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Detroit Free Press
Friday, 31 January 1868

         The Greenville Independent has an account of a painful
       occurrence which took place near Russell Mill, ten miles
       north of Greenville, early Monday morning. The widow of
       ETHAN SATTERLEE, who has been insane for several years,
       on account of her violence has been confined in a small
       building near the house of her daughter, MRS. CHARLES
       MACOMBER. This small building took fire when no one was
       near except MRS. MACOMBER, and before assistance could
       arrive the inside was all in flames, and MRS. SATTERLEE
       could not be rescued.  Her remains have been dug out of
       the ruins. Of course, it will never be known how the
       building took fire. One phase of the ****** afflicting
       the deceased, was a propensity to get into the fire, 
       and hence she was separated from the fire in her room
       by upright wooden barriers, between which she could not
       force even her hands. It is surmised that she tore a
       slat from her bed with which she pushed some of her bed
       clothing to the fire, thus at last, attaining the end
       for which she had struggled so long.
       
       Transcriber's Note: The 1850 Census of Montcalm County
       records the wife of "Eathan" Satterly as Anna, age 59.
       
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