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- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, July 8, 1886 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Died - In Odell, Illinois, June 16, 1886, Mrs. Hannah M. Jenks, aged 84 years, 2 months and 29 days. She was the daughter of Robert and Martha Muzzy, and was born in Dublin, New Hampshire, March 17, 1802. In the spring of 1816 she with her parents, moved into this town and settled two and a half miles north of the village of Pulaski, in 1822 she was married to Asa R. Meacham, a highly esteemed young man and a devoted husband. They soon moved westward and settled in Franklin, Pennsylvania, where they performed the laborers and endured the hardships incident to all settlers in a new and densely timbered country. But in 1831 the sudden and painful death of her husband brought her to the heaviest sorrow and responsibility of her life. Yet she bravely struggled on to support her four young children, with the wilderness around her, and the divine promise (jer. 4_:11) over her. In a few years she married Mr. Obed Jenks, with whom she lived pleasantly until his death in 1850, when she was again left a widow, now with a family of ten children, the youngest of whom was a babe. In 1851 she removed from Pennsylvania to Illinois, where, in Wilton and Odell, she spent the remainder of her life. With motherly devotion and tact she labored to train her children for usefulness here and for eternal blessedness hereafter. Six of these children are now living in five different states, and the mother had the joyful satisfaction of knowing that they were all pleasantly settled and were worthy members of Christian churches. When in the bloom of young womanhood she consecrated herself to Christ and his cause, uniting with the Baptist church in Sandy Creek, and unto the day of her death she honored her profession. She was singularly gentle, patient, cheerful and kind. Decided and strong in her convictions of duty and trust, she was yet eminently charitable in her judgment of others. Her temper and life were uniformly quiet, peaceable and consistent; forgetful of self, she was ever seeking to make those around her happy. She leaves behind her a legacy more precious than silver or gold. Rest, dear, gentle spirit, rest, loving heart, all who intimately knew thee will cherish, Revere and fondly embalm thy memory and virtues. Two brothers alone of the once happy band of twelve children, survive her.
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1802 - 1886 (84 years)
d. 2 Feb 1829, Sandy Creek, New York