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Death of a Good Negro – Old “Aunt Mary” as she was familiarly called, a colored woman living at Judge Brasfield’s, died of dropsy last Wednesday night. She was one of the best and best known negroes in Platte County. During all the exciting scenes of the war her loyalty to “Mars John and Miss Kate” never wavered. She, as did all his other slaves, remained faithful to Judge Brasfield, none ever being persuaded to leave him. “Old Mary” was regarded as one of the family, and was ever treated with the respect due her for her long and faithful service. She was a connoisseur in the art of cooking and many of our readers will remember the delightful meals she has prepared for them. Faithful in life, may she enter into the rest promised by the Lord.Date(s) of Creation
10/4/1878
