Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1915 — Former Resident Died Nov. 22nd At Home Near Waveland. [ARTICLE]

Former Resident Died Nov. 22nd At Home Near Waveland.

Mrs. Delilah Burk Lamson, formerly a resident of this county, where she was bom Aug. 25th, 1841, died at her home near Waveland, IncL, Nov. 22nd. She had been in ill health for some time. She was the last f a family of nine to die. Her father was John Burk and will be remembered by the older citizens of the county. She was married some sixty years ago to Thos. Lamson and the family moved to Montgomery county soon after their marriage. Eleven children were born to them and nine survive. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church.