THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. July 26, 1907.  "OBITUARY" (from the Abilene,
Kansas, Chronicle of July 19).--Miss Nancy Dains was born in Meigs county,
Ohio, May 22, 1829 and died July 15, 1907, aged 78 years.

On October 10, 1850, she was married to Silas Burt at Athens, Ohio. To this
union four children were born: Mrs. Mary J. Sanders, Sidney, Iowa; Mrs. R.
B. Briney, Abilene, Kansas; Mrs. Ardena Wilgus, Gas City, Kansas; and O. J.
Burt, Abilene, Kansas.

Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Burt moved to Sidney, Iowa, where
they resided for 47 years. It was at this old home place they celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their wedding nearly 7 years ago. In 1903 they moved to Gas
City, Kansas, where they lived until last spring when they came to Abilene
expecting to spend the remainder of their days near their son and daughter
residing here. Mrs. Burt was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church
and led a good Christian life.

On July 15th, realizing that the Master was calling she drew her loved ones
to her bedside and expressed her willingness to go and hoped to meet them in
heaven. The death of this beloved wife and mother is the first break in the
immediate family circle, which makes it doubly hard to bear.

Funeral services were held at the home of R. B. Briney on West Third street
and was attended by all the resident members of the family and relatives and
a good number of friends. Services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Blayney who
spoke tenderly of the beautiful life of the deceased and of the reward laid
up for such. Heaven is brought nearer and made dearer by the passage of such
souls.

Appropriate music was rendered by a mixed quartet. The body was laid to rest
in the Abilene cemetery.

"Mother, thou art gone to rest.
We will not weep for thee
For thou art now where oft on earth
Thy spirit longed to be."