I was wondering - can anyone tell me why the children were sent away to a children's home?
Seymour Daily Tribune newspaper, Seymour, IN
Thursday 28 January 1926; Front Page, Column 2
TO OBSERVE BURIAL RITES FOR MRS. N. PERRY, FRIDAY
Daughter of Mrs. Douglas Hill Dies Wednesday At Brownstown Of Heart Trouble
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Perry, aged 34, wife of Walter Perry, who died at her home in Brownstown Wednesday morning from leakage of the heart following a prolonged illness, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist Church at Brownstown, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. A severe attack of influenza a year ago had left Mrs. Perry in a weakened condition.
Mrs. Perry was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hill, of Seymour and was born in Sparksville April 18, 1891. She was married to Mr. Perry at Brownstown June 30, 1912. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving her are her husband, mother, Mrs. Hill, of this city; five children, Elnora, Margaret, Walter, Jr., Thomas and Frederick, Brownstown; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Phillips, of this city; Mrs. Ruth Sutherland, of Shelbyville; and Mrs. Edith Mollett, of Shoals; and four brothers, Vance Hill, Clyde Hill, Edwin Hill and Stanley Hill.
Seymour Daily Tribune newspaper, Seymour, IN
Thursday 28 January 1926; Front Page, Column 2
TO OBSERVE BURIAL RITES FOR MRS. N. PERRY, FRIDAY
Daughter of Mrs. Douglas Hill Dies Wednesday At Brownstown Of Heart Trouble
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Perry, aged 34, wife of Walter Perry, who died at her home in Brownstown Wednesday morning from leakage of the heart following a prolonged illness, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist Church at Brownstown, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. A severe attack of influenza a year ago had left Mrs. Perry in a weakened condition.
Mrs. Perry was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hill, of Seymour and was born in Sparksville April 18, 1891. She was married to Mr. Perry at Brownstown June 30, 1912. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving her are her husband, mother, Mrs. Hill, of this city; five children, Elnora, Margaret, Walter, Jr., Thomas and Frederick, Brownstown; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Phillips, of this city; Mrs. Ruth Sutherland, of Shelbyville; and Mrs. Edith Mollett, of Shoals; and four brothers, Vance Hill, Clyde Hill, Edwin Hill and Stanley Hill.
I was wondering - can anyone tell me why the children were sent away to a children's home?
Seymour Daily Tribune newspaper, Seymour, IN
Thursday 28 January 1926; Front Page, Column 2
TO OBSERVE BURIAL RITES FOR MRS. N. PERRY, FRIDAY
Daughter of Mrs. Douglas Hill Dies Wednesday At Brownstown Of Heart Trouble
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Perry, aged 34, wife of Walter Perry, who died at her home in Brownstown Wednesday morning from leakage of the heart following a prolonged illness, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist Church at Brownstown, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. A severe attack of influenza a year ago had left Mrs. Perry in a weakened condition.
Mrs. Perry was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hill, of Seymour and was born in Sparksville April 18, 1891. She was married to Mr. Perry at Brownstown June 30, 1912. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving her are her husband, mother, Mrs. Hill, of this city; five children, Elnora, Margaret, Walter, Jr., Thomas and Frederick, Brownstown; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Phillips, of this city; Mrs. Ruth Sutherland, of Shelbyville; and Mrs. Edith Mollett, of Shoals; and four brothers, Vance Hill, Clyde Hill, Edwin Hill and Stanley Hill.
Seymour Daily Tribune newspaper, Seymour, IN
Thursday 28 January 1926; Front Page, Column 2
TO OBSERVE BURIAL RITES FOR MRS. N. PERRY, FRIDAY
Daughter of Mrs. Douglas Hill Dies Wednesday At Brownstown Of Heart Trouble
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Perry, aged 34, wife of Walter Perry, who died at her home in Brownstown Wednesday morning from leakage of the heart following a prolonged illness, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist Church at Brownstown, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. A severe attack of influenza a year ago had left Mrs. Perry in a weakened condition.
Mrs. Perry was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hill, of Seymour and was born in Sparksville April 18, 1891. She was married to Mr. Perry at Brownstown June 30, 1912. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving her are her husband, mother, Mrs. Hill, of this city; five children, Elnora, Margaret, Walter, Jr., Thomas and Frederick, Brownstown; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Phillips, of this city; Mrs. Ruth Sutherland, of Shelbyville; and Mrs. Edith Mollett, of Shoals; and four brothers, Vance Hill, Clyde Hill, Edwin Hill and Stanley Hill.
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