People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1897 — MRS. DEECHER DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MRS. DEECHER DEAD.

Widow of America’s Famous Freachei

Expires at Stamford, Conn.

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher died at Stamford, Conn., Monday at the age of 85 years.

Just ten years ago Mrs. Beecher’s

noted husband, Henry Ward Beecher passed out of this life. Mrs. Beecher wa3 unconscious for twenty-four hours and her death was peaceful and painless. Ever since Saturday her wonderful vitality had been ebbing away.

MRS. BEECHER.