Ellen H. Wesson 1841 - 1921

WESSON, FINLEY

Posted By: Phyllis Hazen (email)
Date: 6/12/2021 at 20:55:34

The Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Wednesday, 18 May 1921, page 12

Mrs. Ellen H. Wesson passed away May 8 at her home in Omaha, Neb., after a week’s illness of pneumonia, at the age of 80 years. She was born in Ohio April 26, 1841, and was married to David Wesson in 1865. To this union was born three sons and three daughters.
The husband preceded her in death in 1891, and one son in 1873, and one daughter, Edith, August 18, 1920. She is survived by two sons and two daughters, William of Onawa, Ia., Austin and Dr. Mabel Wesson of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Esther Finley of West Liberty, Ia.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church at West Liberty. Interment was made in the Nichols cemetery.