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Belle “Belle” Parker Paul

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Birth	:	12 Aug 1847 County Down, Northern Ireland
Death	:	10 Dec 1897 Gilman, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Prairie View Cemetery, Gilman, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8871710, -92.7961460
Description	:	PAUL - Died at St. Joseph's hospital, December 10, 1897, at 3 o'clock p.m., Mrs. Belle Paul, wife of David Paul, aged 50 years. The funeral services were held in the M.E. church, Gilman, Iowa, Monday, Dec. 13, at 10 o'clock a.m., conducted by Rev. R. F. Lavender, assisted by Rev. A.A. Mason. Belle Parker was born in County Down, Ireland, in the year 1847, emigrated with her parents - Robert and Susanna Parker - to America in the year 1861 and settled in Durant, Scott county, Iowa, where she was married to David Paul, on December 29,... Read More	PAUL - Died at St. Joseph's hospital, December 10, 1897, at 3 o'clock p.m., Mrs. Belle Paul, wife of David Paul, aged 50 years. The funeral services were held in the M.E. church, Gilman, Iowa, Monday, Dec. 13, at 10 o'clock a.m., conducted by Rev. R. F. Lavender, assisted by Rev. A.A. Mason. Belle Parker was born in County Down, Ireland, in the year 1847, emigrated with her parents - Robert and Susanna Parker - to America in the year 1861 and settled in Durant, Scott county, Iowa, where she was married to David Paul, on December 29, 1870, and in 1871 moved to Jasper county and settled on their farm, seven miles north of Kellogg, where they resided until 1882, when they moved to their farm near Gilman. January 1, 1882, she and her husband united with the Cong'l church of Gilman under the pastorate of Rev. Fred H. Magoun. They resided here until failing health of Mr. Paul seemed to demand a change of climate; they went to Colorado and spent a year in Denver, and in 1888 went to Ireland, where they stayed one year, returning to America, and spent another year or more in the west trying to regain Mr. Paul's health. In the fall of 1892 they took up their residence in Chicago, where they have since resided, except four months they spent in Ireland in 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Paul spent a part of last summer in this vicinity visiting their friends while Mr. Paul superintended improvements being made on his farms. They returned to Chicago about the last of September and soon after Mrs. Paul became ill of what proved to be a tumor on the brain and was unconscious for five weeks, only when aroused by friends asking her some question, and when the end came passed peacefully away. Mrs. Paul's life was a singularly happy one, her disposition was cheerful and at the same time grave and serious this gave to her countenance and bearing a quiet dignity. Her religious character was not of the emotional or demonstrative kind but impressed one more and more, on longer and better acquaintance, on being real and genuine, the most prominent feature being her conscientiousness. The fear of the Lord, a supreme regard to His will, was her rule of action in everything, in every relationship of life she was true and faithful, wherever she went she was treated with marked respect and affection. The services in the church were largely attended, the great company of friends and neighbors paying their last tribute of respect to the departed and showing their sympathy for the bereaved, could not but realize that after all "tis better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting." Sister Paul leaves a husband, six sisters and three brothers and a host of friends to mourn her demise. She was buried in Prairie View cemetery. All the ties of friendship severed, Hushed the voice once fondly heard. Breaks thy heart with weight of anguish, Cast they burden on the Lord. He will hold thee up from falling. He will guide thy steps aright. He will strengthen each endeavor, He will keep thee by his might. R.F.L. Iowa News from the Old Iowa Press PAUL family scrapbook items Scrapbook purchased at a garage sale in Davenport, Iowa. Transcribed by Cathy Labath

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Belle “Belle” Parker Paul death on 10 Dec 1897 in Gilman, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.8871710
Longitude: -92.7961460

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

David Paul

(1845 - 1924)

Siblings

James A Parker

(1829 - 1899)

Mary Ann Parker Ross

(1833 - 1900)

Matilda Parker

(1841 - 1940)

Ellen Jane Parker Paul

(1846 - 1917)

Richard Parker

(1851 - 1910)

William E Parker

(1853 - 1922)

Agnes Parker Ross

(1858 - 1945)

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