Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1904 — Death of Mrs. General Milroy [ARTICLE]

Death of Mrs. General Milroy

Mrs. Mary J. Milroy, widow of Major Gen. Robert H. Milroy, died at her home in Olympia, Wash., on February 23rd. She was nearly 80 years old and had resided in that place for thirty years. She was a resident of Rensselaer for quite a number of years previous to the oivit war, and the family was living here when her husband organized the first company from Indiana to offer itself for the war. Gen. Milroy went to Washington Territory iu 1872 as superinj temleni. of Indian affairs and the j following year Mrs. Milroy and | tho ohildren joined him. His death I occurred four years ago. Of seven 1 children three survi.ve-Val A. Mili roy, oity clerk of Olympia; W • J. i and R. B. Milroy, who aro now in the Inmachuok oodntry, north of I Rotzabue Sound, Alaska.