Obit: Andrews, Hattie (1834 - 1912)

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Surnames: ANDREWS HENDREN BASTOW CAMPBELL MACK JOHNSTON BURCH SHANKS

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner, Greenwood, Clark County, Wisconsin Thursday, May 23, 1912

Andrews, Hattie (1834 - 1912)

Saturday morning one of Greenwood's pioneer residents was called to the other world, where sorrow and care are not known. Aunt Hattie Andrews as she was familiarly known to her acquaintances, lies in the Silent City, by the side of a devoted husband, in peace.
Impressive funeral services were held at the M. E. Church at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. W. T. Hendern and Rev. H Bastow officiating. Interment was made in the Greenwood Cemetery with short services at the grave.

Harriet Campbell Andrews was born in Rawdon, Canada, Oct, 31st, 1834. Her parents having died during her infancy she was taken into the family of Daniel Mack, with whom she lived until her marriage to Stephen M. Andrews September 8th, 1851.

 
In 1868 the family moved to Juneau Co. Wisconsin, where they resided until 1870 when they moved to Greenwood where they have since lived.

The deceased was the mother of a large and gifted family, many of whom have silver threads among the gold. Ten children were born to her, seven of whom survive her, George, Frank, McKenzie, William, Mrs., Wm. Johnston, Mrs. E. T. Burch and Mrs. Albert Shanks.

To her husband she was a helpmate in every sense of the word, cheerfully accepting the toils, cares and hardships, which accompanied the life of a pioneer settler. Forty two years ago when this city was hardly visible in the dense forest of pine, the family came here and built the home in which she lived until her death called her away.

To her children she as a loving, self-sacrificing mother, their welfare first considered, her own the last.

By friends old and young she was called Aunt Hattie. The family name appropriately expressing the respect and love accorded her by all.

None entered her home without a warm welcome nor left without a genuine hospitality, so characteristic of the people of her ancestry. Decease did not destroy the charm of the kind indulgent disposition, nor old age diminish her unselfish solicitude of her friends and loved ones. Adhering to the faith of her fathers, she united with the Methodist church in early life and loved to attend its services when health permitted. While she has continued to enjoy the society of her friends and children, she has for several years, realized that her active life was once and with resignation awaited the Divine call from death unto life.

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Mrs. Robinson of Colby is here on a visit with her mother, Mrs. Hattie Andrews.  Greenwood Gleaner, 7 Mar 1902.