Obit for HAMILTON, Elizabeth (d.1897), Benton Co., MN
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OBITUARY  - "St Cloud Daily Times", Saturday April 24, 1897...."A PIONEER 
DEAD"  Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, Of Watab, Who came to Stearns County in 
1856.  Word was received in St Cloud today of the death of Miss 
Elizabeth, of Watab, Benton, County, who passed away at that place Friday 
morning.  She had attained the age of 74 an death was due to her advanced 
years.  The deceased was among the earliest settlers in this part of the 
state having come to Winnebago Prairie, where the family first located, 
in 1856.  Of the immediate relative but one sister survives her, Mrs. 
Charlotte Anderson of Watab.  The Funeral will take place on Sunday at 
one O'clock in the afternoon.  Services will be held at the Gordon school 
house in the town of Brockway, Stearns county, the body will be interred 
at the Winnebago cemetery.