Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1917 — OBITUARY OF MARY GOWLAND [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY OF MARY GOWLAND

Mary Ann Cooley, the subject of this brief sketch, was born in Norfolkshire, England, October 3, 1834. She left her native country and moved to America in 1855. On March 18, TBSB, she was united in marriage at Peotone, Illinois, with George Gowland. This marriage was blessed with nine children, namely: Margaret Alice, Henry John, Elizabeth, George, Martha Sophia, Mary Jane, Clara, William Edward and Edward. In 1899 she moved with her family to Rensselaer, where she resided until her death. In her early youth, while residing in the country of her birth, she was converted and united with the Methodist church. After coming to America she united with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which she remained a faithful member. The deceased ftas;. a kind mother and wife and a devoted Christian, with a deep religious nature, ever faithful to every duty toward her neighbors, her family and her church. On the afternoon of February 6, 1917, she passed into the eternal world with her faith firmly founded in Christ, her Savior. She leaves to mourn her death one son, Henry, three daughters, Mrs. C. Hewett of Sleeper, Missouri; Mrs. Thomas Reijgate and Miss Clara Gowland of this city, one brother, Robert Cooley, of Peotone, Illinois, one sister, Mrs. Bessie Pierce, of Chicago, twenty grand-children and three great grand-children and many friends. 6 XX