Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1908 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

The subject of the obituary, Mary Jane Repp, was born in Ohio February 26, 1826, and died at the residence of her daughter Mrs. D. M. Worland in this city, July 1, 1908, at 1:30 a. m., from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. Her last illness dates from Monday of last week, when she was stricken almost instantly, and remained in about the same condition until her death. She was married to Henry Barlow Oct. 29, 1846, and to this union there w*as born 12 children, of whom six, Mrs. Mary Long of Shelbyville, Mrs. Ellen Worland of this city, John Barlow* of Wilsonville, Neb., Wm. Barlow* of Paoli, Frank Barlow of Edinburg and George Barlow of Shelbyville survive her. Her parents came to Shelby county when she was a little girl and after she was married she lived in that county until about 24 years ago when the family moved to Milroy township, Jasper county, where she lived until recent years, since which time she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Worland In this city. Short funeral services w*ere held at her daughter’s residence Thursday at 12:30 p. m., and the remains were conveyed to the Milroy Baptist church where a funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Miller of the First Baptist church of Rensselaer to a large concourse of old neighbors and friends, after which interment was made in the Benson cemetery beside her husband who died 15 years ago last month.