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Mrs. Hannah Gibbs, wife of Mr. Charles Gibbs, of Polkton, died at her residence, October 22, 1884, of pulmonary consumption, aged fifty-nine years, ten months and five days. She was born in the county of Limerick, Ireland, December 17, 1824; accompanied her parents to Canada at the age of six years; thence to Grand Haven, Mich., in 1837, and was married to her husband by Timothy Eastman, Esq., January, 1839. Of her twelve children, six are now living--all married except one and all exemplifying in their everyday life the care and careful training of a true Christian mother, who in early life was educated in the tenets of the catholic faith, but in later life, with her husband, became an active member of the congregational church. She also leaves on this side of the river sixteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She was, indeed, a model mother, neighbor and Christian, active in every good and noble work, and will be greatly missed at home, in society, and in the church. Her funeral was attended by a very large concourse of friends and neighbors who truly sympathized with husband and family in their affliction and loss, and feeling truly that, though dead, she yet lives. |
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