Catherine McElhinney
1822 - 1900 (77 years)
Generation: 1
1. Catherine McElhinney was born on 10 Aug 1822 in Londonderry, Ireland (daughter of Robert McElhinney and Nancy Martin); died on 14 Apr 1900 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
The Morning Sun News-Herald
Mrs. Catharine McElhinney-Baird was born near Londonderry, Ireland, August 10th, 1822. She departed this life April 14th, 1900.
When about 3 years old she came with her parents to the United States, and after residing a series of years In Pennsylvania and New York; emigrated to Iowa, with the rest of the family, where they arrived April 15, 1840.
She lacked a single day of having lived in [outside?] the state 60 years.
She was married to John Baird in Philadelphia, March 12, 1840. Mr. Baird's death occurred on July 4th, 1881, so that she lived in widowhood almost 19 years.
She was in the truest sense of the word a mother. Five sons and six daughters live to mourn her death. One child died in early life.
Her grandchildren number 29, and her great-grandchildren, 3. She was eminently practical in all her life work. "She managed her affairs with discretion."
She loved her church devoutly, and understood the principles upon which It stood. She attended church when it cost her much effort, and when she felt unable to go any other place. During her last illness, her mind was unusually clear; her anticipation of the approaching end was with a quiet faith, a comfortable hope, a well grounded assurance. In herself she saw nothing on which to depend. In Jesus Christ she saw all that her soul desired. Her end came painlessly and peacefully, like the light of the morning-star that does not set but melts away into the clearer light of the eternal day. "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace."
The funeral was attended by a vast concourse of people and among the mourners were a large number of early settlers. We note year by year how their number is being diminished. The emigrants are again emigrating -- this time to a land where infirmities of age, and sickness, and sorrow, and separation are words unknown.
May their posterity be as true to the right and as loyal to duty as the fathers and mothers were. "Show thy work unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children."
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22318395/catherine-bairdFamily/Spouse: John Baird. John was born on 02 Apr 1813 in Ireland; died on 04 Jul 1881; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- James Wallace Baird was born on 18 Sep 1847 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 27 Sep 1923 in Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried on 29 Sep 1923 in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.
2. Robert McElhinney was born on 16 Dec 1794 in Ireland; died on 01 Oct 1883; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
Morning Sun News Herald on 16 Sep 1916
The McElhinney family left Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, travelling overland to Pittsburgh. From there they took a boat down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, then up the Mississippi to New Boston, Illinois where they crossed over the river and landed on what was then the Territory of Iowa. They journeyed a few miles westward from the point at which they crossed and chose a site on Honey Creek to build a new house.
(Info from NoReins)
Name:
Son of Joseph and Catherine Finley McElhinney
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22938499/robert-mcelhinneyRobert married Nancy Martin. Nancy was born on 03 May 1798 in Ireland; died on 03 May 1868 in Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Nancy Martin was born on 03 May 1798 in Ireland; died on 03 May 1868 in Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22318351/nancy-mcelhinneyChildren:
- 1. Catherine McElhinney was born on 10 Aug 1822 in Londonderry, Ireland; died on 14 Apr 1900 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.
- Joseph M. McElhinney was born on 25 Oct 1829 in New York; died on 22 Mar 1910; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.