Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Timothy D. Hudson, 11/2001
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The Farmerville Gazette
Wednesday, 5 Aug 1896, page 3, column 1

"Mrs. Jane E. Boatright died this week."

[Note: Jane E. Stiles Boatright was the widow of James Boatright 
(1822 - 1862), son of Union Parish early settler and police juror 
Powhatan Boatright. James Boatright died in Jackson, MS during the War 
Between the States, leaving Jane with a large family of children to raise 
alone. The phrase "this week" presumably indicates that she died since 
the last issue of the paper, or between 29 July and 4 Aug 1896. But they 
normally say "yesterday" or "Monday" when referring to just a day or two 
ago, so I think she must have died over the weekend or the end of the 
previous week.

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