The Evening Star, August 23, 1898
Dies Among Strangers
Mrs. Elizabeth Claggett Closes Her Career in Almshouse Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Claggett, apparently more than 50 years old, died in the almshouse hospital this morning with no relatives or friends about her bedside to say to her a comforting word. She had relatives by marriage, it is stated, both in this city and Maryland.
Mrs. Claggett was a widow whose husband died and left her to subsist upon her own resources several years ago. Since then she has been employed in the government printing office, but during recent years, it is said, she had a hard struggle to keep soul and body together. She lived in an office building at 458 Louisiana avenue for a long time, but for some reason moved away. Last September she returned to this building and rented the back room on the third floor, paying $5 a month rent. Two months ago she said she was no longer able to pay this amount of rent and she moved to a little attic room.
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The Evening Star, August 24, 1898
Burial of Mrs. Clagett
Mr. Kemp's Efforts to Prevent Interment in Potter's Field
The Evening Star, August 25, 1898
Buried in Congressional Cemetery
The body of Elizabeth E. Clagett, who died in the Almshouse Hospital Tuesday moring, as heretofore published in The Star, found a resting place this afternoon in Congessional cemetery beside the body of her departed husband, who died a number of years ago. Mrs. Annie McCarthy, who took such a deep interest in the case and assisted Chief Clerk Kemp of the police department in the matter, is the one who learned of the burial place of Mr. Clagett's body. It turned out that Mrs. Clagett's life was insured for $135, and this money will be drawn upon in defraying the funeral expenses.
Dies Among Strangers
Mrs. Elizabeth Claggett Closes Her Career in Almshouse Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Claggett, apparently more than 50 years old, died in the almshouse hospital this morning with no relatives or friends about her bedside to say to her a comforting word. She had relatives by marriage, it is stated, both in this city and Maryland.
Mrs. Claggett was a widow whose husband died and left her to subsist upon her own resources several years ago. Since then she has been employed in the government printing office, but during recent years, it is said, she had a hard struggle to keep soul and body together. She lived in an office building at 458 Louisiana avenue for a long time, but for some reason moved away. Last September she returned to this building and rented the back room on the third floor, paying $5 a month rent. Two months ago she said she was no longer able to pay this amount of rent and she moved to a little attic room.
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The Evening Star, August 24, 1898
Burial of Mrs. Clagett
Mr. Kemp's Efforts to Prevent Interment in Potter's Field
The Evening Star, August 25, 1898
Buried in Congressional Cemetery
The body of Elizabeth E. Clagett, who died in the Almshouse Hospital Tuesday moring, as heretofore published in The Star, found a resting place this afternoon in Congessional cemetery beside the body of her departed husband, who died a number of years ago. Mrs. Annie McCarthy, who took such a deep interest in the case and assisted Chief Clerk Kemp of the police department in the matter, is the one who learned of the burial place of Mr. Clagett's body. It turned out that Mrs. Clagett's life was insured for $135, and this money will be drawn upon in defraying the funeral expenses.
The Evening Star, August 23, 1898
Dies Among Strangers
Mrs. Elizabeth Claggett Closes Her Career in Almshouse Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Claggett, apparently more than 50 years old, died in the almshouse hospital this morning with no relatives or friends about her bedside to say to her a comforting word. She had relatives by marriage, it is stated, both in this city and Maryland.
Mrs. Claggett was a widow whose husband died and left her to subsist upon her own resources several years ago. Since then she has been employed in the government printing office, but during recent years, it is said, she had a hard struggle to keep soul and body together. She lived in an office building at 458 Louisiana avenue for a long time, but for some reason moved away. Last September she returned to this building and rented the back room on the third floor, paying $5 a month rent. Two months ago she said she was no longer able to pay this amount of rent and she moved to a little attic room.
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The Evening Star, August 24, 1898
Burial of Mrs. Clagett
Mr. Kemp's Efforts to Prevent Interment in Potter's Field
The Evening Star, August 25, 1898
Buried in Congressional Cemetery
The body of Elizabeth E. Clagett, who died in the Almshouse Hospital Tuesday moring, as heretofore published in The Star, found a resting place this afternoon in Congessional cemetery beside the body of her departed husband, who died a number of years ago. Mrs. Annie McCarthy, who took such a deep interest in the case and assisted Chief Clerk Kemp of the police department in the matter, is the one who learned of the burial place of Mr. Clagett's body. It turned out that Mrs. Clagett's life was insured for $135, and this money will be drawn upon in defraying the funeral expenses.
Dies Among Strangers
Mrs. Elizabeth Claggett Closes Her Career in Almshouse Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Claggett, apparently more than 50 years old, died in the almshouse hospital this morning with no relatives or friends about her bedside to say to her a comforting word. She had relatives by marriage, it is stated, both in this city and Maryland.
Mrs. Claggett was a widow whose husband died and left her to subsist upon her own resources several years ago. Since then she has been employed in the government printing office, but during recent years, it is said, she had a hard struggle to keep soul and body together. She lived in an office building at 458 Louisiana avenue for a long time, but for some reason moved away. Last September she returned to this building and rented the back room on the third floor, paying $5 a month rent. Two months ago she said she was no longer able to pay this amount of rent and she moved to a little attic room.
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The Evening Star, August 24, 1898
Burial of Mrs. Clagett
Mr. Kemp's Efforts to Prevent Interment in Potter's Field
The Evening Star, August 25, 1898
Buried in Congressional Cemetery
The body of Elizabeth E. Clagett, who died in the Almshouse Hospital Tuesday moring, as heretofore published in The Star, found a resting place this afternoon in Congessional cemetery beside the body of her departed husband, who died a number of years ago. Mrs. Annie McCarthy, who took such a deep interest in the case and assisted Chief Clerk Kemp of the police department in the matter, is the one who learned of the burial place of Mr. Clagett's body. It turned out that Mrs. Clagett's life was insured for $135, and this money will be drawn upon in defraying the funeral expenses.
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