At her home in the village of North Loup, Nebraska, on April 22, 1909, Mary Louise Maxson, wife of Frank Watts, in the 76th year of her age.
Sister Watts was the daughter of Josiah and Lois Burdick Maxson, and was born at Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y., on January 31, 1834. She was baptized by Rev. Alexander Campbell at Leonardsville, N. Y., on February 9, 1854. In 1858, on November 7, at Onarga, Ill., she was married to Frank Watts who now mourns the loss of a good wife, his companion of more than fifty years. She was the last surviving member of a family of five daughters and seven sons, the best known of which was her brother, Rev. Darwin E. Maxson.
Brother and Sister Watts after sixteen years of life in Illinois came to Nebraska in the early days of the struggle at North Loup. Except for a few years spent in Wisconsin, this has since been their home. Besides her husband, Mrs. Watts leaves three sons, several grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Another good Christian woman has gone home. Last Sabbath she walked to church. She died without warning and without a struggle as she had often expressed her desire to do.
"Be ye also ready." Funeral on Friday, April 23. Text Isa. lxvi, 13: "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." G. B. S.
