Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, November 22, l900

MINERVA MCCOLLOUGH, an unfortunate inmate of the County Farm for the past four or five years, died in convulsions early Monday morning. She was about 37 years old and had been an epileptic for many years. Before going to the County Farm, she made her home with relatives in Morgan Township.

Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
"With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter"
January 11, 2003