This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHADWELL Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2NI.2ACEB/101 Message Board Post: "The Kansas City Post" (Missouri) Thursday, November 19, 1903 SHE WAS OLD AND ALONE. An old woman, bent and gray with the weight of more than eighty years, sat in the downstairs waiting room at the Union depot last night and sobbed as if her heart would break. She was Mrs. Mary CHADWELL on her way from Iowa to Stillwater, O.T. She had been at the depot since early morning, and her train was not due to leave until 10 o'clock last night. Shortly after she had eaten the meager lunch she carried in a basket, she stepped to the fountain for a drink and in doing so dropped the glove that contained her ticket, the only thing she possessed. Many strangers crowded around her, but the tears would not stay back, and when Depot Master Mont CARNES found and returned her lost ticket, she cried harder than before. She was afraid she would be obliged to stay in the depot over night and through her tears, the only information she could give was that she came from Florence, Ia., and that her son was a merchant there. She was still weeping when a porter assisted her to her train for Stillwater. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ====================================================== Go to the Jackson County, Missouri Message Board to see births, deaths, and marriages in the Kansas City, MO & Kansas City, KS areas. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jackson When there: Do an "Advanced Search" and enter the surname (all lower case letters) on the "Find Messages Containing" line. (Caution: my most recent postings will not be searchable until the computer base files are updated.) ======================================================= neirbo