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- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 2, 1882 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Died - In Oak Park, Illinois, February 24th, 1882, of cancer, Philander Smith. The deceased was formerly a resident of Adams, Jefferson County, and will be well remembered by many readers of the Democrat. His wife is a daughter of Deacon Simon Meacham, deceased.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, July 24, 1895 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Death of a Worthy Lady - Died, at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, July 4, 1895, Mrs. Philander Smith, aged 83 years. This saintly woman was a daughter of Simon Meacham, who for fifty years was a deacon of the Pulaski Congregational church. Adeline M. Meacham was married to Philander Smith, now deceased, in 1834 and settled in Lorraine, Jefferson County. Afterwards she removed to Adams and in 1870 they settled in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. Two daughters survive their mother. Mrs. John Budlong, of Rockford, Illinois, and Mrs. William E. Blackstone, of Oak Park. She was greatly devoted to her church interests and had, during the past thirteen years, given away large sums for charitable purposes. She has left as enduring monuments of her philanthropy, schools. institutes and colleges, hospitals, mission ships, churches, industrial homes, deconess' homes in various countries, including Japan, China, India. Africa and her own land, besides numerous gifts of a smaller character. She gave the pipe organ to her own church in Oak Park, besides large contributions to the church building and parsonage. In April, although suffering from heart disease and rheumatism, she decided to accompany her daughter, Mrs. Blackstone, who was ill, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Here she enjoyed herself greatly until her fmal sickness. The funeral was held at Oak Park on Sunday, July 7th. A feature of the funeral was the pure white dresses of the daughters and granddaughters. The services were like a triumph of joy in faith. She was buried beside her husband at Faith Hope Cemetery.
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