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Obituary- Widener, Samantha

Samantha Widener
Mrs. Samantha C. Widener, 81, pioneer resident of Silver Lake township, died at her home in Silver Lake early Friday morning, Feb. 17.
Mrs. Widener and her husband, the late Mike Widener, a Civil war veteran, were married at Marengo, Iowa, October 4, 1867, and started for Kansas the same month. They made the trip in a prairie schooner that required about 21 days. They settled on a farm in Jefferson county. The same year they moved to a farm along Soldier creek about 7 miles from Silver Lake. At that time the Union Pacific Railroad Co. was laying rails thru Shawnee County. Most of the land was owned by the Pottawatomie Indians and was cheap.
They went thru the hardships and crop failures that early pioneers experienced. In 1874, corn looked so good that they were planning to build additional cribs to store the surplus. Then came the grasshoppers that destroyed the entire crop. About $50 in cash which they had accumulated proved sufficient to pull them thru the following winter.
Thirty-seven years ago they moved to Silver Lake and Mrs. Widener had made her home in the same house continuously since. Her husband died four years ago.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. B.F. Cones, Hutchinson; a brother, A. W. Bradshaw, Topeka; 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren; one daughter, Mary Etta died at the age of 16 years.
Mrs. Widener was converted at an early age and joined the Baptist church and was one of the first members of the Silver Lake Baptist church and had been a faithful devout Christian.
Funeral services were held at the Silver Lake Baptist church Sunday, afternoon, Feb. 19, at 1 o’clock. Interment was in Silver Lake cemetery.

We thank our neighbors and friends who assisted in caring for our beloved one during her last illness, and for their expressions of sympathy in our loss, for the beautiful flowers, and especially, we thank the members of the Silver Lake Baptist church for preparing the church for the funeral services.
Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Cones and family
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Sage and family
A.W. Bradshaw

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