| Obit For | Nancy Ellen (Davis) Ennis |
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| Headline | Good Mother Passes Away |
| Text | Mrs. Nancy Ennis, wife of Wm. Ennes, died at their home near Mineral Springs on Saturday morning, January 7th, 1916 of lagrippe and other complications due to a paralytic stoke with which she had been enfeebled for several years past. She was sixty seven years old and leaves surviving her of her immediate household, her husband, "Uncle Bill Ennis", as he is commonly known, two sons and four daughters. They are Tom and Farmer Ennis of Mineral Springs, Mrs. Matilda Binerim of Galena, Kan., Mrs. Lotttie Taylor of Fayetteville, Ark., Mrs. Bertha Ennis of Mineral springs and Mrs. Mollie Henbest of Cassville. She was a sister of Bert and O. D. Davis of Washburn, Henry and E.W. Davis of Wheaton, Mrs. Mary Planter of Simcoe, McDonald County, and J. S. Davis of Cassville. All of her children were at her bedside except Mrs. Lottie Taylor who was detained at home on account of sickness in her own family. She had been a devoted member of the Methodist Church since early life, and was beloved by all who knew her. Funeral services were held in the church at Mineral Springs last Sunday at one o'clock, by Mr. Riddle assisted by J. W. Ennis, and she was laid to rest in the Ennis family Cemetery amid a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. Research Note: Tombstone gives Jan 8th as her death date and obituary gives Jan 7th. [Uses both Ennis and Ennes spellings] |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Republican |
| Date | Jan. 13, 1916, Thursday |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO Micorfilm |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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