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Jennie Bauer Witherow - Madison Parish, Louisiana 
From Madison Journal, April 1938
Mrs. Witherow, Madison Native, Buried Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph (Jennie) Witherow, a native of Madison parish, were held 
at the Silver Cross Cemetery here Tuesday morning, Rabbi Stanley Bray of Vicksburg, 
officiatng. Mrs. Witherow died at her home here Monday morning about eight o'clock, after 
having been in feeble health for some time.
Mrs. Witherow was one of the few natives of this parish near her age. She was born 
December 1858 at Milliken's Bend when that place was a thriving village in the early days 
of Madison parish. Had she lived until December of this year she would have been 80 years 
of age.
Her husband, the late Joseph Witherow was at one time a partner of Mrs. Witherow's mother, 
Mrs. Leopold Bauer, and they were engaged in an extensive planting and mercantile business 
at the Bend. The family moved to Tallulah from the Bend in 1914, but prior to that time 
Mr. Witherow opened the first store in Tallulah.
Mrs. Witherow is survived by one daughter, Miss Etta Witherow of Tallulah. She had one son 
who died several years ago. She is also survived by a grand daughter, Miss Jane Morris 
Witherow of Lake Providence; two nieces, Mrs. Ed Lamberton of New Orleans, and Mrs. V. D. 
Richard of Jennings, La.; and two nephews, James Witherow of Galveston, Texas, and Milton 
Witherow of St. Louis, Mo.