Yellowstone County MT Archives Obituaries.....Danford, Ruth Ann February 26, 1939
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Billings Gazette, 27 Feb, 1939
Billings Gazette, 27 Feb 1939.
Mrs. Ruth Ann Danford Was Resident of Area Prior to Billings' Founding.
Mrs. Ruth ann Danford, 83, resident of this area since 1880, two years before 
Billings was founded, died at 10 a.m. Sunday at a local hospital.  She entered 
the hospital February 17.  Death was caused by an intestinal ailment.
  She was born Feb. 24, 1856, in Noble county, Ohio, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Nelson Baker.  She was married to George L. Danford in Ohio in 1877, and three 
years later the family moved to Montana, acquiring a homestead eight miles west 
of the present site of Billings.  The present home is near the Laurel highway, 
and adjoins the original homestead.
  Mrs. Danford is survived by her widower; two sons, Charles C. Danford of 
Billings, and Sam Danford of Sheridan, Wyo; four daughters, Miss Ida Danford, 
Mrs. Ed Westover and Mrs. Carl Crosser of Bililngs, and Mrs. Ed Marsh of 
Sequim, Wash; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  The body is at the Smith funeral home.

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