Macon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Priest, George R January 19, 1884 ************************************************ 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: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com September 1, 2007, 9:20 pm Decatur [IL] Saturday Herald Died Of brain fever, at the family residence, No. 224 North Main street, on Sunday afternoon, January 13, 1884, at 1 o'clock p.m., George R. Priest, aged 35 years, 1 month and 26 days. The deceased was ill about a week, but was not thought to be in a dangerous condition until Saturday afternoon, when he grew delirious, and remained in that condition, until a few hours preceding his death. He was the second son of Mr. Frank Priest. He leaves a widow and one child, a little girl, two years of age. The funeral took place from the residence Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Elder Pinkerton, pastor of the Christian church, conducted the services. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/macon/obits/p/priest93gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb