Anderson County, Texas - News: Palestine, Texas, 1912 ---------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Don R Brownlee USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ---------------------------------------------------------- From Dallas Morning News December 17, 1912 Page 8: O'Connell - Palestine, Tex., Dec. 16 - Tim O'Connell Sr., a highly-respected citizen of this city, died at a local sanitarium after a short illness. Mr. O'Connell was 87 years old and came to America from Cork, Ireland, in 1870, and had resided in this city a long while. The funeral was held this morning at 10 o'clock from the residence of Mayor A. L. Bowers, and burial was made in the Catholic Cemetery.