Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1912 — Obituary of Mrs. D. T. Halstead. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Mrs. D. T. Halstead.

Mrs. D. T. Halstead was born. In Clark county, Indiana, January 4th, 1827. Her maiden name was Patience Reed Carr. She was married to Stephen R. Sharpe in 1843, and'to this union were born four children, Frank 8., of San Francisco, Cal.; Charles 8.. of South America; Emma C. A. Cox, of Lafayette, Ind., and Mary E., now deceased. She was married the second time td D. T. Halstead, Of Rensselaer, Nov. 3, 1880; died at Rensselaer, Nov. 22, 1912, at the age of 85 years, 10 months and 18 days. She had been ailing for some time owing to advancing age. In her last illness she was confined to her bed but one week. She fell asleep quietly and peacefully in a full assurance of a glorious resurrection. At about 16 years of age sh? united with the Christian church, but about the year of 1845 she became a member of the Church of God and has ever since lived in that faith, strongly defending its teachings. The line of discourse followed was suggested by a number of texts which Mrs. Halstead had selected for the occasion some time before her death. The texts were designed to show that man is wholly mortal and that death . is a state of unconsciousness and must continue so until the Lord comes, when He will break asunder the ties that bind us to death.