ONLY SISTER OF PRESIDENT WILSON DIES
Mrs. Annie Howe Passed Away at New London, Conn., Today - President Cancels Dates
New London, Conn., Sept. 16 - Mrs. Annie Howe, only sister of President Wilson, died here at 6:40 a.m. today.
Joseph Wilson, brother of the President and Mrs. Howe's sons, Wilson and George, her daughter Mrs. Cothran and Miss Margaret Wilson, were at the bedside when the end came. Mrs. Howe died peacefully.
President Wilson was immediately notified. Information here soon after Mrs. Howe's death was that the President will not come to New London. The body will be sent to South Carolina for burial, however, and the President and Mrs. Wilson will accompany the funeral party.
Since the President was here early this week, Mrs. Howe had been constantly under the influence of opiates. She had few lucid intervals. Death was due to peritonitis and attendant complications.
Mrs. Howe was born in Virginia and like her brother was educated there. She was 62 years old last Friday. She has two sons, William Howe, of Primos, a suburb of Swarthmore, Penn., connected with the Pennsylvania railroad and Dr. George Howe, a professor at the University of North Carolina and a daughter, Mrs. Perrin Cothran of Raleigh, N.C.
GALESBURG EVENING-MAIL: SEPTEMBER 16, 1916
Mrs. Annie Howe Passed Away at New London, Conn., Today - President Cancels Dates
New London, Conn., Sept. 16 - Mrs. Annie Howe, only sister of President Wilson, died here at 6:40 a.m. today.
Joseph Wilson, brother of the President and Mrs. Howe's sons, Wilson and George, her daughter Mrs. Cothran and Miss Margaret Wilson, were at the bedside when the end came. Mrs. Howe died peacefully.
President Wilson was immediately notified. Information here soon after Mrs. Howe's death was that the President will not come to New London. The body will be sent to South Carolina for burial, however, and the President and Mrs. Wilson will accompany the funeral party.
Since the President was here early this week, Mrs. Howe had been constantly under the influence of opiates. She had few lucid intervals. Death was due to peritonitis and attendant complications.
Mrs. Howe was born in Virginia and like her brother was educated there. She was 62 years old last Friday. She has two sons, William Howe, of Primos, a suburb of Swarthmore, Penn., connected with the Pennsylvania railroad and Dr. George Howe, a professor at the University of North Carolina and a daughter, Mrs. Perrin Cothran of Raleigh, N.C.
GALESBURG EVENING-MAIL: SEPTEMBER 16, 1916
ONLY SISTER OF PRESIDENT WILSON DIES
Mrs. Annie Howe Passed Away at New London, Conn., Today - President Cancels Dates
New London, Conn., Sept. 16 - Mrs. Annie Howe, only sister of President Wilson, died here at 6:40 a.m. today.
Joseph Wilson, brother of the President and Mrs. Howe's sons, Wilson and George, her daughter Mrs. Cothran and Miss Margaret Wilson, were at the bedside when the end came. Mrs. Howe died peacefully.
President Wilson was immediately notified. Information here soon after Mrs. Howe's death was that the President will not come to New London. The body will be sent to South Carolina for burial, however, and the President and Mrs. Wilson will accompany the funeral party.
Since the President was here early this week, Mrs. Howe had been constantly under the influence of opiates. She had few lucid intervals. Death was due to peritonitis and attendant complications.
Mrs. Howe was born in Virginia and like her brother was educated there. She was 62 years old last Friday. She has two sons, William Howe, of Primos, a suburb of Swarthmore, Penn., connected with the Pennsylvania railroad and Dr. George Howe, a professor at the University of North Carolina and a daughter, Mrs. Perrin Cothran of Raleigh, N.C.
GALESBURG EVENING-MAIL: SEPTEMBER 16, 1916
Mrs. Annie Howe Passed Away at New London, Conn., Today - President Cancels Dates
New London, Conn., Sept. 16 - Mrs. Annie Howe, only sister of President Wilson, died here at 6:40 a.m. today.
Joseph Wilson, brother of the President and Mrs. Howe's sons, Wilson and George, her daughter Mrs. Cothran and Miss Margaret Wilson, were at the bedside when the end came. Mrs. Howe died peacefully.
President Wilson was immediately notified. Information here soon after Mrs. Howe's death was that the President will not come to New London. The body will be sent to South Carolina for burial, however, and the President and Mrs. Wilson will accompany the funeral party.
Since the President was here early this week, Mrs. Howe had been constantly under the influence of opiates. She had few lucid intervals. Death was due to peritonitis and attendant complications.
Mrs. Howe was born in Virginia and like her brother was educated there. She was 62 years old last Friday. She has two sons, William Howe, of Primos, a suburb of Swarthmore, Penn., connected with the Pennsylvania railroad and Dr. George Howe, a professor at the University of North Carolina and a daughter, Mrs. Perrin Cothran of Raleigh, N.C.
GALESBURG EVENING-MAIL: SEPTEMBER 16, 1916
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