Mrs. Barbara R. Asmus
Feb. 14, 1828-March 12, 1901
Mrs. Barbara R. Asmus, aged 73 years and 26 days, passed away yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Ditmar, on St. Joseph avenue, West Niles. She had been a sufferer for some time with paralysis and asthma. She was born in Saxingtan, Germany, Feb. 14 1828, and was married to Ernest Asmus in 1846. Six years later she was left a widow with one child. She came to America in 1867 and had resided in Niles for the past seventeen years. The funeral will occur Friday morning at the house at 9:30 o'clock. Rev. F.A. Chapman of the M.E. church will officiate and burial will be at Silver Brook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 13, 1901, page 3, col. 2-3, microfilm Niles District Library
