Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1883 — At Four Score Years. [ARTICLE]

At Four Score Years.

Mrs: Asenath Todd died at the residence of her son, J. M. Hodshire, in this place, on Tuesdaymorning at three o’clock. The cause of death was pneumonia of both lungs, and paralysis, superinduced by palpitation of the heart. ►She had been sick for about three weeks. I 'util within less than 24' hours of her death, she had seemed well on the w;ty to recovery. Mir. Todd had lived in Rensselaer but a few weeks, having come here from North Vernon. She was born in April, 1804, and consequently lacked but a few months of having attained the ripe age of 80 years. She came to Dearborn county in ISIS, and has been a resident of the state ever since. She has been a member of the M. E. church for sixty years. The funeral was held, at the residence, yesterday at 10 o’clock, and was conducted by the Bev. T. C. Webster, pastor of the M. E. church.