MENDALL, John

MENDALL

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Date: 2/11/2015 at 08:39:33

Leon Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, January 7, 1904

Obituary ~ John Mendenhall
ca. 1844 ~ July 07, 1882

JOHN MENDENHALL, who is an inmate of the county farm, has been very sick for some time, and last week, his wife who is 79 years old, and makes her home at Davis City, heard of his illness and surprised Steward Shira by walking in to visit him, having walked all the way from Davis City. When asked if she was not pretty tired the old lady laughed and said that was no walk at all for her, and remarked that girls nowdays could not walk like they did when she was a girl. The distance from Davis City to the poor farm is about 10 miles.

Leon Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, July 21, 1904

JOHN MENDALL, an old man who has been an inmate of the County Farm for a couple of years, died last Friday night and was buried in the CEMETERY AT THE COUNTY FARM. He resided for many years at Davis City and is survived by his wife.

[Interment made at Decatur County Home Cemetery.]

Note: This is the man whose wife of 79 years of age, walked 10 miles, from Davis City to Leon, to see him.

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February 28 & March 4, 2003