U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Obituary: Postlethwait, Margaret Anderson (1852-1939) --------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Unknown newspaper obituary clipping Obituary: Margaret Postlethwait (b. age 87, died 1939) Mrs. Margaret Postlethwait, age 87, died at the home of her daughter Kate at Barracksville, W.V. [the year 1939, there was no date]. She was born 27 October, 1852 in Ohio the daughter of William and Lucinda (Lutz) Anderson. Her family removed to Sugar Run near Littleton when she was a child. She was a member of the Eastview Church of God and the wife of John Postlethwait who preceeded her in death 39 years ago (1850-1900). She is the mother of three daughters and three sons, one son deceased. Thomas of Littleton; Mrs. L. Byard of Wheeling; Mrs. Kate Conaway with whom she lived; Mrs. Mary Chambers, of Fairmont; James of Hastings. A brother, Samuel Anderson of Grantsville; Sister Mary Anderson of Watson and Katherine Rutter of Texas. There are twenty-one grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. The burial is in Shriver Cemetery from the Eastview Church of God with Rev. H. D. Huggins in charge. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Death Register, Marion County WV 1939, Page 164, Line 3 Margaret A. Postlewait died at age 88yr-2mo in Barrackville WV date of death: October 22, 1939 widow of John Postlewait cause of death: chronic myocarditis & chr. endocarditis, senility --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other obituaries for Marion County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/marion/obits.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------