Individual Details
Julia Virginia Hungerford
(3 Mar 1856 - 5 Oct 1901)
Posted at findagrave.com: Oct 9, 1901 - Carroll Sentinel - Mrs. A.D. Swisher passed away Sunday morning in Kansas City, Kansas, and her remains were laid away in St. Joseph's cemetery yesterday forenoon. The deceased had been in failing health for about two years, and about seven weeks ago went to Kansas City to consult a specialist. Her case was regarded as serious from the beglnning, and a few days ago a surgical operation was performed upon her. She passed through the operation with flattering prospects for recovery and for four days her progress toward restoration seemed uninterrupted.
Her son Edgar arrived there Thursday night and found her cheerful and hopeful of returning home in a few days. But that night unfavorable symptoms developed and so serious was her condition that her husband was wired for next morning. By times she gained and lost and Friday night her brother, the writer, was informed by telegraph that she could not recover. He left Saturday and arrived there Sunday morning with her little son Harrold. But her life had gone out five hours before they reached their destination. She died in the presence of husband, son and sister and was conscious up to eight hours before passing away. Funeral services were hold at Kansas City, and the remains were taken direct to the cemetery from the Colorado Special, which arrived at 10 o'clock a.m.
Julia Hungerford, a sister of the editor of this paper, was born in McKean county, Pennsylvania, forty-five years ago. After her ninth year her youth was spent at Ottumwa, Iowa, where she grew to young womanhood. Nearly 21 years ago she was married to Adolph D. Swisher, and until coming here a year ago their married life, with the exception of one year, was spent in La Cygna, Kansas, and Butler, Missouri.
Her family consists of two sons, Edgar aged 18, and Harrold aged 10. She was a woman of marked mentality and strength of character. Had wider opportunities enabled her parents to give her an education, her mind would have unfolded rare riches and developed vast mental resources. She had a poetic strain and quoted extensively from the best authors. She sparkled, with brightness and her stock of wit and bright sayings was a never ailing source of interest and good cheer to those who knew her. She was content with her lot as wife and mother, but had she had the opportunities and privileges of a young man for self development, she would have surpassed her brothers and taken a place among tho most gifted and favored of women.
She was of an intensely religious cast of mind and had no doubt that after this life, came peace and freedom from pain aud suffering. Long before coming to Carroll she was afflicted with an ailing that she realized might in time end her life. She shut herself within the precincts of her home, unable to meet kind proffers of newly acquired acquaintances to admit her to wider social domains, and dovoted herself to her home, husband, and sons.
No tribute to her memory would be complete that omitted her constant devotion to her aged mother. Neither the weight of 80 years, nor the aggregate infirmities that had made mother nearly helpless dimmed the daughter's love. She found constant pleasure in the maternal presence and no day was too weary or night too long for her to wait on her wants and serve her. Gentle, patient, and rich in filial love, her only anxiety was that she could not do enough to cheer the evening of the mother's life. And when she died Julia's life was somber because light ceased to shine from mother's presence. While still in touch with youth she passes away in the meridian of life, without a grey hair or a wrinkle on her brow. But, "it is God's way; his will be done."
Oct 10, 1901 - Carroll Sentinel - The remains of Mrs. A.D. Swisher whose untimely death at Kansas City was mentioned in Monday's Sentinel, arrived in this city Tuesday morning. A number of friends of the family were at the train and followed the deceased to her last resting place in St Joseph's cemetery, funeral services having been held in Kansas City.
[Obituary states she was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Findagrave.com shows her at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Her son Edgar arrived there Thursday night and found her cheerful and hopeful of returning home in a few days. But that night unfavorable symptoms developed and so serious was her condition that her husband was wired for next morning. By times she gained and lost and Friday night her brother, the writer, was informed by telegraph that she could not recover. He left Saturday and arrived there Sunday morning with her little son Harrold. But her life had gone out five hours before they reached their destination. She died in the presence of husband, son and sister and was conscious up to eight hours before passing away. Funeral services were hold at Kansas City, and the remains were taken direct to the cemetery from the Colorado Special, which arrived at 10 o'clock a.m.
Julia Hungerford, a sister of the editor of this paper, was born in McKean county, Pennsylvania, forty-five years ago. After her ninth year her youth was spent at Ottumwa, Iowa, where she grew to young womanhood. Nearly 21 years ago she was married to Adolph D. Swisher, and until coming here a year ago their married life, with the exception of one year, was spent in La Cygna, Kansas, and Butler, Missouri.
Her family consists of two sons, Edgar aged 18, and Harrold aged 10. She was a woman of marked mentality and strength of character. Had wider opportunities enabled her parents to give her an education, her mind would have unfolded rare riches and developed vast mental resources. She had a poetic strain and quoted extensively from the best authors. She sparkled, with brightness and her stock of wit and bright sayings was a never ailing source of interest and good cheer to those who knew her. She was content with her lot as wife and mother, but had she had the opportunities and privileges of a young man for self development, she would have surpassed her brothers and taken a place among tho most gifted and favored of women.
She was of an intensely religious cast of mind and had no doubt that after this life, came peace and freedom from pain aud suffering. Long before coming to Carroll she was afflicted with an ailing that she realized might in time end her life. She shut herself within the precincts of her home, unable to meet kind proffers of newly acquired acquaintances to admit her to wider social domains, and dovoted herself to her home, husband, and sons.
No tribute to her memory would be complete that omitted her constant devotion to her aged mother. Neither the weight of 80 years, nor the aggregate infirmities that had made mother nearly helpless dimmed the daughter's love. She found constant pleasure in the maternal presence and no day was too weary or night too long for her to wait on her wants and serve her. Gentle, patient, and rich in filial love, her only anxiety was that she could not do enough to cheer the evening of the mother's life. And when she died Julia's life was somber because light ceased to shine from mother's presence. While still in touch with youth she passes away in the meridian of life, without a grey hair or a wrinkle on her brow. But, "it is God's way; his will be done."
Oct 10, 1901 - Carroll Sentinel - The remains of Mrs. A.D. Swisher whose untimely death at Kansas City was mentioned in Monday's Sentinel, arrived in this city Tuesday morning. A number of friends of the family were at the train and followed the deceased to her last resting place in St Joseph's cemetery, funeral services having been held in Kansas City.
[Obituary states she was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Findagrave.com shows her at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 3 Mar 1856 | McKean Co,, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 1880 | Paola, Miami Co., Kansas - Adolph Irving Swisher | | ||
| Death | 5 Oct 1901 | Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., Kansas | | ||
| Burial | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carroll, Carroll Co., Iowa |
Families
| Spouse | Adolph Irving Swisher (1853 - 1933) |
| Child | John Edgar Swisher (1883 - 1966) |
Endnotes
1. Family Search, Pedigree Resource File.
2. Family Search, Pedigree Resource File.
3. Family Search, Pedigree Resource File.