Mary Virginia (McClelland) Harn (1844-1925)

HARN, MCCLELLAN, MCCLELLAND, WOODRUFF, HUMBERT, CHORD

Posted By: Ken Akers (email)
Date: 3/28/2010 at 00:00:36

Audubon County Journal (IA)
July 30, 1925, pg. 1
MRS. S. D. HARN
IS CALLED BEYOND
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HAD RESIDED IN EXIRA OVER
FIFTY YEARS. WAS NIECE
OF FAMOUS GENERAL
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Mrs. Samuel D. Harn, a resident
of Exira for over fifty years, passed
away at her home in West Exira on
Monday morning, death being due to
a bursted blood vessel. Mr. Harn (1840-1925)
died early in the spring and since
that time her grandson, Carroll Wood-
ruff, and a great dranddaughter have
been living with her.

Mrs. Harn was born February 26,
1944 in Virginia. Her maiden name
was McClelland, she being a niece of
the well known General McClelland.
She was married to S. D. Harn at
Moravia, Iowa, on February 23, 1864,
while he was home on a furlough on
account of wounds received during the
early days of the civil war. After a
short stay in Vermont, Illinois, the
couple came to Audubon county, where
they lived for over half a century.

The deceased is survived by two
children, Mrs. Emma Woodruff of
Peoria, Illinois, and Samuel E. Harn
of Spencer, Nebraska. Another daugh-
ter (Frances) passsed away many years ago.

Funeral services were held at the
Christian church, of which she had
been a member for over thirty years,
Wednesday afternoon conducted by
Rev. Dale Humbert assisted by Rev.
Robert N. Chord. Interment was in
the Exira cemetery.
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CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the neighbors and friends
for their many acts of kindness dur-
ing the illness and death of our be-
loved mother and grandmother. We
also wish to thank those who sent
floral offerings, especially the Ameri-
can Legion.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Harn
C. L. Woodruff