Alice Smith

 

 

 

--Gibson City Courier.  22 January 1892.  Page 5.

 

A dispatch from Guthrie, the scene of that terrible collision, last Tuesday, announcing the death of Mrs. David Smith, was received with mingled regret and sorrow to her parents and her many friends and relatives here. Mrs. Smith's death occurred in the collision of trains at the above place. She was the only person at the time in the caboose. Her death must have been instantaneous. The deceased was 27 years, 8 months and 10 days of age. Last spring Mrs. Smith moved to Brunswick, Mo., and on Christmas day deceased arrived here for a visit to her parents and her many friends, and by reason of her pleasing disposition, she an unusually large circle of friends and acquaintances. On Friday previous to the wreck, she was visiting Mrs. Currie, of Paxton, and returning to Roberts on that ill fated local freight train which caused her death. The funeral was held at her parents home here in Roberts last Friday, at 2 p.m. Rev. Collins, conducting the services. It was the largest funeral Roberts ever witnessed. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Swanick, of this city, She leaves a husband and two daughters, aged four and two years, father, mother, a brother and two sisters, besides a host of relatives and friends. The pall bearers were Jim ?, Mike Doman, James Flora, Nat. White, Henry Steinman and Bealy Foster. Peace be to her ashes.
OBITUARY
Alice Swanick was born in Aurora, Ill., May ?th, 1864; moved with her parents to a farm six miles northwest of Roberts in 1872, where she lived until her marriage to David B. Smith, May 12th, 1886. After her marriage she lived in Roberts for some time, then a short time in the south, moving to Brunswick, Mo., in the latter part of February last. She was suddenly summoned from earth while visiting with her friends in and around Roberts, January 19th, 1892, aged 27 years, 8 months and 10 days. She leaves a husband, two small children, father, mother, two sisters and a brother besides a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn her untimely death. She was a dutiful and affectionate daughter, a loving sister and a faithful and devoted wife and mother, and a servant of the Master, and has been called from ? to receive the reward of the faithful in the land of Light and Love. The funeral services were held at the home of Mr. Swanick, her father, being conducted by Rev. Collins, Friday, January 22d, and were attended by a large concourse of relatives and friends, anxious to manifest their heart-felt sympathy for the bereaved loved ones. As the procession moved slowly to the cemetery it was a sad sight; few eyes were dry. She, who but a few days before was in the bloom of health, and now cold in death.
She had won many friends in the country, being a teacher, and for some time secretary of the teacher's convention of Ford county. She was always ready to lend a helping hand and will be remembered as one of the best.

--Paxton Record.  28 January 1892.