MRS. A. PORTER

PASSES AWAY AT
TABLE ROCK

Deceased Was Born in this County and Was Married in Auburn

She was a Daughter of the Late Major Brush, Mexican and Civil War Veteran.
Mrs. Asa Porter, a native of Nemaha county, and who has many relatives here, died September 17, of erysipelas, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Burrow, at Table Rock.
Nellie Ellen Brush was a daughter of the late Major Brush, and was born in London precinct, April 7, 1871. She was united in
marriage to Asa Porter, in Auburn. February 26, 1890.
After living here for some years Mr. and Mrs. Porter moved to the vicinity of Table Rock, where they resided on a farm which they sold about a year ago. They went from there to Seneca, Kansas where they purchased a place and had since resided.
Some time ago Mrs. Porter suffered an attack of erysipelas, from which she recovered. She was able to visit the families of Chas. Brush and Thos. Holloway in Auburn, during the fair and she then seemed to be in normal health.
While visiting at the home of her daughter at Table Rock she had some dental work done and erysipelas again set set in, resulting in her death.
Mrs. Porter was a member of one of the pioneer families of the county. She was a woman who was blessed with many lovely traits of character. She was a devoted mother and a loyal wife in every sense of the word. Early in life she united with the Methodist church and she carried the precepts of her religion and faith into her daily life. She was the soul of charity and generosity. When any of her neighbors were in sickness or trouble she would do all that lay in her power to nurse or comfort them. Mrs. Porter is survived by her husband, and three daughters, Mrs. Ed. Burrow, Mrs. Fred Burrow and Bessie Porter, and by five grand-children; also by four brothers, Charles Brush, and Anderson Brush of Auburn; Faye Brush, of California, and Doris Brush, of Maryland; also by two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Holloway, of Auburn, and Mrs. Anna, Cafferty, of Omaha.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church, at Table Rock, two o'clock, Sunday afternoon. The edifice as crowded with mourners. Among them were about 25 families which had come from Seneca, Kansas, where the deceased had resided only a short time but so great had her goodness been that these persons mourned with the sincerity of old friends. A large cortege followed the remains to the cemetery. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful in the extreme.

Nemaha County Herald

Friday

September 24, 1920