Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-09-26

Mrs. salIie Lee Brown, wife Of
Benz. Brown. residing on Clay
street, died at $3.50 o'clock on
Monday night. Complications of all
ments IS given as the cause of her
death. She had been Ill for the
past two weeks.
Before her marriage, Mrs Brown
was Miss Sallie Sims,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. o.
B. Sims, of near Cant. Besides her
husband she is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Jos. Gregory and
Miss Lela Brown Of this city and
the following brothers and sisters!
Oliver, J. NJ. and Reuben Brown,
Audraln: Mesdsms Mittie and Eliza
beth Brown and Florence Wayne, OIL
Audrain; and Mrs. Amanda Wilcox.
of Clarence, Mo.
| Mr.. Brown with his family moved
to Mexico about three years ago.
They have resided in this county
all their life and have large cir
Gle Of friends who will hear with
much regret Of Mrs. Browns death.
The funeral was held from the
home on Clay stret Wednesday aft
ternoon at O'Clock and the re-
mains were inferred in Elmwood
cemetery DR.. A. A. Wallace. pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church Of
which denomination the deceased was
q devoted worker, conducted the
services.
The Ledger joins other friends in
extending sincere sympathy to the
bereaved.
The pail bearers were G. #. Clark,
is. M. Locke, John Gregory, $. P.
Emmons. W. H. Brown and G. A,
Buckner.
Miss Helen gin OF Ell Paso. Tex,
died Of quick consumption Sunday
morning, September 20 at the home
Of her friends, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cane. Of Chicago Miss Gill was a
niece Of Mrs. $. NJ. Gilbert. Of this
city. and had intended to make a.
visit here. She went to Chicago last
spring on a visit and became too i'll
to be taken home, Her mother visit
Mrs. Gilbert during July, and while
here was called to Chicago to the
bedside of her daughter
Miss Gill had been employed for
seven years by large firm in El
Paso and was beloved by a largeI
circle Of friends.
The funeral will take place from
the home in Ell Paso Thursday. The
Ledger joins other friends in ex5
tending sincere sympathy TO the
bereaved family and relatives.
Mrs. Martha Patton Willis, resi-
dent Of Mexico Is years ago, died at
her home in Columbia Monday morn
ing. Funeral services were held
in Columbia Tuesday morning and
the remains taken to Fulton for
burial. The deceased was the widow
OF one of the pioneer Presbyterian
ministers OF the state, Rev. H, 2. s.
Willis, who was welI-known in this
city. Two daughters, Misses Leila
and Mary, both Of Columbia, survive.
The Ledger joins in extending sim
cere sympathy to the bereaved ones.
Mrs. William Dorgan, who for
many years was d resident Of Au-
drain county, died at the home of
her son, Rev, W. L. Dorgan at Jack
sonyille, Ill, at noon September 20.
1912. The body was brought tol
Mexico Wednesday, September %.
and the funeral services took
place from the First Baptist church,
conducted by the pastor, Rev J. p.
Ayscue.
The deceased was born In New-l
port, KY, seventy-three years ago,
and came to Audrain to reside in
1851 Mrs. Dorgan Is survived by 4,
her husband and the following chill
dren ]. r. and J.. II. Dorgan, of
Audrain county; Mrs. ELLA Yantse,
Of Dayton, KY, DR. w. L. Dorgan.
Of Jacksonville, H.; w. b. Dor
gan, of stockton. California; c. J.
Dorgan, Of Fillmore. N. X. All
daughter, Mrs, Belle Wagner. diedI
four years ago, and two children in
infancy.
Mrs. Dorgan was greatly beloved
by large circle Of friends, whom
the Ledger joins in sincere sympa-
thy to the bereaved family
Mrs. Emily Yates Moore, mother of
e. D. Moore, Of this city, died in Kan,
sas City September IA. She was in
her seventy-ninth year
Mrs. Moore was born in Shelby
county, Ky, Feb. 5, 1884. When III
years old she moved with her par
ents to Missouri, coming overland to
Audrain county, where she lived until
20 years ago. She was married May
1856, to Joshua G. Moore also from