The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-23
OBITUARY.
From SATURDAYS Dairy.

On Thursday, August Is, anOthe
noble woman and pioneer mothe
passed away at her home in Lyr,
after lingering illness. Although
she had been helpless invalid TO
many years, she bore it bravely, ant
| 1t was only since last Saturday tina
she was confined to her bed beinl
able before that time to be up in he
wheel chair a few hours each day
Everything possible was done for he
in hopes that she might be spared ;
while longer.
Mary Emily Davies was born OF
June Is, 1888, in the city of Holy,
head, Anglesea, Wales. When shs
was small child her parents, Johr
and Mary Roberts Davies moved tt
Carnaryon where the family resided
until 1889, when they came to Amer.
lean and located at Remsen, N. Y.
where the subject of this sketch at
tended school and grew to young
Iwomanhood. 81
In January, 1851, she was united
in marriage to David Williams, who
shortly afterward met with a sad &C.
Hcident which caused his death a few
hours later. Mrs. Williams and hel
son John o. Williams remained in
New York until she was married ia
John o. Jones of Utica, NJ Y, when
they moved to Mankato, Mimi, in the
spring of 1865, and since that time
she has been resident of Blue Earth
county.
In those days Mankato was only a
village with no railroads. 1t was the
day of truly pioneer times. Oc-
casionall when the Minnesota river
was high little steamboat would
come up from st. Paul and the in;
habitants all rushed to the levee to
greet and welcome a little com
munication with the outside world
She has lived to see that little vii :
lage of rude huts grow to be a city of
beautiful homes and substantial pub
lie buildings; the trackless wilder
ness interspersed with splendid roads
and the automobile which had an
initiated distance and become a
necessity not a luxury When the
little old log school house gave way
to the original Union school, the
people of Mankato were prouder of
it than they are today of the vast
number of educational institutions
which are scattered over the city.
All honor to the early pioneers who
by pluck and perseverance have
made these things possible Grandma
Jones as she was called by many, was
a true and noble woman devoted to
her home and family and ever ready
to help her friend and neighbors in
time of trouble and sickness. She
was always keenly interested in the
affairs of the nation and was a well
informed woman on the topics of the
day. But her life work is done and
she will be missed by all who knew
her best. M iei s.r
Mrs. Jones was for many years a
member of the Welsh Congrega-
tional church at Utica, N. Y, and
later was a member of the Sterling
church. Her husband, the late John
0. Jones, passed away on August, 26,
1913, but she is survived by three sons
and two daughters John o. Williams,
Tacoma, Wash, Frank, Herbert, Ger
trude and Minnie who reside at home
and have given every care to their
parents in their declining years.
There are also three grandchildren,
Harvey, Elva, and Marjorie Williams
and one sister, Mrs Gertrude E. Bis
hopp of Bouckville, Ny. a
Funeral services will be held at the
old homestead in Lyra where she has
lived since May 2, 1872, on Tuesday
afternoon at p. M, interment will
be made in the family lot in nj the
beautiful little cemetery at Good
Thunder a ab So ~ io0l n
L l5.s8I{R sr &
Waseca Journal Radical: Brief men
lion was made last week of the death
of John H. Callahan, son OF John A.
Callahan of this city, at Duluth last
Tuesday morning He was on duty as
a police officer of that city when he
was fired upon by a robber he was
endeavoring to arrest, and died fifty
minutes later at the city hospital.
His wife was present at his bedside
when he died. He realized the end
was near and requested that a mes :
sage be sent to his father. The mes
age reached here at $3.50 Tuesday
and Mr.. Callahan caught an
early morning train, arriving in Du-
luth at 7:30 that evening.
The remains of the deceased laid in
state at the city hall at Duluth sur
rounded by guard of honor, until
S:15 Thursday when they were taken
to the Northern Pacific depot to be
brought to this city. One hundred
policemen marched ahead of the
hearse on the way to the depot, and
following it were members of the
Moose lodge and other societies. A
guard of honor accompanied the re-
mains to st. Paul. Waseca was
reached Thursday evening.
Funeral services were held at the
Catholic church in this city Friday
morning, Father ]. ]. Treanor Off
ciating, and the remains were laid to
rest beside those of the mother in the
Catholic cemetery south of the city.
This last was special request of the
deceased before he died.
The following is an editorial ap-
probation of the deceased taken from
one of the Duluth papers:
John H.. Callahan, for seven years
a member of Duluth's police depart
ment, died early Tuesday morning as
a result of gunshot wound, receiv-
ed while trying earnestly to do his
full duty.
Levi w. Turbell, an enemy of or
gained society, an outlaw who
sought to reap where he had not
sown, veritable bit of vermin on
the body polite, lies in a prison cell,
facing life Imprisonment, as the