Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1885 — Obituary. [ARTICLE]

Obituary.

Mrs. Nancy Fairbanks Blood died at the house of her son-in-law. Mr. Samuel Bowman, in Remington, on Saturday last, of lung fever, after a brief, but severe illness. Her life, though quiet and uneventful, possesses some features well worthy of something more than a passing notice. She reached the ripe age of eighty years,, lacking a very few months. Was the mother of twelve children, all of whom reached maturity, and eight of whom still live. Her married life extended over a period of more than fifty-three years. She and her husband were bom in the same neighborhood, were of about the same age, and were familiar friends and associates, from their earliest yfars, until they formed the closer union which bound them together until death parted them last Saturday. Her husband, Horace Blood, now upwards of eighty years old, followed her remains to the cemetery, as did seven of her eight surviving sons and daughters. She and her husband were natives of Vermont, but removed to Western New York, at an early day, where they lived until about fourteen years ago, when they moved to Remington. She was a woman of surpasring amiability and kindness of disposition; and was for many years a church member and a consistent Christian. The funeral was held last Sunday afternoon, in Remington, the Rev. J. B. Crowe, Presbyterian minister of that place, preaching the sermon.