Death Notice:  Emma Nicholas, 1 March 1905 - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by - Mary Love Berryman
14 August 2001 
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Daily Courier, 1 Mar 1905

Negro Woman Residing Rear Mt. Sylvan Died from Effects of Burns 
Received by Clothing Catching on Fire.

Word came from the Mt. Sylvan neighborhood that a negro woman by the 
name of Emma Nicholas whose dress caught fire some way while she was
burning trash in the garden, was so badly burned that she died in a
few hours after the accident occured.

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Copied from microfilm at the Tyler Public Library, 10 August 2001
Mary Love Berryman