Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1908 — DEATH OF HARRIET PARKINSON [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF HARRIET PARKINSON

Harriet M. Parklson, eldest daughter of James R. and Mrs. Parkinson of Newton tp., died Tuesday afternoon at their home, after an illness extending over several years. Two trips had been made to California in the hope that she would regain her health hut to no avail. She returned to this county last spring and has grown steadily worse since. She was about 21 years of age at the time of her death. The funeral was held at the M. E. church in this city Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock and interment made in Barkley cemetery. Consumption was the cause of her heath. . •