THE SHELBY DEMOCRAT
Thursday November 12, 1896
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Mary Lennox died at her residence in Shelby township at eleven p.m. Friday, November 6, 1896, of typhoid fever, at the age of eighty years, three months and twenty days, after an illness of several weeks. She was one of the oldest settlers of this county, having moved here with her parents in 1825. She is the widow of the late Joseph Lennox, who preceded her some twenty-four years ago. Unto them were born ten children, seven of who survive her. The funeral services were held in the Lewis Creek Baptist church at eleven a.m. Sunday, November 8, 1896, Rev. Harper, of Columbus, officiating. Remains and cortege in charge of Marshall G. Tindall.
[Buried Lewis Creek Baptist cemetery]