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- I met her one time when she was very, very old and I was very young! -- LKL Although after reading the obituaries, I believe it may have been her mother whom I remember and who survived her.
"Death of Mrs. J.C. Hansbrough
"Mrs, John C. Hansbrough, a Well known resident of Palmyra passed away at her home Tuesday morning, March 29, 1949, at 8:45 after a short illness. She had been in ill health for several years, but was bedfast only a few days.
"Katherine Young, daughter of Mrs Lucy Painter Young and the late Bart S. Young, was born in Ralls County, Mo., and when a child she moved with her parents to Marion county where they resided until the death of her father, a number of years ago. Later Mrs. Young and family moved to Kirksville, Mo.
"On Nov. 15, 1898, she was married to John C. Hansbrough in Kirksville, and returned to Marion county to reside. For a number of years they made their home on a farm north of Palmyra where Mr. Hansbrough passed away in December, 1938.
"In 1939 she moved to Palmyra to reside and her mother returned from Kirksville to make her home with her daughter until about two years ago.
"Mrs Hansbrough became a member of the Baptist church in young womanhood and retained an active membership in the Bethel Baptist church until coming to Palmyra, where she transferred her membership to the First Baptist church in this city. She was an enthusiastic worker in the Agenda Sunday school class and also in the Mendelssohn [sic.]-Emersonian club of the Fabius community.
"Funeral services will be held at the Palmyra Baptist...Thursday afternoon...with Rev, W...." [Paper seems to have been torn off in original copy] -- presumably the Palmyra Spectator.
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