Minnie May TODD

TODD, ELLIIOTT

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/10/2009 at 05:22:38

The Ringgold Record, 1887

OBITUARY.

Minnie May, daughter of Henry and Mary TODD, was born in Henry County, Iowa, March 30, 1868, and died at her father's home in Mount Ayr, December 10, 1887, aged 19 years, 7 months and 10 days.

The funeral services took place at the M.E. church Monday morning, and during the day she was buried in the cemetery near Goshen. She felt evidence which comforts the hearts of her bereaved friends, that she was going to a better country. The funeral services were participated in by Revs. THOMPSON, MARTIN and RIGGS.

NOTE: Minnie May TODD was interred at Bethel Cemetery near Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa. Henry TODD, Minnie's father, was born in 1833, and died in 1910 with interment at Diagonal Cemetery. Minnie's mother, Mary J. (ELLIOTT) TODD, died at the age of nineteen years, eight months and eleven days on November 14, 1881 with interment at Bethel Cemetery near Diagonal.

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, 2008