WILKINS, Eliza Jones - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Eliza Jones WILKINS was born in Flemingsburg, KY., on July 11, 1836 and died October 7, 1902, aged 66 years, 2 months and 26 days. She was married to George Wilkins July 15, 1858, and to this union were born four children, two boys and two girls, who, with her four grandchildren and one brother survive her. During her girlhood days she joined the Baptist church.  For the last four years she has been a constant sufferer, hardly a (2 lines ripped on page) she was racked with pain, but she bore it all with great fortitude, and during time when her suffering was not intense she was cheerful and was always ready to meet her friends with a pleasant smile. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother and a kind neighbor. While we cannot fathom the depths and mysteries of God's divine purposes and dealings with us, and while our hearts are bleeding and desolate, we rest confiding in the fact that our loss is her eternal gain. -thanks to the Parke County INGenWeb page