Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — Obituary [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Obituary

Mrs. Matilda Hemphill

Matilda J. HejnphiH, daughter of Benega and Mary Baker, was born in Crawford county, ,0., Nov. 24, 1843, and died at Rensselaer Meh. 15, 1920, at the age of 76 years, 3 months and 20 days. In the year 1850 she came with her father’s family to Jasper county, and settled on a farm two miles north of Rensselaer, where she grew to womanhood. November 8, 1866, she was united in marriage to Marcus Hemphill at Rensselaer. To them were born four children, three daughters and one son, all but one of whom still survive. Miss Minnie G., a daughter of 16, died Feb. 4, 1890. The surviving children are: Mrs. Luella Hoyes, wife of John W. Hoyes; Mrs. Maude E. Alter, wife of B. Frank Alter, and Charles Hemphill, all of Rensselaer. Of her own brothers and sisters, one brother alone survives, John Baker, of Mt. Ayr. After the death of her husband, July 7, 1908, most of the time she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. B. Frank Alter. . In 1890 she united with the Vaughn Free Wiill Baptist church under the ministry of Rev. B. F. Ferguson, and remained faithful until the end. **