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Alexander Dallas
Word was received here this week of the death of Alexander Dallas, a former resident of Fairbury. Mr. Dallas was master mechanic on the Rock Island and was married here on December 23, 1890 to Miss Mae Miller. He left the Rock Island sixteen years ago and went to Des Moines where he was master mechanic for the Des Moines Union railway until his death which occurred Friday, June 19, after an illness of a few weeks. He is survived by his wife and six daughters, one of whom married; also two brothers and a sister who reside in Denver. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Masons and was held in high esteem as evidenced by the account of his funeral at Des Moines when more than 500 employees of the railroad with whom he had worked, some for sixteen years, paid tribute to his memory. [The Fairbury Journal, Thursday, July 2, 1914]
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Marcellus Davis
Death of M.C. Davis Mr. Davis was formerly a blacksmith in Fairbury and was a brother of Lew Davis, deceased. He moved to Alberta several years ago. The funeral occurred at the home of his son, Fred Davis, May 1st. [The Fairbury Journal, Friday, May 10, 1907]
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Dawson infant
The infant boy of Mrs. E.A. Dawson died Saturday of spinal meningitis at Belleville and was buried Sunday. The child was about three months old and was the son of Elbert Dawson, who was killed by the cars last fall. [The Jefferson County Journal, Saturday, March 4, 1899]
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George W. Deeter
Mr. George W. Deeter was born in Michigan, Jan. 10, 1852, and died Oct. 14, 1908, aged 56 years, 9 months and 4 days. He was married to Emma Wild, April 16, 1876, who departed this life in 1904. Mr. Deeter came to Nebraska in 1881 and located on his homestead in Jefferson county. Six children, three sons and three daughters, were born to them. They are Mrs. Henry Vitch, Mrs. Fred Lott, Mrs. Edward Shefilar and John, James and Charles Deeter. The funeral was held last Thursday, October 15 from the Silver Creek church, Rev. W.T. Cline officiating. The interment was in the Silver Creek cemetery.
[The Fairbury Journal, Friday, October 23, 1908]
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Gladys Drake
The little nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Drake, residing on Silver Creek, eight miles southwest of Fairbury, died yester noon, (Thursday), of diphtheria, having been sick since Monday. The district school in that neighborhood has been closed all week since it learned there was diphtheria in the neighborhood, altho this is the only case.
[The Fairbury Journal, Friday, December 18, 1908] On Thursday morning, Dec. 10th, Little Gladys Drake, a scholar of school Dist No 78, not feeling well, her parents tried to persuade her to remain at home, but she being interested in her work at school begged to be allowed to go. Her parents finally consented and she attended school during the day, coming home that night quite sick. She rapidly grew worse, her sickness developing into that dreadful disease, diphtheria, which on Dec. 17th terminated in her death after much suffering. It was an unusually sad affair, Gladys being a sweet, loving and winsome child, the pet of all who knew her. The bereaved family have the sincerest sympathy of the whole community. Everyone who knew her mourns her sad death. We can only submit to the immutable laws of an Infinite power and say as has been said by others. [The Fairbury Journal, Friday, January 1, 1909]
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