Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-23
MRS. BARROW
PASSED Away
Head of State Suffrage League
Dies at Jacksonville,
Florida.

received in the city this morning that
Mrs. E. M. barrow OF this city died at
3 o'clock this morning at Jackson.
vile, Fla, where she was taken seri-
ously ill several days ago, while on q
trip with her husband, DR.. Darrow.
None Of the children arrived in Jack
sonville in time to see their mother
alive with the exception Of Mrs. Wei.
ble.,
While her death was not unexpect.
ed, especially by those intimate with
the family, the news Of her sudden
demise comes as a great shock to the
people of Fargo and the state at large.
Known all over the state through her
work in women's clubs and her inter
est and activity In many public ques-
lions, Mrs. Darrow's death will create
deep sorrow among q vast number OF
North Dakota people.
When the news arrived that Mrs.
Clara L. Darrow had died, her friends
and associates felt that the city and
the state had suffered an irreparabla
loss. For years she had thoroughly
identified herself. with all the better
movements in Fargo and North Da'
kota, and had devoted the latter years
of her life to the best Interests Of her
community. Il
DR.. Darrow and Mrs. Weible, a
daughter, were with her at the time
Of her death. The other children were
on their way, but did not arrive in
time. In accordance with Mrs. Oar.
rows request, her body will be taken
to the crematory in Baltimore, Nd.
and from there the family will return
to Fargo, where the last rites will b.
held. They do not expect to reach
Baltimore before Saturday. &ft
It is fitting that at this moment q
brief review Of her personal history
be made. Clara L. Dillon was born
at Appleton, Wis, in 1860. Her faith,
er and. mother had emigrated from
Athlone, Ireland, to try their fortune
in the new world. She was n Of 3
family of IL. Her father was a mar
Of rare scholarship, and a devoted
reader, accommodating one of the finest
libraries in eastern Wisconsin. The
qualities Of that home were embodied
in Mrs. Darrow's character. She was
Irish, and had the wit and %sympathies
of that ace. She q refined, with
a refinement not only Of scholarship:
but of breeding. She received her
| education in the common schools OF
| Appleton, and was an earnest and
| wide.awake student for three years in
Lawrence university, located In her
native town. It was during those col.
lege years that she met him who later
became Dr.. Edward M. barrow Of this
| city, who was then a student at the
same Institution. DR.. barrow came to
| Fargo as a pioneer in 1878, and estab.
lished himself in his profession. Dur
ing that year Mrs. barrow taught
; school. The following year they were
| married, the young couple coming im'
mediately to Fargo and establishing
| their home on Eighth street SOUTH,
where they were living at the time 81
| her death. t
There are five children surviving
| Mrs. barrow: Mrs. Ralph E. Weible
| and DR.. Kent barrow of this city;
Mrs. Stanley O'Neill Of Milwaukee.
| Wis; Frank Darrow, who is now q
student in John Hopkins Medical col
lege: and Daniel barrow, a student in
Cornell university. There are other
| kindred who have been so closely con
nected with Mrs. barrow that they
sorrow for her almost as if they were
of her own household. Such are the
Wooledge boys, John, Harry and Gay;
| Mrs. Clara ,Wooledge Wright, Mrs. l.
D. Merrill, a sister of Mrs. Darrow
and her brother, Robert Dillon.