Description
Amanda Henley, colored, age 85 years (born ~1823), died shortly before 6 o’clock last evening on the Brown farm, northwest of town, where she lived with Eliza Williams, another colored woman. They were both brought to Atchison County from Mississippi, in 1870, by the late Colonel Brown, who had owned them as slaves. They had lived on the Brown farm ever since., Colonel Brown bought Amanda Henley as a slave girl in Mississippi; all her people lived South. Amanda although past 85, was up and around until a few minutes before her death. She began complaining yesterday morning but was about all day. She lay down less than 5 minutes before her death; her feet were cold. Eliza Williams went to heat a flat iron. When she returned Amanda was dead. The two women had lived together almost all their lives; they were both parties to an unsuccessful suit against the Brown heirs a few years ago over property rights. The funeral of Amanda Henley will be from the Sawin & Douglass undertaking parlors at 2 p. m. tomorrow, and the burial will be in Mount Vernon cemetery.Date(s) of Creation
2/1/1913
