Dancharthos : Genealogos : Transcribed August 2002
Julia Ann Walter [Holsinger] [Reeves] (1832-1906) Obituary
from [1906? Cottonwood Falls/Chase County?] newspaper clipping xerox --
no date or newspaper name included.
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MRS. JULIA A REEVES
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In the death of Mrs. Julia A. Reeves Monday of last week, Chase county lost one of the most beautiful old ladies who ever lived here. She had experienced all the hardships that go with frontier life and these, with the many great sorrows she had experienced, had moulded such a beautiful character that her face shone with the kindly spirit of God himself. She was one who had not only bore her sorrows with fortitude but had interpreted God's purpose in her afflictions and had developed a sweeter disposition on their account.
She was a member of the Church of Christ from girlhood and her christian character shone from her face and fell from her lips with every word.
Knowing the trials and temptations of life she was always ready with both sympathy and assistance in time of need or affliction. She lived a life full of usefulness and helpfulness and the example of her living will never die.
Julia Ann Walter, daughter of Major Michael Walter, was born at Claysborg, Blair county, Pa, Jan. 8, 1832. Died Monday Dec. 10, 1906, aged almost 75 years. In March 1852 she married Daniel Holsinger at Woodbury, Bradford county, Pa. They moved the same year to Hagerstown, Indiana, and from there in 1855 to Wyandotte county, Kansas.
On April 6, 1856 they arrived at their farm on the southeast quarter of section thirteen, township nineteen, range nine in Toledo township. They brought with them their two small children, William H. and Nancy, and begun to build a home in this land of promise and of hardships. Their next son, George Holsinger, was the first white child born in what is now Chase county.
Feb. 14, 1863 her husband died leaving her with the three children mentioned the oldest only ten years old and Walter, who was yet but a baby, in this new and wild country. It was war times and there was always danger both from guerillas and Indians and it took that great courage and faith in God which has never failed her to enable her to make a living for her children and brave the uncertainties of such a life. She was married to Henry Reeve in Sept, 1865, and again left a widow Feb. 7, 1870. To this marriage was born one child, Lizzie, now Mrs. Chas. F. Monroe of Colorado City, Colo.
In 1857(?!?) Mrs. Reeve with her family moved from Toledo township to the home about two miles west of this city where she lived until her death.
The funeral was held from the family home Wednesday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. R. P. Hammons. The passage of scripture which was selected because of its appropriateness to the life of Mrs. Reeves was the 1st to 8th verse of the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes. After this service the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Reeves was a member, took charge and conducted their regular burial service.
She has answered her Master's summons. She has heard the words of approval, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy lord."
TRANSCRIBER'S COMMENTS:
Question #1: (1857?!?)
Question #2: Was she Reeve or Reeves? The variations in spelling appear exactly like that/this in the original newspaper article.
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