Overstreet, Julia (Kern)
Date of death: 13 Apr 1881 – Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 15, 1881,
Volume 2 Number 41, page 3 column 1
––––––––––––––––
The funeral services of Mrs. S. L. Overstreet will take place at the Presbyterian church this afternoon at 2 o’clock.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 15, 1881,
Volume 2 Number 41, page 3 column 3
==============================
OBITUARY.
At her home in this city, on the 18th instant, of consumption, Julia, wife of S. L. Overstreet, aged 21 years. Mrs. Overstreet was the daughter of the late Dr. Kern of Louisville, Ky., and was universally esteemed by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. She met death with that firmness and resignation which are inspired by the Christian’s hope, and though her life has gone out while the sun is yet in the morning sky, she leaves a host of friends and relatives whose past was brightened by her presence, and whose future is gilded with the hope of meeting her again in the bright beyond.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 29, 1881,
Volume 2 Number 43, page 3 column 4
==============================
In Memoriam.
Julia Kern Overstreet, daughter of the late Dr. Henry Kern of Louisville, Ky., and wife of S. L. Overstreet of this city, died April 13th, 1881. Aged 21 years.
Her life, so brief, was a source of joy and happiness to her family and her friends. And while sickness and pain, in an undue measure, fell sadly to her lot, she bore her suffering with patience that is rare, and a cheerfulness that often caused tears. She possessed those rare traits of character that make life so pleasant, and rob death of his triumph. Kindness and sympathy dwelt in her heart, while love and friendship enfolded her in a cloak of beauty. ’Tis sad, to see one so young, so full of life and love, so well fitted to grace the walks of earth, watched as a flower from the stem to bloom no more! Yet, “Heaven gives its favorites early death.” Her life was a mirror, which reflected at all times her every virtue. The uniformity of her disposition, the impartiality of her actions, gave to her an attraction that none withstood; while there clung to her a simplicity of nature, and a modesty that were the chastity of merit, the virginity of a whole soul. Sixteen short months of wedded life, proved her a most worthy and devoted wife. She held wrapped in her slight form, a mother’s deepest affection, a sister’s strongest love, a husband’s joy. And while she would have lived to help and brighten the pathway of those she loved, she feared not death. The comforts and blessings of Christianity, her trust and belief in an all-wise God, were with her from childhood. She placed in His hand her hope, she gave to Him her young heart. Death, which seems so terrible, which all most dread, seems stripped in his horror and his grimness when he visits one of God’s loved ones and becomes but “That golden key that opens the palace of eternity.”
The memory of Julia and her love, will long linger in the minds of those whom she left. The many kindnesses she bestowed upon friends, will be lasting memorials of her charity. And the beauty of her life will be an example to us, who can now but sorrow, trust, hope and believe that
“There’s gone a rose, a budding rose,
Blasted before its bloom;
Whose innocence did sweets disclose
Beyond that flower’s perfume.
To those who for her loss are grieved,
This consolation’s given—
She’s from a world of woe relieved,
And blooms a rose in heaven.”
Link to Julia (Kern) Overstreet’s grave
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry