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Eaton County Michigan EATON COUNTY
MEMORIAL REPORT
From the Fenton Gazette, Tuesday, June 5,
1883.
Mrs. William BlackmorE, mother of W.
Blackmore, Esq., and Mrs. Sophia Phillips, of
this village, whose 83d birthday was
celebrated here, an account of which was
published in the Gazette last November—died
suddenly at her son-in-law's, Mr. George
Leach, in the township of Davison, this
county, on Sunday evening last, at 5 o'clock.
As has been her custom for over twenty years,
she visited around among her children for as
long a time as she pleased, and when desirous
of visiting another, would express such a
desire, and would be taken thither. She had
for some weeks been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Leach, and on this, the day of her
death, was about to leave for her son's, Mr.
Charles Blackmore, at the old homestead
occupied over 30 years, who was there ready
to convey her to his home. Upon such a change
she would always become somewhat excited and
express a doubt as to whether she would ever
come to visit at the same place again. On
this occasion, after partak-" ing of a late
dinner she was getting her things together
and entered her bed room to see if anything
was left. Staying there and being very quiet
one of
the family entered and found her sitting in a
chair, looking very strange. An alarm was
given, when others entered the bed room and
found life extinct.
Thus quietly passed away one who had lived
beyond the allotted four-score years, having
all her faculties almost unimpaired, up to
the moment of her exit from this earth. She
was ever a welcome visitor wherever she went,
and beloved by all her children, who will
all, with possibly one exception, be present
at her funeral, which takes place this day,
when her remains will be deposited alongside
of her husband, who died over twenty years
ago and was buried in the Cemetery at
Whigville, in this county, in the town of
Grand Blanc.
Michigan 1883
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