Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....McCarthy, Catharine September 23, 1888
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Jackson Sentinel, Sep. 27, 1888
    Jackson Sentinel, Sept. 27, 1888

    DIED

    MCCARTHY-Sept. 23d at 8 p.m., at the old homestead in Otter Creek, Jackson
county, Iowa, Mrs. Catharine McCarthy, widow of the late John McCarthy, aged 85
years. Mrs. McCarthy passed away suddenly and peacefully. She appeared well
during the day, and at evening laid down. She complained of being chilly when a
little while afterward was discovered to be dead, having scarcely made a
struggle. She was a native of the Parish of Dysart, County of Cork, Ireland.
Mrs. McCarthy came to Jackson county from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in 1855, with
her husband, John, who died last Spring. They raised five children, all of whom
are living. She was a mother beloved by all her children and respected by her
neighbors. The funeral took place at St. Lawrence Church, Otter Creek, on
Tuesday. at 10:00 a.m. 



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