Mrs. Martha Hout, wife of George Hout, of Mifflin Township, died yesterday at 2 o'clock p.m. of paralysis and heart disease, aged 64 years. She was a native of Pennsylvania and came to this state while yet a child. She was one of a family of nine children, the youngest of whom is 57 years old, and Mrs. Hout is the first of the nine to die. The deceased leaves, besides her husband, two sons, B.B. and C.B. Hout. The funeral takes places tomorrow at 2 o'clock p.m. The services will be held at the house and conducted by a Mennonite minister from Clarke County, to which denomination Mrs. Hout belonged. The interment will be in Windsor Cemetery.
Richland Shield & Banner - October 4, 1890