| #1 Printed in the March 26, 1891 Pilot
Ollie Roberts went to Arlington Tuesday to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Mr. Harry Myers, who died Sunday of consumption
#2 from National Archives (found by Steven Weyhrich)
Harry Myers, who was born in Indiana, made his way out to Nebraska, and was living in Arlington by December 1885. At some point he and Belle Roberts became acquainted, and on 4/3/1889, 23-year-old Harry married 22-year-old Belle Roberts. At that time he was working as a typesetter for a newspaper, the Arlington Democrat.
Harry's health was mentioned in the news in September 1890, when he had been ill with hemorrhage of the lungs. At the time of that illness he was working for the Reese Printing Company in Omaha. Sadly, within six months he was dead of consumption (tuberculosis), passing away on 3/22/1891. He was 25 years old, and Belle was 24. The couple had no children.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on files at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska~~~
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