Mrs Talbert Mead, who has been sick for some time with
dropsy and heart trouble, died last night at her home, one
mile from Payne Junction. She had been a resident of Fremont county,
Iowa for the past forty years or more, and was quite well known.
She was a sister of Mrs. T. B. Stevenson, of this city. She leaves
a husband, eight sons, four daughters and a large number of
friends to mourn her loss. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning
the cortege reaching this city about l O"clock, and the internment will
take place in Wyuka cemetery.

>From the Nebraska City Weekly News September 23, 1902