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- Death of Mrs. Matilda Hendershot
Last evening at 6 o'clock Mrs. Matilda Hendershot passed to her final reward. This incident in the death has deeply depressed her son, Fuller R Hendershot, our popular townsman, who was at her bedside when the end came. Mrs. Hendershot made her home with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Dennis Hendershot at Firwood and she came here two weeks ago to visit Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kreller on Vine street and while there was taken ill with a severe cold and latter she suffered a stroke of paralysis which hastened the end. Her death occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kreller, whom she was visiting, and her demise was due to general debility. Matilda (Whitman) Hendershot was born on Dec 11, 1824 at Easton, Northampton County. Her family removed to what was then known as the Nanticoke Dam, now West Nanticoke, in 1832, where she was married to her husband, Samuel Hendershot, who died in 1879. They removed to Plymouth in 1836 and here she has resided ever since, being generally know and one of the most estimable and highly respected women residents of this section. She was widely known in the community and was highly esteemed by all who knew her. She was an affectionate mother and a kind neighbor. She was a Christian in every sense of the word and was admired for her excellent traits of character. She was charitable and had a kind word for everybody and after 84 years of life she has ended a true Christian life. Mrs. Hendershot was peculiar in some respects, although in her eighty-fourth year at the time of her death was adverse to the present mode of traveling, as she never rode on a street car but on two occasions, and never once did she ride on a steam train, preferring at all times to walk or ride in a carriage to the end of her destination. Her remains were removed last evening to the home of her son, Fuller R Hendershot, on East Main Street, from which place the funeral will be held. Deceased in survived by two sons, Fuller R Hendershot and Angelo J Hendershot, both of this place; also eleven grandchildren. The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 with services at the house. Interment will be made in the Forty Fort cemetery. -- The Times Leader, Feb 13, 1909
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1824 - 1909 (84 years)
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