This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2463 Message Board Post: Dropped Dead Mrs. Martha JOHNSON, a respectable colored woman of Madisonville dropped dead last Saturday afternoon while she was engaged in attending to her household duties. She was about 70 years old and was regarded as a good woman. She was laid to rest yesterday. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, May 24, 1898)