Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1887 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

REBECCA R. GRANT.

Rebecca R. Hale was born in Flemming Co. Ky, January 23rd 1803; was married to Daniel Grant Sept. 24th 1820, with whom she lived until the messenger of death separated this long and happy union, Aug. 24th 1887, they having lived together one month short of 67 years. Mother Grant, at the time of her death, was 84 years 7 months and one day .old. In 1827? with her husband, she moved from Kentuckey to Rush county Indiana and in 1834 to Wabash Co., this state. Soon after moving to Wabash Co., she and her husband Confessed their confidence in the Gospel of Christ, and were among the first pioneers of the Disciples Church. A Church Organization was perfected in their neighborhood in 1836, and their meetings were held each first day of the week, alternately at'the houses of Bros. Wm. & Daniel Grant. Mother Rebecca R. Grant ever continued a faithful and sincere helper in ihe church. They moved in 1850 to Jasper ■ county Ind., where tlfey have lived’ to the present time —a period of ■ 37 years. There was born to ! Mother Giant 10 children, six sons and four daughters, grown to men and women. The sons and two of the daughters Mrs. Norman Warner and Mrs. Fleming JPhtl-t lips, survive their aged mother. ; She and her husband were very} devoted to their children, who in: turn have never forgotten the commandment to honor their parents, and with their children and their’ children’s children, have lived almost in the immediate neighbor- * hood of their aged parents, that; they might be a comfort and support to their declining years. In i 1860 mother Grant and her busband, through file preaching of Elder Wm. P. Shockey, united with the Church of God, with their hope of a future life, with its blessings, anchored within the promise of a Resurrection from the Dead. Ever since Mother Grant has been a,'devoted Christian with her faith ; ever stayed in the Glorious Gospel of God’s Dear Son. ’ %* o »»■ A Leopold now keeps the Selz Boots and Shoes. Call and examine before buying elsewhere.