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Ruth Adwell Whiteside

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
25 Jan 1923 (aged 31)
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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21, 36, 19, 3
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Aged 32y. On cemetery records as Ruth Bruen Whiteside, Bruen/Buren being her first married name.

Mrs. Edward Whitesides, 34 years old, of Greenridge, who died Thursday at Springfield hospital from burns suffered at her home, will be buried in Oak Ridge cemetery this afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the Mundle & Ellinger funeral home. Coroner Branson is making an investigation of the woman's death and will conduct an inquest later. Mrs. Whitesides, it is said, told her husband, "I'm going to burn myself" and then proceeded to saturate her clothing with coal oil, which she ignited. IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 1-27-1923
Aged 32y. On cemetery records as Ruth Bruen Whiteside, Bruen/Buren being her first married name.

Mrs. Edward Whitesides, 34 years old, of Greenridge, who died Thursday at Springfield hospital from burns suffered at her home, will be buried in Oak Ridge cemetery this afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the Mundle & Ellinger funeral home. Coroner Branson is making an investigation of the woman's death and will conduct an inquest later. Mrs. Whitesides, it is said, told her husband, "I'm going to burn myself" and then proceeded to saturate her clothing with coal oil, which she ignited. IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 1-27-1923

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  • Maintained by: BjJ
  • Originally Created by: 46831545
  • Added: Aug 14, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57047825/ruth-whiteside: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth Adwell Whiteside (26 Oct 1891–25 Jan 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57047825, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476).