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- the Bushnell Weekly Record -newspaper-1863-
Mrs Predmore
Mrs Catharine Predmore died at her home in this city last Monday morning at two 0'clock, aged seventy -four years. Mrs Predmore's maiden was Catharine Stahl. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1822 and lived there until 1856. In 1842 she was married to Jacob Wisherd, and together they came west and settled near Prairie City in 1856. Ten children were born to them four of whom survive their mother. they are J. M. Wisherd, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas; D.N. Wisherd of Quincy; Jerry Wisherd living near Macomb; and J. H. wisherd of St Joe, Mo. Mr Wisherd died in 1863. In 1885 Mrs Wisherd was married to Roy Predmore, and they moved to Bushnell in 1888, making this place their home since that time. Mrs Predmore was a woman who enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew her.She became a member of the Christian church in 1864 and has been identified with it ever since. Funeral services were held at the residence at ten o'clock Wednesday forenoon, in charge of J. M. Rudy pastor of the Christian church at Quincy, and the remains were interred in the Virgil cemetery, four miles east of Prairie City.
copied by Joyce Brewer
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1822 - 1896 (74 years)