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    3. Iron County Register, March 5, 1903 Many in this community were shocked when they learned that James Scott, son of M. H. Scott, of Flat River, had shot and killed his brother, Marion Scott, on the 14 inst.  It is said that the shooting was due to a belief that the gun was not loaded.  The deceased was 14 years old.  His remains were brought here and interred in the Emmaus Church Cemetery on the 17th inst.  The Scott family formerly resided here.  Many relatives in this and adjoining counties, as well as the sorrowing parents, are grief stricken over the awful occurrence. Iron County Register, August 1, 1907 Died- On July 17th, the 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Martin. His remains were interred in the Joseph’s Chapel Cemetery, near Quaker, on the 18th inst. Iron County Register, March 11, 1886 Mr. Thomas Maxwell, formerly a resident of Washington county, Mo., but now of Cuba, Mo., sold his farm on Lost Creek, Washington County, Mo., to Messrs. James F. Mason and William White for the sum of $1,200.00 Iron County Register, July 8, 1886 Mrs. Zenas Adams died the 25th of consumption after an illness of three months. Arkansas Weekly Gazette, March 30, 1830 MARRIED – in Lafayette County, on the 4th inst., Mr. Samuel Reyburn, of Washington County, Mo., to Miss Eliza Jane Woodward, daughter of the late William Woodward, Esq., of the former county. Commercial Advertiser, New York, October 19, 1871 A constable named Harrington was brutally murdered in Irondale, Washington County, Mo., on the 3rd inst.  He had  gone to a tavern kept by a man named William McCarron to search for a coat that had been stolen from a cattle drover, when he was set upon by three sons of McCarron and others.  They stabbed him and struck him with rocks, and otherwise so brutally injured him that he died a few hours later.  James and Patrick McCarron were arrested, but the other son, William, had escaped, and a reward of $300 was offered by the sheriff for his apprehension. Daily Illinois State Register, Springfield, IL, October 19, 1902 The Sixty Club of Laramie, Wyoming, is the most curious social organization in existence.  It is a woman’s club, and to be eligible for membership in this queer association the woman seeking admission must bear the distinction of having seen threescore birthdays. (further down the article) The doyen of the club, Mrs. Catherine Horine Godat, was born at Richwood, Washington County, Mo., July 29, 1822, and she left St. Louis for Laramie on the day of the Chicago fire.

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