Obituary of Lucy H. (BRIGGS) FOXWELL
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Surnames:  FOXWELL, BRIGGS, RICHARDS, MOYLE, SMITH

From the Union Grove Enterprise, Racine county at Union Grove, a 
weekly paper: April, 1919--FOXWELL
Mrs. Lucy Foxwell, one of the oldest town of Yorkville residents; as
well as in this part of the state, passed away April 19, 1919 at 5:30
o'clock, at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Foxwell. (Lucy
Foxwell aged 98 years, 7 months and 19 days).

Lucy H. Briggs was born in Zannesville, Ohio, August 30, 1820.  Her
parents were Ansel and Susannah Briggs.  She came to Racine county,
Wisconsin in 1838, and had been a resident here since that time,
witnessing it develop from a wild region to one teeming with luxury
and wealth.  She was united in marriage to Mr. John Foxwell of
Cornwall, England in September 1841 to whom ten children were born,
three surviving; Mrs. Lucy Richards, Waukesha, Wisconsin; Mrs. T.S.
Moyle, Yorkville, Wisconsin; Mrs. Lydia Moyle, Benton Harbor, Mich.
There are also 32 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren.  Her
husband, Mr. John Foxwell preceded her in death in March 1882.

Deceased was raised a Methodist but of recent years had not affiliated
with any particular church.  She was a good Christian woman, and took
a great interest in the events of the present.  She retained all her
faculties to a remarkable degree, and one of her fondest ambitions to
live to be a centenarian.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Old Yorkville
Church, conducted by A.L. Smith, member of the International Bible
Student's Association of Milwaukee.