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MRS DAVID MAGWOOD

[Welland Tribune November 5, 1897]

Mrs David Magwood died at her home near Lowbanks on Monday, Oct. 25Th, 1897. She leaves a husband, one son and two daughters to mourn her departure. She was doubly afflicted; with consumption and cancer in her mouth. She was a  loving companion and mother, and a patient sufferer, realizing that the dawn of the morning would drive away the pain and enable her to bask in the sunlight of a Saviour’s love. She died putting her full trust and confidence in the Lord. She said she was only waiting for God to call her home. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. J. Major at the Zion U. B. Church, and the remains were laid in their last resting place in Dawdy’s cemetery, Pelham Centre. The following Orange brethren acting as pallbearers, by the request of the deceased; J. Bradley, N. Bradley, C. Moor, Geo. Brown, W. Lambert, S. Moriarety.

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