Obituary of Elizabeth Billings Jarvis, mother of George Jarvis

Text of a clipping from an English Newspaper sent to George Jarvis, at St. George, Utah, when his mother died.

HARLOW

The Late Mrs. Jarvis

A correspondent draws attention to the recent death of Mrs. Jarvis, at the advanced age of 92. She will be greatly missed by both rich and poor. Her experience as a Midwife and Nurse goes back almost beyond the memory of any one now living in the Parish. In all cases of sickness her aid was sought as eagerly, as if she had been some skilled physician; and in her time she had rendered good service when cholera and fever have been rife. She was ever ready to attend the call of any person, no matter what their station in life. If they were ill she needed no other claim upon her sympathy and good will. Her good qualities, too as a wife and mother deserve to be had in remembrance, and it would be much better for the Nation at large if there were more mothers of her independence of character, cheerful disposition, and sterling integrity. She was a woman of vigorous powers and retained her faculties to the last. She was buried amidst the general regret of all who knew her, for she was deeply esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. Her offspring are somewhat numerous, and have spread themselves all over the world.

She had been married 63 years and left at her death 7 children, 56 grand-children, 43 great-grand-children, and 4 great-great-grand children.

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In Loving Remembrance of Elizabeth Billings Jarvis,

Of Harlow, Essex,

ENGLAND

Who Died October Seventeenth, 1875, Aged 92 Years.

"Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth."--

(St. Luke, 8C.,52V.)