Obituary for Matilda M. Linn (1815-1904)
No. 77 - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.


Died, at Columbia, Mo., Oct. 10, 1904, at the residence of her grandson-in-law and granddaughter, Mr. and Mrs. (Prof.) BEASLEY, with whom she had made her home for a number of years, Mrs. Matilda LINN, widow of Luther M. LINN, deceased, aged 89 years, 8 months and 21 days. Born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, Jan. 10, 1815. She came to Missouri with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse PERKINS, who arrived at the home of Christopher CLARK, three and one-half miles southeast of Troy, on the 25th day of December, 1818.

Her father, Mr. Jesse PERKINS, entered a quarter section of land about 2 miles south of Troy, upon which he lived the remainder of his life.

She was the ninth of ten children and the last of the family to be gathered to her people. She was married to Mr. Luther M. LINN in 1836, or 1837. Settled 3 miles south of Troy, Mo., where she raised her family, her husband having died in California in 1853. She was the mother of 9 children, six of whom reached years of maturity, three having died in early childhood. Some 20 years or more after the death of her 3 children the hand of sorrow again entered her home, when death claimed two of her brightest sons, taken them from her in their early manhood, ____ just as their star of ____ ____ all its splendor above ___ ____ their lofty aspirations. ___se, William and Edward LINN, were young men of great promise and the staff upon which she had hoped to __an during her old age. But God took them, and she submitted calmly to His will. Her next oldest son, Rev. Horatio LINN, died about 20 years after the death of William and Edward, leaving a family.

Such bereavement would have caused many less faithful christains to succumb to their sorrow. Not so, however, with her. She had faith in Christ, and believed in the resurrection of the dead, and that she would meet her children in the great hereafter, amid the glories of eternal life, where they would form a union never again to be broken.

She was a member of the Presbyterian church, and had been for at least half a century; was strong in her faith, zealous in good works, circumspect in her daily walk and conversation, and in all things a true and faithful christian.

By her death Isreal, (the church, etc.) has lost one of its earnest, and most faithful mothers.

Loved and honored by her children, and grandchildren, together with a most of other relatives and friends.  Her transition from death unto life has cast a gloom over the hearts of the many who loved and honored her; notwithstanding their loss is her eternal gain.

She was a sister of Walton PERKINS, deceased, late of Troy, Mo.

Those of her children who survive her are Rev. Lewis F. LINN, of St. Louis, Mrs. Matilda Ann MCCAIN, of near Troy, Mo., and Mrs. Mary M. JONES, of Trenton, Nebraska.

May her ashes rest in peace, while her soul enjoys the rewards of a well spent life, in the presence of the God and Savior she so faithfully served during her earthly pilgrimage.

--W.


Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection":  Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO.  She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records. 


Submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of  LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Beth Rengers Talken, 20 August 1998. 

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