Description
"Aunt Frances Fields" - - Aunt Frances Fields, an old and respected colored woman, died at her home on Atchison Hill, south Platte City, Thursday evening, November 19, 1908. Her remains were interred in the city cemetery the following day. Her husband, Scott Fields, died about a month previous to his wile. Aunt Frances, in antebellum days, was the property of John Dorsey, formerly of Fair township. She was well liked by the people, both while and black, and possessed hundreds of good friends who will regret to learn of her death.Date(s) of Creation
11/27/1908
