[Faucett, Mary Jane Tate]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     March 21, 1912     p. 8

Mrs. T. [homas] L. [ynch] Faucett, well known to many of our readers passed away last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. T. Phillips at Gravity. Funeral services were held at Conway Friday, and interment in the Conway cemetery.

[Faucett, Mary Jane Tate]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday      March 21, 1912     p. 5

CONWAY

The funeral of Mrs. T. L. Fawcett [Mary Jane Tate Faucett] was held in Conway Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Newman preached the funeral sermon and interment was in the Conway cemetery. Mrs. Fawcett died March 12, at the home of Mrs. L. J. Phillips, of Gravity, where she had lived since the death of her husband. The relatives who attended the funeral from out of town were William Fawcett. Mrs. William Ellis, and Cora Fawcett, all of Des Moines, Mrs. L. J. Phillips of Gravity, Elda and Frank Phillips of Oklahoma.

[Faucett, Mary Jane Tate]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday      March 21, 1912     p. 5

GRAVITY

Frank and Ed Phillips of Bartlesville, Ok., came Friday to attend the funeral services of their grandmother Mrs. Fawcett, who died Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. L. F. Phillips.

[Faucett, Thomas Lynch]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     October 25, 1906     p. 4

Obituary

Thomas Lynch Faucett was born in North Carolina, on the 31st day of August 1826, and died in his home at Conway, Iowa, October 21, 1906, at, 12:30 p. m. aged 80 years, 1 month and 2 days.

He was one of a family of twelve children; of these there are three sisters and one brother that survive him.

In 1832 he moved, with his parents, to Orange County, Indiana, and in 1846 he was married to Mary Jane Tate, of the same county. Had he lived three days longer they would have completed sixty years of married life together.

Twelve children were born to them, five boys and seven girls, eight of whom are now living, three sons and five daughters. There are also thirty living grand children and nine great grandchildren

In 1852 he moved with his family to Knox county, Illinois and in '64 he came to Polk county, Iowa, where after eleven years residence, he came to Taylor county where he lived until his death.

He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having been converted at the age of sixteen. While living in Illinois he was given a license to exhort and about the year 1870 he was made a local preacher in the M. E. church. He was ordained as local elder, September 27,1881 at Perry, Iowa. He was not a member of the conference as an effective elder but served acceptably and efficiently several charges as local elder for a number of years building churches and serving societies until owing to ill health he has not done active work for the past five years. He was beloved by his presiding elders because of his faithful work and true Christian life. In his home and family relations and among his neighbors and friends his genial spirit, gentle manners, loving heart, he will be missed as husband, father, neighbor, citizen and church member. Many rise up to bless his memory.
[Note: The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Times-Republican, November 1, 1906, page 7.]

[Faucett, Thomas Lynch]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     October 25, 1906    p. 7

Death of Rev. Faucett

Rev. Faucett died at his home in Conway Sunday at 12:30 p. m. and was buried Tuesday the funeral being held at 11:30 a. conducted by the presiding elder, Rev. Hohenshelt and Rev. Giddens, the local minister.

Rev. Faucett is one of the old settlers of Taylor County. For many years he resided on a farm in Grant Township, but for the last 10 or 12 years he has made his home in Conway. He was a regularly ordained minister, and gave the best efforts of his life to the cause of his master.

For a long time his health has been poor, and tho not confined to his bed, except for a short time, for weeks he has bean sinking slowly but surely toward the grave.