DIED - 8/10/1860 paper - In Versailles, on the 5th inst., MRS. ELIZABETH ROLAND, in the 85th year of her age.
DIED - 8/10/1860 paper - August 4, 1860, in Versailles, Ky., at the residence of her son-in-law, MR. CLARKE O. SMITHER, Mrs. ELIZABETH ROWLAND, widow of HENRY ROWLAND, deceased. Mrs. Rowland is the last of the original settlers of the interesting neighborhood in Woodford county, Ky., in which she so long resided. Her neighbors and generations have gone before her. She has been spared amidst the "the pestilence that walks in darkness, and the destruction that wastes at noonday," to the good old age of eighty-four. During the untold vicissitudes through which human life passes in such length of time, Mrs. Rowland gave exemplification for a most singularly uniform, meek, quite, calm and humble Christian life. And while the shadows of death were gathering around her, she as quietly and calmly expressed herself as resigned to the will of her heavenly Father, whom she had loved and so steadfastly loved for the space of sixty years, as a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This worthy lady was a branch of the OREAR family of Kentucky, many of whom adorned the doctrine of God their Saviour with a pious walk and godly conversation. She leaves behind her a numerous and respectable progeny, who appreciate her example and the most of whom are striving to follow her as she followed Christ. H.H. KAVANAUGH.
From: Woodford Heritage News, Vol. 18 No.3 ~ Quarterly Newsletter of Woodford County Historical Society, Inc. ~ July 20, 2002, page 9 ~ Woodford Pennant newspaper, abstracted by Heather Tauchert.