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Note: Illinois Marriage Index: BICKETT, MARGARET (MRS) STRUTHERS, THOMAS 02/11/1863 Mercer Co., Illinois In Memoriam Died on Thursday, March 7, 1895, at the home of her son, A, H. Bickett, in Mt. Ayr, Iowa, Mrs. Margaret Struthers, age 84 years, 4 months and 6 days. Mrs. Struthers was born near the city of Belfast, Ireland, October 31, 1810. She spent her early youth in the place of her birth. In 1820 there was a great outflow of Scotch-Irish emigrants to America. The friends of Mrs. Struthers left Ireland that year for Canada, where they remained for a short time. They soon removed to western Pennsylvania and settled at Butler, Butler county. She was married to William Bickett in 1844. T hey moved to Mercer Co.,, Ill., in 1855 and lived in the vicinity of Aledo. She was left a widow and nobly cared for her home and business affairs. In 1862 she married Thomas Struthers and with true motherly devotion cared for his large family so as to merit and receive the gratitude of all her children. To be an adopted mother of a large family is proverbially the most delicate and difficult of all the callings, but Mrs. Struthers filled the place most acceptably and was a loved mother in the home. These children arises and call her blessed. Her second husband died, again leaving her a widow. In 1877 she moved to Mt. Ayr, where she has lived a cheerful, beautiful old age. She united with the church at the early age of sixteen and ever walked with God in holy communion and fellowship. The charm of religious habit of life beamed from her countenance and was evident in her conversation. She was a living epistle of Christ, known and read of all. She leaves one son and several adopted children, all of whom hold her memory dear. The funeral took place from the United Presbyterian church, of which she has long been a member, on Friday, March 8, 1895, and was conducted by the pastor Rev. H. T. Jackson and the interment was made in the South cemetery. ( Cousin relationship with William, seems to have been private within family ).
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