Macon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Harpstrite, Sophia Amelia December 9, 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: jean conover blaney thomas_blaney@comcast.net December 18, 2012, 7:07 pm Daily Republican (Decatur, IL), 9 Dec 1895 Death of Miss Harpstrite Miss Sophia Amelia Harpstrite, daugher of E. Harpstrite, died at the family residence, 545 West Main street, this morning, Dec. 9, 1895. She was born in Macon county in the year 1856, and at the time of her death was in ther 38th year. Deceased has been sick for a period extending over two years, but never until a short time ago did her sickness assume a serious nature. She leaves a father, four sisters and three brothers to mourn her loss. they are Mrs. Peter Ullrich, of Cedar Rapids, Ia.; Misses Mary, Bertha dn Emma, of his city; Charles and John Harpstrite, of Wichita, Kan.; and E. J. Harpstrite, of this city. The time of the funeral will be announces later. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/macon/obits/h/harpstri871gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb