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Author: cwhite02
Surnames: Cary, Ward, Messimore, Clark, Elliott
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Glasco Sun, Cloud County, Kansas, March 26, 1914, page 2:
At Rest
Died at his home in Downs, Kansas March 20, 1914, Liston D. Cary, aged 68 years, one month
and twelve days . The subject of this sketch was a son of Dr. Isaac Cary of Lebanon,
Ohio, a descendant of William Cary, the well known Baptist missionary to India. The
pictures of Phoebe and Alice Cary, also a volume of their poems, are a treasured heirloom
in the home. He attended college at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and
at the age of 27 years was married to Miss Elizabeth Ward of Cherokee, Iowa. To this
union was born one son whom his dying mother named Liston D. Cary, jr.
Two years later Mr. Cary married Miss Cynthia Messimore. To this union was born one son,
Luther M. an engineer on the C.& R. Railroad and one daughter, Mabel Anna Harper, who
was laid to rest in the Glasco cemetery on July 12, 1913, near the grave of her mother,
who preceded her in death years before.
On Jan. 30, 1895, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. Cary married Mrs. Louisa Clark Elliott,
widow of Albert D. Elliott of Washington county, Kansas. To this union was born two sons
Warren M. and Milo Glen, who with their mother and two half brothers, survive to mourn
their great loss. Mr. Cary had been a great sufferer for about ten years with a
complication of diseases. He sold his beautiful home in Salt Lake in 1908, After
traveling two years for his health settled in Downs, hoping that Kansas' climate might
benefit him. Mr. Cary was a learned man, a talented writer, and a deep thinker. He was
converted at the age of 28 and united with the organization known as the Advent Christian
church. He was a very enthusiastic Christian, always ready and anxious to give a reason
for the hope within him. His Bible is marked from Genesis to Revelations with Greek and
Hebrew renderings, pointing out the truths most precious to him and is certainly a book
that any D.D. might covet. D!
uring his last hours of consciousness, he often expressed a desire to be at rest. He
also rejoiced in the hope of the resurrection of the dead and his faith in a Savior who
has power to raise the dead and change the living in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.
His faithful loving wife was his nurse and she did all that gentle loving hands could do
to alleviate his suffering and prolong his life. Funeral services were held in the A.C.
church, Glasco, Sunday, conducted by Rev. Sizemore, after which he was laid to rest in the
Glasco cemetery.
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