Source: NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES 1910-1922, Cherokee County, Texas (Book 2)
6-21-1912
Mrs. Nealy Hawthorn, wife of W.J. Hawthorn, died in this city yesterday afternoon, at the age of 42 years, 4 months, 14 days. Funeral services at the city cemetery. Her husband and seven children survive her. Mrs. Hawthorn was the mother of 12 children, 5 being dead.
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Note: The date of birth (6 FEB 1870) implied by this obituary is inconsistent with census records.
Compiled by Helen Wooddell Crawford