----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 12/23/1909

MISS ALFREDA MERRILL

The home of Mr. Merrill in the Town of Beaver, Clark County was the scene of a sad bereavement last Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 14, 1909, when his daughter, Miss Alfreda, aged 15 years, passed away, death being caused by an abscess on the brain. Deceased was born in the village of Loyal Nov. 15, 1894, and moved onto the farm where she died about five years ago.

The funeral service were held in the village of Loyal at the M. E. church, on Friday afternoon at one o'clock and the remains laid to rest beside the mother in the M. E. Cemetery. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of the entire community.