Nelson, Miss Metta (Died 1891)

NELSON

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 4/14/2008 at 19:29:53

NELSON --- At the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Nelson on Clark
street, Thursday, December 17, Metta Nelson, aged ten years.

At the age of three years Metta took a dose of concentrated lye from which
she never recovered but was a constant sufferer. After these seven years
filled with suffering she has passed away. She expressed the wish that death
would come to her. The funeral takes place at 2 p.m today.

~Source: LeMars Sentinel, Dec. 18, 1891