Obit of Miss Mattie Louise Harmon 1924
From the Chatsworth Plaindealer
Chatsworth,Livingston,Illinois
HATTIE LOUISE HARMON
JANUARY 3, 1924
Hattie Louise Harmon, daughter of Leonard and Anna Marie Harmon, was born in October 1847 at Richmond, Maine and passed away December 29, 1923 at the B.L. Harmon home in this city.
When she was a child the family removed to Boston. In 1865 she came with her parents and two brothers to Illinois, moving on a farm near Chatsworth. Since then she lived in and near Chatsworth with the exception of about five years residence in Chicago and several years in California.
For a number of years she taught in the District schools in this vicinity. She was converted when a young girl and joined the M.E. church, and remained faithful to her Savior and Lord to the end.
In her last illness she was patient and resigned. When the summmons came she was ready to go and peacefully fell asleep trusting in Jesus.
The funeral service was held on Monday afternoon, December 31 at the Evangelical church, Rev. J.A. Giese officiating. The singing was a mixed quartet. Interment was in the Chatsworth cemetery.