Margaretta A. Betts  

Liberty, Nebraska Journal Thursday, May 18, 1899. 

  Margaretta A. Betts was born in West Moreland, Co., Pennsylvania Apr. 6, 1833. She came to Illinois in  1856  and  was  married  to Thomas Bickett  at  Aledo, Illinois on Christmas Day 1860. They moved to Gage Co., Neb., in Dec. 1894.

  For about  four  years  she  has  been  an intense sufferer and died at noon Saturday   May  18,  1899   while  undergoing  an   imperative operation for Strangulated Hernia.

  She  was  the  mother  of  four  children,  three of  whom died in infancy one daughter  survives  her,  and  assumes  the  mother  mantle in  the home, In additional to  her own children.  She raised two motherless children.   While young she united with the unknown  church, and after marriage joined the Methodist church of which she was a member at the time of her death.

  Her religious life was quiet and retiring but she projected her character in spirit of God on the life about her.

  She lived for others, in the midst of her constant suffering she gave her life to others.

  A faithful wife and loving mother she approximated Soloman's portrait of the true woman.

  During  half a century she had been becoming  one  of God's  Noble woman  and she has entered into her rest.

  "Give  her  the  fruits   of her hands: and let her own works praise her in the gates"  Born April 06, 1833, Westmoreland Co., Pa. Died May 13, 1899 Liberty, Gage Co., Nebraska.

  
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