EDWARDS, Nancy Suiters - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Sunday about 5:30 o'clock Mrs. Sam Edwards died at her home, 3 miles NE of Hillsboro from paralysis. She had been in town Saturday and apparently as well as usual and seemed to be rapidly recovering from a parletic stroke of several weeks ago. The second stroke came on about 6 o'clock Saturday night from which she never rallied. She and her daughter Mrs. Duly Frazier returned the 7th inst from Oklahoma where they had been to visit her daughter, Mrs. C.B. Anderson whose children were very sick, two of whom died in March one on the 17th and the other on the 29th or only a few days after Mrs. Edwards arrived there. Nancy A Suiters was born July 14, 1842 and died April 16, 1899; aged 56 Years 9 Months 2 Days. She was married to H.S. Edwards Feb 2, 1861. This union was blessed by 10 children, 3 of whom died in infancy and the remaining 7 - one son and six daughters - remain to mingle their tears with a father over her loss. She joined the Church of Christ at Antioch in 1861 lived true to the faith unto the end. Elder Plunkett assisted by LC Warren delivered the funeral discourse at Antioch on Tuesday afternoon after which the carnal body was laid to rest in the Dry Run Cemetery. Deceased was the daughter of John and Rachel Suiters. Her father died several years since and her mother married Nathaniel Suiters, brother of her first husband and lives with him on the County line road west of Wingate. Wesley Suiters a brother of the deceased is the only child left her in her old age. All the children, except Lucetta who lives in Kingfisher, Oklahoma and son, William who was serious ill at the time of her death were present at the funeral. J.C. Murray, a son-in-law recently moved into the Edwards home and Mr. Edwards will live with them for the present.

The many friends of Mrs. Sam Edwards of Cain Twp were pained to learn of her death Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. About 5 weeks ago Mrs. Edwards suffered a parelytic stroke from which she never recovered and had only returned Wednesday from a visit to Oklahoma. She was in Hillsboro Saturday visiting her daughter, Mrs. Duly Frazier, starting for home about 4 o'clock. On the way she felt as she did before the former attack and as soon as she arrived, went into the house and laid down. Her daughter, Mrs. Murray became alarmed and sent for a doctor but before his arrival she was unconscious and lingered until Sunday afternoon when her spirit took its flight. The funral services were held Tuesday at 2 o'clock interment in the Short cemetery. Mrs. Edwards was a most estimable lady and her death is a sad shock. A full obituary will appear next week.

Topeka, Kansas May 2, 1892 - Editor Times - I received the notice of the death of Mrs. Samuel Edwards with feeling of sadness. I have been acquainted with her for more than 25 years. She was a woman of which I always had .....