Another Pioneer Gone
Phoebe Keuwick, the rabjaet ol UM no tice, was born in Séneca County, state of New Vork, in the year 1"'.4, and died in Saloiu, at the residence ol lier son, ufter a brief illncss, on the 3d day af .January. 1881, agcd ncarly 87 ycars. At the age if 1 j yearó slie joined the Methodist church, and froiu that time she was a uieniber of it UDtl tke carne to Michigan, la 1 iS 1 ¦" hen she was L'l years old, he was uiarrird te the late llon. (teorge Renwick, who was then a resident of the state of New York. The resulta of this allianee were, five children, tlnee iris aod twu boya Two of the girls died in the stmti' if New York, and in I -s the parents carac to Michigan with their three reniainiug children and settled in Salem, wliieh township at that time was aluiost ft wilderMM, anl the house they built was one ol' the 6rst. houses in it, and traditioa Njn that many a pioneer stranger in search ol' a home n the iriklaraoa, ud many a pioneer minister travelinj; through it have found a welcome in that house. Mr. Renwiek died in 1863, and his widow survivedhim about 18 years. I bave said that Mrs. Renwiek was a meinber of the Methodist church in the state of New York, let me state also that she joined the first church which was establiihed in Salem, and was a meinber of it when she died. That church was Congregational in doctrine. Three children and eight grand children survive the deeeas.cl. The first montionod are Mary Ann Wynkup, of this city, John W. llenwk'k and George N. B. Renwiek, of Salem. She had great aft'ection for her chÜdren and grandchildren, and they were au strongly attached to her, and although ihe was so aged, they will surely mi.-s her, and deeply inourn their loss. But her own family will not be the only mourners, for she was held in high esteetn and great respect by all who knew her. She was a woman of more than common abilitie?, and although the infirmities conimon to old age had impaired her bodily strength, yet her mind was full of cnerííy and uneloudcd almost to the duy of her dcath. Mother Renwiek has lived a long, useful and Christian lifc, but at last the shadow of death has encireled her ; she lias rraclu'l the other shon' and is at re.-t.