Death of Mrs. Emma Mossman
One
of the saddest deaths that has occurred in this community for some time
was the sudden passing away of Mrs. Beriah E. Mossman, on Friday
evening of last week. She had been suffering for a year or more,
and on June 22, of this year, was taken down with an attack of brain
paralysis, which kept her confined and suffering intensely for five
weeks or more. Upon her partial recovery she was taken to Oakland
Beach, Conneaut Lake, for her health.
On Wednesday night, of
last week, she was overtaken there by a second severe attack of her
disorder. Her husband, Dr. B. E. Mossman and their son, Edwin,
drove up that night, and as she seemed much improved, she was brought
home Friday noon. Friday evening at 7 o’clock the third and fatal
attack came upon her, and she died at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Mossman was
born near West Middlesex on February 28, 1853. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R, V. Highlands, now of Fredonia, and was married on Sept.
5th, 1872, to Dr. B. E. Mossman, of this city, and she leaves, in
addition to her husband, five children, B. Edwin, Nana, Margaret, Hazel
and Robert G. Helen died when six months old.
The funeral
services were held in her home on Main Street Monday afternoon, at 2
p.m., Rev. C. B. Wakefield, officiating. The burial was private. The
body was deposited temporarily in the Beatty – Findley vault.
The
large concourse of friends and relatives present at the services was a
tribute to the universal esteem and respect in which Mrs. Mossman was
held. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the whole city in
their affliction, the loss of a good Christian wife and mother.
(Source: Shenango Valley News, Fri., Aug. 14, 1896, pg. 1)
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