Mrs. Elsie A Wildman, nee, Wood, was born in Gilbertsville, Otsege Co. N. York, July 24, 1816; died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Bailey, at Blair, Nebraska, 5 o’clock a. m., June 26, 1901, aged 84 years 11 months and two days. In May 1842 she was married to Nelson F. Hopper, with whom she lived until his death in May 1861*. Five years thereafter she was married to Mr. Horace Wildman who was grandfather to the late Consul General Wildman. Since his decease in 1891 she has lived among her children in the West, and seven years of that time, with her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Bailey, besides whom, she leaves three sons, viz: Messrs. Bryron D., Geo. W. and John J. Hopper, all of whom reside in Nebraska. She has been a member of the M. E. Church for sixty five years and has ever adorned the “doctrine of Christ our Saviour”. In her, the passing years matured a sweet-spirited, gentle, motherly saint, whose exit from earth will be deeply felt by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Death, though grim and relentless, had for her no terrors. By the side of her departed husband, in the cemetery at Whitesville, Allegheny county, New York, her remains will await the resurrection call. Peace to her sleeping dust, while indescribable beatitudes (print unreadable)

Blair Courier 27 June 1901

Mrs. Elsie A. Wildman died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Bailey, at 5 o’clock Wednesday morning at the advanced age of 85 years. Rev. J. L. Vallow conducted the funeral services at the Methodist Church in the afternoon, after which the body was taken to Whitesville, N. Y., by her son, George Hopper. Her first husband, Nelson F. Hopper, was buried there in 1867*. In 1872 she married Mr. Horace Wildman. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Bailey, she leaves three sons, Myron C., Geo. W. and John J. Hopper, all of whom reside in this state.

* different dates for death of Nelson F. Hopper

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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