"MISS EMMA MAYFIELD died at her home in Hiseville, Friday of last week, of consumption. The deceased was about twenty five years of age and a young lady beloved and esteemed by all who knew her. She was the last of a large family of children all of whom - some of them after arriving at more than years of maturity - died of consumption. Their father died beore them of the same dead disease.
"The deceased was an exemplary member of the Chistian church and died in the triumph of a blessed faith. The remains were interred in the burying ground at the Walton farm, Saturday last."
Mayfield Cemetery
Emma D. Mayfield
15 May 1869 - 28 May 1897
Glasgow (KY) Weekly Times, 2 June 1897 |