STITES, Mary Ann Bratton
MARY ANN BRATTON STITES
Source: Waveland Independent Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana Jan 27, 1938
Mr. and Mrs. Will Shular attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Ann STITES in Greencastle on Sunday. Mrs. Stites was the grandmother of Mrs. Shular. Although 84 she lived by herself in Clinton Falls. On Thursday morning her dress caught fire from the stove. She managed to put out the flames herself but she was so badly burned when a neighbor found her that she was taken to the hospital at Greencastle, where she died on the following day. She leaves two children, a son, Marion, living at Greencastle and a daughter, Mrs. Myra GUILLIAMS, Mrs. Shuler's mother, who lives in Rockville. George Slaves attended school with her children and always visited her when in Clinton Falls.
Source: Indiana Death Certificate #2686
Mary A. Stites (Resides RR 1, Greencastle) d. Putnam Co. Hosp. Greencastle, Greencastle, Putnam County Indiana
Widowed
Died Jan 22, 1938 @ 2:15 a.m. - toxemia from burns - 3 days
Born: June 16, 1853 in Delaware Died at : Age: 84 Yeares 7 Months 6 Days
Father: Caleph Bratton born unknown
Mother: Unknown
Informant: Marion Stites Greencastle RR 1
Buried Jan 23, 1938 Little Walnut by Chas. A McCurry Greencastle.
Accident 1/19/1938 - clothing set afire by stove - external burns, back Dr. HW Veach, Bainbridge