Miss. Maggie Crumbaugh
Crumbaugh, Miss Maggie of Rock Island, Illinois died at Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa on May 17, 1877.
The funeral will be the 19th in Rock Island.(Rock Island Daily Argus, Saturday 19 May 1877) sub. by K. Torp
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Name of Deceased: Mrs. Fannie Copley
Submitters Name: Barb Z.
Obit: Obituary 2/4/1908
Mrs. Fannie Copley: A kind and loving mother and a good neighbor passed into the eternal rest Tuesday evening, when the death of Mrs. Fannie Copley, one of the respected residents of Scott county, occurred at the home of her son Richard Copley, on the Middle road about five miles out of Davenport. Mrs. Copley was taken sick about a week ago at the home of her son, and her condition grew worse
gradually until death overtook her Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. Mrs. Copley was a native of Ireland and would have been 78 years old next March. She came to Davenport forty years ago from Canada and has since resided here. Her husband preceded her in death 21 years ago. Mrs. Copley was a devout member of the Episcopal Church, and was sincere and true to all who knew her, so that she endeared herself to
all who ever made her acquaintance. To a family no mother could have been more kinder. In cases of sickness she would walk miles from one home to another to assist in the caring for the sick.
A family of nine children survive to mourn her death. They are John Copley of Grundy County, Iowa; William J. of Gillman, Iowa; Mrs. Rebecca Shea of Brookings S.D.; Henry M. of Davenport; Mrs. George C. Murray of Grinnell; Mrs. F.A. Pickens of Newton; Richard of Davenport; Thomas W. of Grundy County, and Mrs. Fannie V. Pitcher of Orient, Iowa. All of these present at the funeral with the exception of one son in law in Dakota.
The deceased is known to a large number in this vicinity, having spent the summer for the past fifteen years with her daughter. Mrs. G.C. Murray three miles and a half southeast of town.
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SHOCKING DEATH OF HYDROPHOBIA.
About the beginning of November last Melissa Carhart, of Hickory Grove township, Iowa, was bitten on the arm by a dog.
The Davenport ( Iowa) Gazette thus describes the result:
“Last week she complained of a pain in her back and general indisposition. Showing her dog-wound to one of her school companions last week, she said it was still painful,
and her sores looked inflamed. Saturday afternoon she lay in bed. Sunday morning last she went into convulsions on the sight of water.
Her convulsions afterward were for a few minutes to over an hour in duration, and she was sensible between them. During these spasms she clutched at every thing violently,
chewed a napkin, and appeared to be made more frantic by the appearance of her own saliva on the napkin. At times she shrieked fearfully, yet did not appear sensible.
It was a horrid spectacle. Monday morning, during her rational moments, she called the family around her, and bade them an affectionate farewell, being fully sensible of her hopeless condition.
Her convulsions gradually became weaker, and on Monday evening at half past five o'clock she quietly died. We learn these particulars from Squire Green
and Mr. John Cavendish, the latter of whom was with her almost constantly from Sunday morning till the hour of her death.
Her death occurred about nine weeks after the date of the biting. So far as we can ascertain no other persons were bitten by his dog, nor any cattle, etc.
The dog, a very large one, appeared suddenly and mysteriously, and was utterly unknown in the neighborhood.”
[Harper's Weekly, Feb. 18, 1860]submitted by Candi H. -2009
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Mrs. Sarah Clark
Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Sarah Clark were held at the home of E. S. Crossett, No. 309 Mississippi Ave. this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. L. C. Lemon, pastor of St. John's M .E. Church, preaching an appropriate sermon. The body was taken to the depot after the services and will be taken to Pittsfield, Mass., for burial in the family burial lot at that place. The remains were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Crossett.
Tri-City Star, Sat., Jan. 21, 1905 pg. 6 [C. Horton 2009]
Mrs. Anna Connelly
The funeral was held from the residence No. 411 W. 12th St. this morning. Services were held in St. Anthony's Church. Rev. D. J. Flannery celebrating requiem high mass and pronouncing the ceremony of absolution and preaching the funeral sermon. Miss. Ella Kerrigan sang the "Ave Maria," as a solo during the offertory. The remains were interred in St. Marguerite's cemetery, the pail bearers being Harry Clark, Thomas Maroney, John A. Smith, Frank Wyman, John McPartlaud and William Pollard.
Tri-City Star, Sat., Jan. 21, 1905 pg. 2 [C. Horton 2009]