Head purchased a farm near Prairie City, Jasper county, Iowa, to which the family removed. Here they remained until a few years since, when they moved to their present home in Nodaway county, Missouri. Some years before her death, Mrs. Head's sufferings were intensified by a painful disease of her remaining eye, the other having gone out as the result of her spinal affection many years before. She was therefore during the later years of her life, not only paralytic but practically blind. When quite young she attached herself to the Methodist Episcopal Church and during her subsequent experience her life was a brilliant exemplification of the faith, hope, cheerfulness and sublime fortitude of the true Christian. The last word she was heard to articulate upon earth was "Glory." She was a martyr indeed in her trials and a martyr's fadeless crown is her reward in that blessed realm where the weary are at rest. J. M. D.
Contributor: Member 47176433
58 yr. 3 da.
Maryville Republican (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 27, 1879
Mrs. Eliza S. Head, who died at Graham, in this county, on Sunday, Nov. 17th, 1878, was born in Athens county, Ohio, Nov. 13th, 1820. She was the eldest daughter of Rev. Jacob Dixon, a Methodist minister, who for many years was a prominent member of the Ohio Conference. The subject of this memoir was united in marriage to B. [igger] J. Head, Esq., of Highland county, Ohio, Jan. 15th, 1843. The marriage was solemnized by Rev. David Reid, at the residence of the bride's father in Clarksburg, Ross county, Ohio. Immediately after her marriage, Mrs. Head went with her husband to his farm in the vicinity of Marshall, Highland county, where she remained until the spring of 1851, when her failing health induced her husband to lease out his farm and take her with the little ones who had been given them, on a visit to New Boston, Mercer county, Illinois. Here they remained until the autumn of the same year, when, as Mrs. Head's health was not benefitted, the family returned to their old home in Ohio. A permanent disease of the spine had begun to develop itself and the agonies which this patient and exemplary woman endured for a number of years baffle all description. Finally her sufferings culminated in the total paralysis of her lower extremities and for a quarter of a century before her death, she was wholly incapable of walking. In the fall of 1855, Mr. Head purchased a farm near Prairie City, Jasper county, Iowa, to which the family removed. Here they remained until a few years since, when they moved to their present home in Nodaway county, Missouri. Some years before her death, Mrs. Head's sufferings were intensified by a painful disease of her remaining eye, the other having gone out as the result of her spinal affection many years before. She was therefore during the later years of her life, not only paralytic but practically blind. When quite young she attached herself to the Methodist Episcopal Church and during her subsequent experience her life was a brilliant exemplification of the faith, hope, cheerfulness and sublime fortitude of the true Christian. The last word she was heard to articulate upon earth was "Glory." She was a martyr indeed in her trials and a martyr's fadeless crown is her reward in that blessed realm where the weary are at rest. J. M. D.
Contributor: Member 47176433
Maryville Republican (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 27, 1879
Mrs. Eliza S. Head, who died at Graham, in this county, on Sunday, Nov. 17th, 1878, was born in Athens county, Ohio, Nov. 13th, 1820. She was the eldest daughter of Rev. Jacob Dixon, a Methodist minister, who for many years was a prominent member of the Ohio Conference. The subject of this memoir was united in marriage to B. [igger] J. Head, Esq., of Highland county, Ohio, Jan. 15th, 1843. The marriage was solemnized by Rev. David Reid, at the residence of the bride's father in Clarksburg, Ross county, Ohio. Immediately after her marriage, Mrs. Head went with her husband to his farm in the vicinity of Marshall, Highland county, where she remained until the spring of 1851, when her failing health induced her husband to lease out his farm and take her with the little ones who had been given them, on a visit to New Boston, Mercer county, Illinois. Here they remained until the autumn of the same year, when, as Mrs. Head's health was not benefitted, the family returned to their old home in Ohio. A permanent disease of the spine had begun to develop itself and the agonies which this patient and exemplary woman endured for a number of years baffle all description. Finally her sufferings culminated in the total paralysis of her lower extremities and for a quarter of a century before her death, she was wholly incapable of walking. In the fall of 1855, Mr. Head purchased a farm near Prairie City, Jasper county, Iowa, to which the family removed. Here they remained until a few years since, when they moved to their present home in Nodaway county, Missouri. Some years before her death, Mrs. Head's sufferings were intensified by a painful disease of her remaining eye, the other having gone out as the result of her spinal affection many years before. She was therefore during the later years of her life, not only paralytic but practically blind. When quite young she attached herself to the Methodist Episcopal Church and during her subsequent experience her life was a brilliant exemplification of the faith, hope, cheerfulness and sublime fortitude of the true Christian. The last word she was heard to articulate upon earth was "Glory." She was a martyr indeed in her trials and a martyr's fadeless crown is her reward in that blessed realm where the weary are at rest. J. M. D.
Contributor: Member 47176433
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
