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The
Tabor Beacon
Tabor,
Iowa
1 May 1896
Barnes, Mrs. Gertrude Stanley wf
/o Adelbert Barnes died at her home in Tabor on the 24th day of Apr
1896. She was born in Dorien, Walworth Co WI, 22 Jan 1846. At age
18 she joined the Methodist Church and on 23 Nov 1871 was united in
marriage to Mr. Adelbert Barnes at Freeport IL. 7 children were
born to them, of whom 5, with the husband and father, survive to
mourn her loss. In 1875, the family moved to Montgomery County IA
and settled on a farm, removing thence to Red Oak 3 years later.
Here they lived and here Mrs. Barnes became a member of the
Congregational Church and so remained until the spring of 1894, when
for better educational advantages, they moved to Tabor. Here the
entire family united with the Congregational Church.
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