The La Cygne Weekly Journal Linn County Saturday December 21, 1878 Mrs. Annie W. CARTMELL, wife of Mr. J.H. Cartmell, township trustee of this township, died at her home northeast of La Cygne, on Friday, December 13, 1878, aged 26 years and 17 days. The deceased was a woman of fine character, who will be much missed from the circle in which she moved. In his bereavement Mr. Cartmell will have the sympathy of all who know him, both for his own sad loss and for the sake of the children who are left motherless.