CASANDRA KEGG LAIRD

CASANDRA KEGG WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA SEPTEMBER 19, 1812 AND DIED AT WANAMAKER, IOWA, MARCH 30, 1901, AGED 79 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND NINE DAYS.  IN THE ABSENCE OF HER PASTOR THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY REV. C. KNOLL.  SHE WAS MARRIED TO C. LAIRD DECEMBER 28, 1837.  AFTER BEING A WIDOW FOR FOURTEEN YEARS SHE WAS REUNITED IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY PART O MORE.  GRANDMA WAS A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE, A KIND NEIGHBOR  AND WAS UNTIRING IN HER DEVOTION TO THE FAMILY.  HER LAST AUDIBLE WORDS ON EARTH WERE, “GOOD-BY. ALL IS WELL; ALL IS WELL. GLORY HALLELUJAH!”