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Subject: OBITUARY - MRS. EMALINE MCALLISTER.

Date: Saturday, April 07, 2001 8:46 PM

Decatur County Journal

March 3, l892

The Garden Grove Express of last week contains an obituary of one of the

oldest settlers. MRS. EMALINE MCALLISTER, wife of WM. MCALLISTER, who

died at their home in Colwich, Sedgwick County, Kansas, February 9,

l892.

Deceased was born in Virginia in l8l5, and removed to Garden Grove, Iowa

with her husband and four children in the autumn of l852. MR.

MCALLISTER had previously entered some land two and one-half miles

southwest of the Grove, said to be the first in High Point Township.

They lived with the family of ENOS DAVIS about two months. Made a

temporary shelter on Jonathan Creek and as severe winter weather came

early, they had great difficulty in getting back and forth and sometimes

were obliged to stop work altogether. Finally a cabin was erected and

occupied until a better building took its place.

They removed to Kansas in l873. For the last five years they have lived

in town. The bereaved husband has gone to live with his son, HOMER, and

his wife on the farm. This is one of the many families who know the

hardships of a pioneer life and realized, though late, its advantages.

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