The Freeport Daily Journal

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Section: The Death Record

Two Pioneers of Rock Grove Township Pass Away – Mrs. Gochnaur and George Winshall

Mrs. Mary A. Gochnaur, died this morning at her home in Rock Grove township at 8 o’clock after a long siege of illness. The immediate cause of Mrs. Gochnaur’s death is old age, for she observed her eighty-second birthday Dec. 15, 1905. For a number of years she had been an invalid, having been a sufferer with a broken hip. She was unable to walk and was either compelled to lie in bed or sit in an invalid’s chair.

Mrs. Gochnaur was a native of Pennsylvania where she was born in 1823. Her maiden name was Mary A. Brenizer and she was married to Mr. Gochnaur in 1847. The family came to Rock Run township in 1849. The following children survive: John B. of Nebraska; William H., of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. John Candy, of Dakota township; Frank A., of Freeport; Harrison D., of Flagg, Ill., and Miss Mary Ellen, living at home.

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