Zelphia Timmons

Zelphia Timmons
born about 1834
died July 18, 1899, in Dayton, Illinois

Obituaries:

Mrs. James Timmons Expires at Her Home in Dayton

Mrs. James Timmons died at her home in Dayton this morning at 4:30 o’clock, at the age of 65 years. Death was caused by paralysis. Deceased leaves surviving her husband and one son. Funeral will take place from the house tomorrow at 1 o’clock.1

Mrs. James Timmons died at her home in Dayton at 4 o’clock Tuesday A. M. at the age of 65. She had been a resident of Dayton for a good many years, and was quite well known in Ottawa. Her husband and one son survive her. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the residence in Dayton.2

Mrs. James Timmons, Tayton [sic], July 183

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1. Ottawa [Illinois] Daily Journal, July 18, 1899
2. Ottawa [Illinois] Republican-Times, July 20, 1899
3. Ottawa [Illinois] Daily Journal, August 17, 1899

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