Decatur County Journal

June l5, l905

HENRY J. SHOTTS died at his home at l44 Cedar Street about 5 a.m. today

of cancer of the stomach. He had been in ill health a long time and his

demise was not unexpected.

The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. A.R.

Maclan, Pastor of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services

at the residence, after which the Masons, of which order MR. SHOTTS was

a member, will take charge of the body. The interment will be in Hope

Cemetery, with Masonic rites at the graves.

MR. SHOTTS leaves a wife, MRS. ELIZABETH SHOTTS, three sons and two

daughters. One son, KIRBY SHOTTS, resides in this city, as do the

daughters, MISS GERTRUDE SHOTTS and MISS MINNIE SHOTTS.

CHARLES SHOTTS, a son, is here from Omaha. He has been here for two

weeks in attendance upon his father. The third son has not yet been

reached by telegraph, his present location being unknown, but messages

announcing his father's demise have been sent to various points.

A brother of MRS. SHOTTS, ROBERT HAGAN, of Saline, Mo., is here for the

funeral.

MR. SHOTTS has lived in Ottumwa(?) a little more than two years. He was

formerly in the lumber business in Iowa and at one time was in the

banking business in that state. He served as a captain in the Civil

War.

--OTTAWA, KANSAS, EX.

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