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Submitted: 9/28/23 • Approved: 9/29/23 • Last Updated: 10/2/23 • R832365-G832365-S3
Unknown - January 5, 1909
*Obituary
Cassville Democrat
Saturday, January 16, 1909
An Old Settler Dies.
Again it is an unpleasant task to record the visit of the death angel the home of George Higgs, an old and highly respected citizen of Liberty township, and there beckoned his beloved wife Mrs. Semira Jane Higgs, to that better land, Jan. 5, 1909, after a sickness of about ten days of pneumonia, aged 73 years, 7 months and 14 days.
She left a husband and five children to mourn her death. The children are: Mrs. Dallas Box, Mrs. Walker England, Mrs. Tom Keeling, and Horace and Geo. Higgs, all residents of that vicinity.
She had been a member of the Baptist Church all her life, was a true wife, an affectionate mother and an excellent citizen.
She was a daughter of the late John Burton and a sister of Jesse Burton, and has some half sisters.
The remains were laid to rest in the Burton Family burying ground on the 6th. Funeral services were held at the residence.
Mr. Higgs and children will have the sympathy of all their relatives and acquaintances.
Contributed on 9/28/23 by judyfrog
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