Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1911 — Widow of Pioneer Minister Died at Medaryville March 4th. [ARTICLE]

Widow of Pioneer Minister Died at Medaryville March 4th.

Winamac Republican. Mrs. George Guild died on Saturday evening, March 4th, at the home of her son, rion. James R. Guild, of Medaryvill£. Mrs. Guild was 93 years of age, thd 1 length of years being the principal cause of her death. She was the widow of Rev. George Guild, one of the pioneer Methodist of Indiana, who w ith the deceased, served many a pastorate in this part of the state when the country was yet a wilderness. Among the early charges, during the thirties, was Winamac, at a time almost beyond the memory of anyone now living here. Mrs. Guild was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, in ( 1819. She was married in 1837 lo George Guild, who died in the year 1885. Rev. and Mrs. Guild served in active church work until about 1870, when they retired to a farm in Jasper county. They were the parents of ten children, three of whom are still living. These are James R. Guild, of Mednryvilid, Rev. Thomas Guild, district superintendent of the Richmond district of the Methodist church, and Rev. Daniel Guild, of Wabash. The funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist church at Medaryville.