The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-21
Heart Failure or ApopIexy Is
Assigned As Cause.
She Was Cutting Grass on the
Lawn When Summoned.
An Old Pioneer of Blue Earth
County Is Taken Away.
From Fridays Daily.

Without warning or premonition of
| any kind, the family of Mrs. Ellen Mac
beth early this morning received the sad
news of her death. Mrs. John b. Ho-
dapp was going to early mass at the st.
| Peter and Paul's church this morning d
little before six o'clock, when she was
shocked to find the form of an elderly
woman lying postrate in the alley run
ming from Plum to Washington streets,
between Fourth and Fifth She hasti-
| ly summoned some of the neighbors,
who at once recognized the features of
Mrs. Macbeth. The police were notified
and soon a doctor and Coroner Kennedy
were on the scene. Mrs. Macbeth had
evidently been cutting grass in front of
one of the houses that she owns, and,
feeling badly, had taken a few steps
with the intention of entering a house,
and then fallen dead 1t was case of
heart failure and apapleXy. An inquest
is unlikely. The remains were removed
to the undertaking rooms of Lamm &
Landkamer.
Mrs. Macbeth was sixty three years
of age, and very old settler of this
city, having come here with her hus-
| band, Colin Macbeth, from st. Paul in
| 1862 She is survived by four sons and
two daughters, Charles j. Macbeth, of
Macbeth & Gardner; John Macbeth of
Harlin & Macbeth; Colin and Fred
Macbeth, cattle dealers, of Chamberlain,
S. d.; and Mrs. Charles Fox and Miss
Isa Macbeth, both of Lake Crystal.
There are three grandchildren, all girls,
the oldest of whom is Miss Flossy Mac
beth, daughter of Charles j. Macbeth.
The other two are daughters of John
Macbeth. sslPttA ".lH r1 Aa
The deceased was born in Ireland, but
came to this country with her aunt,
when quite young girl. Her maiden
! name was Miss Ellen Downing Her
first home in this country was at st.
Paul, and it was here that she was mar
ried to Colin Macbeth, dealer in land
and cattle After short residence in
81 Paul, they moved to a farm in Beau
ford on the Cob river, where they re-
NAMED about two years, and in 1858
came to Mankato. Later they went back
to ST. Paul, but in 1862, the family
home was permanently established at
Mankato. For thirty years Mrs. Mac
beth lived in the house which was her
last residence, at 3l2 North Sixth
street Her husband died about TWEEN
ty-one years ago
Mrs Ellen Macbeth was hard work
er all her life. In her later years, she
continued in this way, not from neces
sity, but rather from force of habit.
She had always been accustomed to be
useful in this and that way to other
people, and knew of no other way of
doing. 1t is believed that had she
taken more rest, she would have remain
ed longer among the many whose lives
and happiness were so closely inter
twined with her own.
Last evening Mrs. Macbeth seemed
perfectly well. She took supper at the
home of her son, John Macbeth, and
had brought to his home four quarts
of raspberries, which. with her usual in
dustrv, she had raised in her own gar
dem
1t is thought that she toiled long
time this morning before the fatal
weakness seized her. As early as four
o'clock one of the neighbors noticed
her working on the grass of one of the
dwellings that she owned.
Mrs Macbeth was devout member
of the st. Johns Catholic church. She
also frequently attended service at the
| ST. Peter and Paul's.
Coroner Kennedy stated to The Free
Press today that there would be no in
quest