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Shawano County, Wisconsin
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DIED- McLEOD - At Twin Lakes, Langlade county, Wis., March 9th, 1881, James McLeod aged 38 years, 5 months.
Last Thursday night James McLeod, known for a great many years to
the lumbermen of this vicinity, died at his hotel of typhoid fever.
The body was brought to Shawano Saturday and was buried Sunday, the Temple
of Honor and Good Templars taking charge of the funeral rites. The obsequies
were performed by both orders in accordance with their customs. The funeral
sermon was preached in the Methodist church to a large number who had gathered
to pay the last debt of humanity to the departed. The deceased leaves three
young children, who are comfortably provided for so far as the necessaries
of life are concerned.