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The Muskegon Chronicle
Saturday, 20 October, 1894

         OLD RESIDENT VERY ILL
         
         MRS. JULIA ANN WITHERELL Confined to Her Bed Six Weeks
         
         MRS. JULIA ANN WITHERELL, 34 E. Muskegon avenue, the
       second oldest resident in the city, has been severely
       ill for six weeks. During the past few days she has shown
       signs of improvement, and her friends now think that, not-
       withstanding she is 87 years of age, she will again be
       able to be around. She is being cared for by her daughter,
       MRS. FANNIE SHEPARD. Her daughter-in-law, MRS. JOEL C.
       WITHERELL, of Six Corners, has been here five weeks. She
       returned home yesterday.
       
         MRS. WITHERELL is one of the oldest persons in Muskegon.
       Next Wednesday, October 24, she will have reached her 87th
       birthday. She came to Muskegon in the spring of 1847, 47
       years ago. The family landed in Grand Haven April 17, 1847,
       having come from Chicago on the schooner Vermont, Captain
       McIntosh. The family has lived at 34 E. Muskegon avenue
       31 consecutive years, having moved there in the fall of
       1863. During MRS. WITHERELL'S illness her son, CAPT. JOHN
       J. WITHERELL, of Menominee, was here two weeks. He returned
       home nearly two weeks ago.
       
       (Transcriber's Note: Julia Ann Witerell died on August 7,
       1895 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.)
       
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