Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1920 — BROTHER AND SISTER STRICKEN [ARTICLE]

BROTHER AND SISTER STRICKEN

With Paralysis at About Kame Howr Yesterday Morning. Mrs. Sarah Freelove o*f Goodland, the aged mother of Mrs. F. E. Babcock and who has made her home with the latter during the winters for several years, suffered a partial paralytic stroke yesterday morning, her entire left side and speech being affected. She was resting quite easy as The Democrat went to prees and it is hoped that she will recover her faculties. A peculiar coincidence is the fact that Mts. Freelove’s brother, John Starkweather, an old soldier, residing at Goodland, suffered a like stroke of (paralysis about midnight Thursday night and it was feared would not live till morning. IHe also was reported a little better yesterday afternoon. Mr. Starkweather and Mrs. Freelove are the only surviving members of their father’s family.