ELIZABETH KELLER EVERLY

ELIZABETH KELLER EVERLY WAS BORN DECEMBER 9, 1824 IN GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO AND DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. J. L. WOODS OF DIAGONAL MAY 25, 1900. FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS HER HEALTH HAS BEEN POOR AND FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS SHE WAS CONFINED TO HER BED. SHE WAS MARRIED TO WILLIAM EVERLY ON FEBRUARY 4, 1847 AND THIS UNION WAS BLESSED WITH FIVE CHILDREN, THREE OF WHOM ARE LIVING. THE FAMILY CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY IN 1856, SETTLING NEAR DIAGONAL WHERE THEY HAVE SINCE RESIDED. THE HUSBAND DIED IN 1864 IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY. MRS EVERLY WAS A KIND AND LOVING MOTHER AND A CONSISTENT CHRISTIAN. SHE WAS CONVERTED AT THE AGE OF TEN YEARS AND JOINED THE METHODIST CHURCH. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SUNDAY, MAY 27 FROM THE DIAGONAL CHURCH, CONDUCTED BY REV. J.D. SPARKS AND B.D. HIMEBAUGH. A LARGE CONCOURSE OF FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WERE PRESENT TO PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO THE DECEASED. THE INTERMENT WAS IN THE BETHEL CEMETERY.