Bartholomew County IN Archives Obituaries.....Stillabower, Mary "Mattie" February 28, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lois Johnson johnsoncountyin@aol.com April 26, 2016, 8:22 pm The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 3, 1899, Volume XXXIX, Number 34, page 1, column 4 The four-year-old daughter of George Stillabower and wife, living southwest of Edinburg was burned to death Monday evening by her clothing catching fire while her mother was absent from the room. The screams of the child brought the mother to its side but too late to save it. Although the flames were smothered the injuries proved fatal, the child dying Tuesday afternoon after great suffering. Additional Comments: Note: The Bartholomew County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, referencing Book HD-6A, page 6, records that Mary Stillabower, a five-year-old white female, died 28 Feb 1899 in Bartholomew County. Link to Mary Stillabower's grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39446008 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/bartholomew/obits/s/stillabo1027gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb