Meigs County News For The Year 1923

These pages contain transcriptions of news items published in Meigs County newspapers. They were transcribed from microfilm copies of the originals or from the originals themselves.

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unknown newspaper July 2, 1923
Pratts Fork, July 2; nearing her 96th birthday, Mrs. Sarah Dains, died Sunday afternoon at 2 oclock at her home at this place. Mrs. Dains had been suffering with cancer and last Thursday fell and fractured her hip from which death resulted. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 1 oclock at the Pratts Fork church and burial in the Dains cemetery adjoining. The deceased is survived by four children: A. J. Dains, Florida, Dennis Dains, Mrs. William Bell, Manhattan, Kansas, and Mrs. Amanda Meighen, Pratts Fork. Her husband and two sons, Samuel and Wallace preceded her in death. [Transcribed by Kay Williams]

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