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This obituary contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Antje Darling antje@plantel.com.


NOTE:  This is a newspaper article I found in the Darling Scrapbook.
It is not dated and also doesn't give the source of this publication.
Mary Victorine Ryan Darling, however, died in 1921.


AGED WOMAN, MOTHER OF TWELFE CHILDREN, DIES AT NELLIE FRIDAY
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Week's Illness From Pneumonia Causes The Death Of Mrs. Washington
Darling, 88.
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  Pneumonia caused the death of Mrs. Washington Darling, 88, at 
her home near Nellie, at 4:40 o'clock Friday morning.
  Mrs. Darling had been ill a little more than a week.
 She was one of the oldes women of the Nellie vicinity and was
the mother of 12 children.
  Mrs. Darling's maiden name was Miss Mary Ryan. She was born October
13, 1833. She was the youngest, and the last to die, of a family of
six children. She was the daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth Ryan,
early pioneers of Coshocton-co. Her parents came from Virginia to 
this county in 1818 and settled on the Darling farm. On November
14, 1855, she was married to Washington Darling.
  The husband died in 1903.
  With the exception of a few months spent at various times visiting
her children, her entire life was spent in Coshocton Co. She was 
born, grew to womenhood, married and reared her family in the house
in which she died.
  Eight years ago Mrs. Darling suffered a slight stroke of paralyis,
alltho she enjoyed good health until she was stricken by her last
illness.
  Children living are: Mrs. William Farquar, Redlands, Cal.; Earl
Darling, Los Angeles, Cal.; Clifford Darling, Randall, Kan.; 
Fletcher Darling, Idaho; Hervey and Clinton Darling, of Arkansas; 
Thomas and Charles Darling, Mrs. Effie McDermott, Flora and Catherine 
Darling, all of the home and Edward Darling, Nellie

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Submitted by:
Antje Darling
antje@plantel.com