Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1901 — Death of Mrs. Maggie Stewart. [ARTICLE]

Death of Mrs. Maggie Stewart.

Mre. Maggie Stewart, wife of John or “Jack” Stewart, died Tuesday, June 18th, at their home in Milroy Tp., about 1$ miles south of MoCoysburg. She has been sick for quite a long time, with stomach and other troubles, and a general breaking down of her system. She was 42 years and nearly 4 months old. She leaved a husband and 5 children. They have lived at their present place about 8 years, previous to which they lived in Kansas 15 years. She was a daughter of George Gowland, of Rensselaer, and the family ocoupies one of his farms. The funeral was held this Wednesday afternoon and interment made in Benson cemetery.