Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Louise April 2, 1890
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Norfolk Landmark April 3, 1890
A Strange Death
Mrs. Louise Baker, an old lady, came to this city some time ago from the 
interior of the State, and went to live in a room at 127 Bank street. She was 
accompanied by her husband, but as he was unable to secure employment, left her 
to seek it elsewhere. Since then she has lived there with eight cats, her only 
companions. Last Friday she was visited by a colored woman whom she informed 
that one of the cats had bitten her and from the effects of which she was 
suffering. The colored woman then, as she was requested, returned with some 
oranges, and as the lady appeared to be asleep, they were left at her door, 
where three days later they were discovered and the neighbors on entering the 
room found her unconscious in bed, and the cats, nearly starved from their long 
fast, alongside of her.
Everything was done for her by her neighbors and kind friends, but without avail 
as she died yesterday morning.
She is said to have been rich at one time and to be of one of the best families 
in the State, but reverses had left her completely destitute. Her husband was 
notified and will come to take charge of her remains.


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