GRIMES, Samantha Smith - Putnam

Mrs. George Grimes, wife of the cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Ladoga, died on Sunday night of pulmonary disease, leaving a husband and large family. She was a woman of much beauty of character and had many friends in Crawfordsville.

Source: Indiana Certificate of Death Ladoga, Clark Twp, Montgomery County Indiana 10-23-1899

Dr. JC Mahorney attended the deceased from August 15 to October 23 when she died Oct 23 at about 8 o'clock. Tb duration 10 months - Exhaution 1 month and cattar ? 4 months

Age: 47 Years 4 months 19 days

Samantha Grimes reside Ladoga Died; Ladoga, Indiana Born New Maysville Ind

Father: Robert Smith b KY Mother: Elizabeth Cochran B KY

Buried Oct 24, 1899 by RW Wade, Ladoga in Ladoga Cem

Informant: George E. Grimes

Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 27 October 1899

Mrs. George Grimes died last Monday at the family residence in Ladoga, after an extended illness. Death came to her a relief. She leaves a husband and a large family of children. Mrs. Grimes was an excellent woman and had many friends in this city. -s