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Death of Grandma Shrake at Wyalusing near 106 years
Grandma Shrake died recently at Wyalusing across the river just three days short of 106. Born May 4, 1812 in Pennsylvania, she led six generations of descendants and remained capable of housework until last Christmas. She lived in Wyalusing since 1850. her first husband died in 1837 and her second husband, a War of 1812 veteran, died in 1861.
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Grandma Shrake
Wyalusing
Heaven
Pennsylvania
North Iowa
The
Register
Argus
Hikader
Huber
Register and Argus
Poultry Post
Alpha
Fayette County
Charles Dickens
Mercantile Company
Capper’s
Satan
Hell
Stoehr & Co
Minera
Elmer Schori
Town City
J.M. Smittle
W. H. Fox
Des Moines
Military Medical Corpu
Wancoma Sentinel
Germany
Austria
Bulgearia
Turkey
Higin
H. Benson
Department of Agriculture