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JOHN WILLIAM LOHMAR
April 15, 1825 - January 8, 1904

Keokuk Iowa newspaper, Friday, January 8, 1904. Page 4 Column #3

John W. Lohmar, an aged citizen of Keokuk, died suddenly this morning, being struck with apoplexy while in the act of shaving himself, and dying two hours afterwards.

He lived with his son in law, J.D. Utley, of 1618 Johnson Street, and was standing before the mirror shaving himself this morning at 9:50 when he was suddenly stricken and fell over to the floor. Dr. C.A. Kinmaman was summoned and arrived hours afterwards, but the stroke was a fatal one, and death resulted two hours afterwards, just before noon.

He was a carpenter by trade and had been a resident of Keokuk since 1854, being an old and well known citizen who had may friends and acquaintances.

The deceased was born in Wukuhl, K.R. Prussia, on April 15, 1825, and was consequently in his seventy ninth year at the time of his death. He is survived by four children, as follows: Mrs. Julia Temme and Mrs. Rose W. Utley of Keokuk, Mrs. Johanna Pixley of Ottumwa, and William Lohmar of Clarinda.

The funeral is to take place Sunday afternoon from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J.D. Utley, 1618 Johnson Street.

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New York Times
December 2, 1900

Eliza W. Miller
Washington, Dec. 1. _ Mrs. Eliza W. Miller, widow of Associate Justice Samuel F. Miller of the United States Supreme Court, was found dead in bed yesterday morning at her home, on Highland Terrace, Washington. Death had occurred from angina pectoris. Mrs. Miller had just returned from her old home in Keokuk, Iowa.
Thanksgiving evening she dined with Senator And Mrs. Cullom. Early the next morning she suffered an attack of heart disease. She had been dead several hours when found. Her children Irvine Miller of Springfield, Ohio and Mrs. Touzalin of Colorado Springs, Col. have been notified.

Justice Miller is buried at Keokuk with others members of the family, and Mrs. Miller will be laid by his side in Oakland Cemetery.

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