Martha M. Dean 1867-1891

DEAN

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Date: 3/26/2006 at 17:04:03

Obituary
Las Vegas Daily 16: Miss Martha M. Dean, daughter of Sylvester and Catherine Dean, was born at Cascade, Dubuque county, Iowa, Dec. 20th, 1867, and died of pulmonary consumption, Oct. 16th, 1891, at 10 a.m. The deceased came, in company with her brother and mother, to Las Vegas, Sept. 4th, 1890, and thus prolonged her life. Her family will accompany the embalmed remains to Mitchell, Dakota, on Sunday morning, next, where another brother and a sister reside, and where the body will be interred. Miss Dean when seventeen years old, united with the Methodist church at Manchester, Iowa, where her membership was at the time of her death. She ever adorned her Christian profession with a pleasant, quiet, submissive, uncomplaining spirit, showing forth the power of grace to overcome all the trials of life, and at last death. A brief religious service will be held tomorrow, (Saturday) afternoon, at 4 o'clock, at the residence on Washington street, between Sixth and Seventh, conducted by A. Hoffman, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, to which all the friends of the family are invited. Mrs. C.L. Dean and C.C. Dean returned to Mitchell today, while A.E. Dean accompanied the remains to Manchester, Iowa, for burial.

-source: 'Daily Mitchell Republican', Mitchell, South Dakota, October 21, 1891

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