Obit: Streight, Betsy (1804 - 1882)

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Surnames: STEIGHT ARCHER GREEN

----Source: Neillsville Republican Press 2/23/1882

BETSY STREIGHT  (1804 - 1882)

Died in Neillsville, Clark County, Wis., Feb. 17th, 1882, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Levi Archer, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Betsy Streight, age seventy-eight years.

Mrs. Streight was born in the state of New York, and had been for many years a resident of this county. She was the mother of ten children, two of which reside at this place, while two others reside in Jackson County. Four of her children had gone before, two of whom, Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. Green, rest in the Neillsville Cemetery. Mrs. Streight was a kind mother, and a true friend, loved and honored down to her old age.

Her funeral was attended on Sunday last from the Presbyterian Church of this village. Many besides the sorrowing family will feel the loss of one who had tried so long to be a blessing to all around her. Thus one after another the aged ones of our homes pass away, and thus are we constantly reminded that life at best is short.