Thompson - Catherine - 1900
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 6 April 1900
Catharine Thompson died at the residence of her son-in-law, D. S. Armstrong, near Parkersburg, Ind., March 28, 1900. She had only been sick about a week. She leaves five daughters, one son, several grandchildren, two brothers, one half brother, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. One son has preceded her to the spirit land. Her daughters are Mrs. Alice Armstrong, Hester Steele, Lissie Nickolas, of Parkersburg, Mrs. Lizzie Darnell of Roachdale, and Mrs. Ella Farrow of Ft. Red. Her son, Francis, lives in Dakota. Her funeral was preached at 10 o’clock on Friday, March 30. She was left in widowhood when the children were small, she taking the place of both father and mother and rearing the children to manhood and womanhood. She was a loving mother, a kind friend, and faithful member of the Christian Church. Truly it can be said of her as of one of old, “She hath done what she could.” - thanks so much to “S” for her great obituary work for our site
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 6 April 1900
Twice within one week were we called upon to perform the last sad rites for a loved one. A loving mother and sister in Christ was called to her reward on Wednesday, March 29, 1900. Catharine Fletcher was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, Feb. 12, 1832, being at the time of her death 68 years, 1 months and 17 days old.
She was married to Moses F. Thompson, March 28, 1850. To this union was born seven children, six survive her, five girls and one boy. The father and one son have preceded her to the better land. She leaves twenty one grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was the third child of a family of seven children.
With her husband she united with the Christian Church in an early day, and has lived one of the most exemplary Christian lives ever lived in the community. Her life was filled with good works and right living. Her sweet Christian character threw its influence around all who knew her, especially her children, who were left to her entire training for the long and lonely period of thirty seven years. In all of that time of widowhood, with all of its troubles and cares, she has gone to meet that innumerable host that John saw, “who had washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.”
Funeral services were conducted at the Christian Church by Rev. W. G. Higgins, of Lebanon. Interment was at the Stover Cemetery near Ladoga