Aberdeen Daily News Friday, Dec 28, 1900
Mrs. Minerva A., wife of Chas. E. Barnhart, died this morning at 4 o’clock after an illness of nearly six weeks of appendicitis. The deceased was in her 29th year and besides her husband leaves one child. Mrs. H. J. Giesen of Aberdeen, Mrs. Edward Mathieu of Ferney and Mrs. J. D. Love of Sauk Center, Minn., are sisters of the deceased and were all here during her last illness.
Mrs. Barnhart was a devout member of the Christian church, and a woman much beloved by her friends. The funeral will be held from the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2, the funeral part leaving the house at 1:30, and the interment will take place at Riverside cemetery.
~Transcribed by volunteer researcher, Kathy Smith