McWhirter, Rebecca (Wilson) 1854-1931

WILSON, MCWHIRTER, MULLENEAUX, SHULL, CARROLL, JONES

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 1/6/2005 at 09:06:08

Pioneer Colfax Resident Dies
Mrs. John McWhirter, 77, Dies Last night;
services to be held at Metz.

Colfax, June 1, Special to the Daily News ­ Mrs. John McWhirter, 77, a native of Ireland, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Mulleneaux, last night after an illness of 15 months. During the past four weeks, she has been seriously ill.

Brief services will be held at the Mulleneaux home on Wednesday, from which the body will be taken to the Metz Cemetery, where services and burial will be held.

Rebecca Wilson was born Nov. 11, 1854 in North Ireland, the daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth Bovaird Wilson, living there until nine years of age, when she moved to Glasgow, Scotland. She was married to John M. McWhirter June 8, 1874 at Glasgow, and came to the United States, landing in New York City, June 8, 1886.

They moved directly to Colfax, later transferring to Metz for a few years. She then moved back to Colfax in 1903, where she has lived ever since. Part of the time was spent on acreage north of town, and the rest in town.

She is survived by her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Shull of Ames, Mrs. Mary Mulleneaux of Colfax, Mrs. Rebecca Carrol of Newton, Mrs. Sadie Jones of Colfax; three sons J. W. McWhirter of Northfield, Minn., Andrew McWhirter of Clarinda, and Robert McWhirter of Laurel; and one brother, Oliver Wilson. Twenty-three grandchildren are living and eight great grandchildren.

She was the two hundred seventeenth member of the Three-Quarter (rest is missing)

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