HARRISON, Martha

HARRISON, WHEELER

Posted By: Nettie Mae (email)
Date: 5/29/2024 at 10:47:34

The DeWitt Standard, 06 April 1859

DIED. In Dubuque, on Saturday, the 2d day of April, 1859, Mrs. MARTHA HARRISON, aged 86 years.

Mrs. H. was born in Harrison County, Kentucky, emigrated to Dubuque in an early day, and was among the first pioneers who settled at Dubuque. She was the mother of ten children, six of whom survive her, among them are Alvin Harrison and Mrs. Loring Wheeler, of this city. she was a devout and worthy member of the Christian Church; she lived out the full measure of her days, and is now gone to reap the reward reserved above for the pure in heart.