From The Richwood Gazette
Richwood, Union County, Ohio
June 26, 1924

Death of Mrs.
Harry W. Smith
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   Death came Thursday evening at 7 o’clock to Mrs. Mannie E. Smith, widow of Harry W. Smith, at the home of her sister Mrs. W. H. Lyons. Her demise followed a general dissolution of the vital organs. Mrs. Smith was 68 years of age. She was born in Lancaster, Iowa, September 30, 1855, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilliland.
   Mrs. Smith was engaged in the millinery business in Los Angeles for fourteen years. She had resided with her sister, Mrs. Lyons for several years. Aside from Mrs. Lyons, one sister, Mrs. Sarah J. Barlow, of Sigourney, Iowa survives.
   Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. L. Gowdy at the Lyons home Saturday afternoon at four o’clock. The body was placed at the mausoleum at Claiborne cemetery. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Lloyd Winter.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010