Lizzie Harris (1907)

HARRIS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 3/26/2006 at 08:35:29

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 4, 1907
Page 1

DEATH OF LIZZIE HARRIS

Becomes Insane and Dies When Returning from Baisin, Wyoming.

Miss Lizzie, the youngest daughter of Henry Harris of this city, died last evening at Dewey, South Dakota while on her way home from Baisin, Wyoming. Miss Harris had been in ill health for several years past and at times her mind was affected. Hoping that a change of climate and surroundings might prove beneficial to her health, she accompanied Mrs. Alfred Danforth and Mrs. Foster on their return to Wyoming. Soon after arriving there she became insane and Dr. W. H. Thompson was sent for. Last evening the family received a telegram from Dr. Thompson stating that Miss Harris had died as above stated.

The arrival of the body is not looked for before Friday. The community will extend the deepest sympathy to the bereaved father and sister, Mrs. Flora Harris, who is an instructor in the Des Moines Baptist college.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 11, 1907

Laid to Rest Friday Afternoon

Dr. W. H. Thompson returned from Basin, Wyo., last Friday morning with the remains of Miss Lizzie Harris, who died last Tuesday near Dewey, S. D., while on the road home. He stopped with the remains at Crawford, Nebr., where the body was embalmed before the final journey home.

The funeral was held at the home of the father of the deceased in the west part of town, Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and was conducted by her pastor, Rev. E. M. Atwood, of the Baptist church.

Her original illness was a derangement of the mind but after leaving for home spinal meningitis developed which caused her death in about twenty-four hours.

She leaves her aged father, Henry Harris, and a sister, Flora Harris, who is an instructor in Greek at the Baptist college, Des Moines.

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