Myrtle Minnie Fosher
1892 - 1920 (28 years)
Generation: 1
1. Myrtle Minnie Fosher was born on 16 Feb 1892 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 22 Feb 1920 in Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 25 Feb 1920 in Grove Hill Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Death of Mrs. Blackburn
A gloom was cast over the entire community when it was learned that Myrtle Mina, beloved wife of George S. Blackburn had passed away at her rural home Sunday, February 22, 1920, of Pneumonia, following influenza.
Myrtle Mina Fosher was the daughter of Thomas G. and Mary E. Fosher. She was born February 16, 1892, in the Smyrna neighborhood, eight miles north of Brookfield 0 in the same home made joyous by her birth and marriage, now saddened by her death.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the Grove Hill Baptist Church, of which she had been a consistent member since childhood, conducted by Rev. D.M. Trout, and burial was made in the church yard under the direction of M.Y. Rusk.
She was married January 22, 1913 to George S. Blackburn, who with four small children, namely: Mildred Alene, Margaret Alledene, Yewel Truman, and Zona Carrol, are left to mourn the loss of a loving wife and mother. She also leaves a feather, one sister, an aged grandmother and a host of friends.
Linn County Budget-Gazette, Brookfield, Missouri. Tuesday, 24 February 1920, page 1.
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1920/1920_00008129.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98577797/myrtle-minnie-blackburnMyrtle married George Sherman Blackburn on 22 Jan 1913. George (son of James William Blackburn and Mary Ellen Hale) was born on 20 Mar 1890 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 30 Nov 1948 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 2 Dec 1948 in Grove Hill Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]