Sunday, February 8, 2015

Sunday's Obituary–Ellen Hurst Streater


Ellen Streater Obit
Special to the State.
Chesterfield, Feb. 7 – Thursday morning about 3 o’clock Mrs. Ellen Streater died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J/ T. Hurst.
Mrs. Streater was about 75 years of age. Her husband, W. C. Streater, died in early manhood in 1872. Mrs. Streater was a widow 42 years. There are three surviving children, J. B. Streater and Mrs. J. T. Hurst, of Chesterfield, and Mrs. Thomas Perkins of Cheraw.
For many years Mrs. Streater was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Late Thursday afternoon the body was laid to rest in the Hurst cemetery a few miles from town. The funeral services were conducted by her pastor the Rev. T. R. Owen, assisted by the Rev. J. L. Tyler.


Mrs. Ellen Streater was the widow of William C. Streater who passed away in 1872.

Born in 1846, she was a daughter of Miles Hurst and Thetus Thurman.  Her surviving three children were - Thetus Irene, James B and Hannah Streater. She was 68 years old. 

She was buried beside her husband in the Hurst Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.







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[1] Mrs. Ellen Streater obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 7 February 1914, page 3, column 3.

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