Follick - Minerva Showley
MINERVA SHOWLEY FOLLICK
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, March 24, 1923
Minerva Follick, daughter of William and Sophia Showley, was born in Green County, Ohio, March 5, 1840. At the age of thirteen years her family moved to Montgomery County, Indiana, and here she grew to womanhood and March 26, 1858 she was united in marriage to Isaac Follick. To this union six children were born, three sons and three daughters, all of whom survive. She and her husband began housekeeping on a farm south of Waynetown and later moved to a farm nearby, upon which they lived happily together for many years, re-moving to Waynetown in 1893, where she and her husband continued to reside until he passed away in November, 1917, since which time she and her devoted son, William, have resided at the home in Waynetown. Almost a half century ago she united with the Christian Union Church and later, when she removed to Waynetown she placed her membership with the Waynetown Christian Church, remaining a member of that Church until the end. She was a devoted wife and affectionate mother, a Christian woman, a good neighbor and friend. For years her health had been poor and during all that time her children have done all for her that loving hands could do to make her life pleasant and happy. The loyalty of her son, William, who has been her constant companion since the death of her husband, has been admired by all who have known of the devotion that has been shown by him. No mother could have been more concerned or devoted to her children than she has been through all these years, and to her was allotted the happy privilege of becoming the mother of six children, all of whom have long since grown to manhood and womanhood, and who have lived to see the passing of their mother into that undiscovered bourne from which no traveler has ever returned. She had been seriously ill for one week, and while all was done for her that could be done by the attending physician and the loving hands of her children yet it was without avail, for after bidding each of her children good-bye she passed quietly away in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 18, at the ripe old age of 83 years and 14 days, leaving to mourn three sons, John, of Chicago, Ill.; Marion, of south of Waynetown; and William, who resided with his mother; three daughters, Mrs. Josie Taylor, of Crawfordsville; Mrs. Abner Gray and Mrs. Hampton Smith of near Waynetown. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Jane Steele, Mrs. Charles Huckery of Waynetown, and Mrs. Frank Furr of Hillsboro, other relatives and a host of friends. Truly a good woman has gone to her reward and to her children and grandchildren and to all who have known her throughout the years she has left a heritage more precious than gold. Shse has paid the price that all must pay and let her life be a sweet benediction to all, so that when the summons comes we may join in that innumeral caravan which moves to that mysterious realm where she has gone, and may peace be unto her departed soul. Fordice -- kbz