OBITUARY

Daily

Mrs. Priscilla Daily, aged 72 years, wife of Henry Daily, died at her home, 802 North Center street, this morning at 7:30 o'clock of heart disease and dropsy. She had been sick for about three months. Priscilla Dalrymple was born in Knox county, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1832. With her parents she moved to Indiana in 1836 and at Goshen, on Aug. 26, 1848, she was married to Elijah P. Truax. With him she came to Iowa and settled in Lucas county in 1859. About four years later she came to Marshall county and moved on a farm near LaMoille. To this union was born ten children. Mrs. Truax was married in 1887 to Henry Daily, who survives her as does also the first husband. She leaves five children: F.M. Truax, Mrs. Jennie Young and Mrs. W.B. Hanegan, of this city; Mrs. Will Wilson, living near Haines' grove and W.G. Truax, of Denver. Mrs. Daily had been a member of the Methodist church for fifty years. The funeral will be held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. C.L. Gould officiating. The interment will be in Riverside.

---Marshalltown Times-Republican, June 19, 1905

 

In the obituary of Mrs. Priscilla Daily, published in yesterday's Times-Republican it was stated that Mrs. Daily's former husband, Mr. Elijah P. Truax, was now living. The statement was an error due to a misunderstanding. Mr. Truax has been dead for many years.

---Marshalltown Times-Republican, June 20, 1905

 

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