Hannah Ann West, daughter of Clement Hall and Rachel Davis West, was born in Leonardsville, N. Y., November 19, 1828. She passed away at the home of her son in Milton, July 27, 1916, in her eighty-eighth year. She had three brothers, David Belford, Elder Joel and William P. West. She had one sister, Sarah Jane, the wife of A. R. Jones. These have all passed away. There are six living nieces and nephews.
August 2, 1849, she was married to Matthew Wells Crumb, with whom she lived in wedded companionship almost exactly thirty years, as he died August 8, 1879. The young couple move west in 1855. After living a year in Milton they moved upon their farm four and a half miles north-east of town. The last years of Mr. Crumb's life they spent in Milton.
She was married to Howell W. Randolph August 19, 1888. He died in 1891.
After the death of her husband, Mr. Crumb, she lived with her son, Clement Wells Crumb, with whom her residence has continued to be through the thirty-seven years since. During her brief married life later she and her husband lived in the same house with her son's family. Mr. and Mrs. Crumb and their son Fred survive to cherish her memory as does also her foster daughter Margaret, the wife of E. D. Bliss.
She was baptized in dawning womanhood and became a member of the Leonardsville S. D. B. church. In 1858 she and her husband brought their letters and joined the Milton S. D. B. church, of which she has since been a loyal and devoted member. She lived a quiet life of peace with God and man. She was modest, always pleasant and sweet in spirit. She loved God, the Bible, the church and the Sabbath. Her mission seemed to be not so much to preach her religion as to live it. She was a faithful worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union so long as her strength would permit. She sang in the church choir for some years. She had the gift of spreading happiness and good cheer. During her nineteen months of helplessness she has manifested the same spirit of quiet faith and good cheer.
Funeral services were held at the home of her son Clement on the afternoon of July 29. Her pastor and step-son, Rev. L. C. Randolph, spoke from the text, Rev. 14:12,13. Miss Anne Post sang "Lead Kindly Light" and "Face to Face." The burial was in the village cemetery. The memorial services closed with the verse found upon the wall of her room:
No day shall dawn, no night shall wane
Without its prayer for you.
For health and happiness I'll pray
To last the whole year through.
Among those from out of town were Mrs. Fred A. Baker, Evansville; Mrs. T. R. Brigham, Darien; Mrs. J. M. Burno, Chicago; Mrs. H. P. Irish, Farina.
