LUYSTER, Elizabeth (Utley)

ELIZABETH LUYSTER.

Relict of Cornelius Luyster, departed this life April 20th, aged 94 years, 7 months and 11 days. Deceased was the daughter of Josiah and Nancy Utley, of Mercer county, Kentucky. She was born September 9th, 1796, and married March 4th, 1818. She was the mother of eleven children, all of whom were married and raised families, before death made its appearance in her family. Seven children still survive, while four have preceded her to the grave.

Upon her removal from Kentucky to Johnson county, September, 1830, she traveled the entire distance on horse­back, carrying Mrs. Susan Paris, then an infant, in her arms. At the time of her death, which occurred in the family homestead, at the residence of her son, John P. Luyster,—(she and her husband were the only deaths occurring on the place in a period of sixty years)—she was grandmother of sixty-six children, fifty-five living and eleven dead; great-grandmother of one hundred and fifty-two children, one hundred and twenty-five living and twenty-five dead; great-great-grandmother of twenty-eight chil­dren, twenty-three living and five dead.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyster [sic Luyster] became members of “The Church of Christ” being immersed by Elder Thomas Coyle, 1828, and lived and died honored and faithful members in the triumphs of a living faith.

Their home was open for the entertainment of every God-fearing man who sought to maintain the truth. Here the pioneer preacher found rest and refreshment in his work of faith, pa­tience and hope, and labor of love.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 24, 1891,
Volume XXXI Number 44, page 3 column 1

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Mrs. Cornelius Luyster of Union township died on last Monday morning after a lingering illness, aged ninety-three years. The funeral took place at First Mt. Pleasant church on Tuesday morning.

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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 24, 1891,
Volume XXXI Number 44, page 6 column 1

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PROVIDENCE.

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Grandma Luyster, the mother of John P. Luyster, died last Monday morning at 2 o’clock. She was very old, somewhere in ninty [sic]. The remains were interred in First Mt. Pleasant cemetery last Tuesday.

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BARGERSVILLE.

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Mrs. Luyster died at the home of her son, John P. Luyster, south of here, on last Monday morning of old age.

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Link to Elizabeth (Utley) Luyster’s grave

Note: Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 database on-line, (Ancestry.com) records that Cornelius Lyster married Elizabeth Utley on 4 May 1813 in Mercer County.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson