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Near Summerville, March 27th, JOHN W. SHORE, aged 4 years, 11 months and 8 days:
He is dead they softly whispered,
Lay him on the couch of snow;
Let the angels watch our darling,
They can guard him best we know
Fold the hands that once were busy,
Smooth the curls that shone like gold,
Close the eyes that once were sparkling,
And the lips so still and cold.
Mountain Sentinel, Saturday
April 6, 1878
At Summerville, March 13th., Mary F. daughter of Dr. T.W. SHORE, of Diptheria. Aged 10 years, 4 months and 7 days., The afflicted parents have the sympathy of the entire community.
How these little hands remind us,
As in snowy folds they lie;
Not to scatter thorns, but roses
For our reapings by and by.
Mountain Sentinel, Saturday
March 23, 1878
At Summerville, May 7th of Diptheria, TILLIE V. SHORE, aged 6 years, 9 months and 2 days.
Harry Lester SIMMS, resident of Wallowa county for 48 years, died at Enterprise March 17, aged 50 years. He crossed the plains at the age of two years with his parents, who settled on a homestead on Hurricane creek.
Deceased is survived by his wife, one brother and three sisters, one of the latter being Mrs. Meade BALLARD of Union.
The Weekly Eastern Oregon Republican, March 25, 1932
Submitted by:
Holly Vonderohe