The Washington Republican Washington County Friday April 5, 1901 Mrs. J.C. McCew Dead. Passed Away in St. Joseph, Mo., Saturday, March 30th. Last Saturday the sad news was received here that Mrs. J.C. McCEW had died in St. Joseph, Mo. Her body was sent here Monday for burial and was laid to rest in the cemetery south of town beside her husband who died March 8th last year. Mrs. A.C. McCEW was born in Leesburtg, Ohio, Nov.17, 1837, and spent her school days and early life there. She came to Washington in 1869, when houses and people were scarce here. She was assistant teacher in the first public school in Washington ever had and J.W. BARLEY was principal. They taught in the old stone school house west of the Baptist church. In 1871 she was married to J.C. McCEW and the two spent their lives happily together until his death, then Mrs. McCEW moved to St. Joseph. She is a sister of Mrs. L.J. WILLIAMS and was a woman highly respected by all her many acqaintances here. She leaves no children to mourn her death.