Mrs. Eliza Webb, colored, aged 103, died this morning at 616 North Fifteenth street. She was the housekeeper for John Newton, also colored, aged 95 years, who of late has worked for George Helmrod.
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The Red Cloud Chief (Webster Co., Nebraska), Aug. 12, 1898:
Saturday August 6. --- Eliza Webb, aged 103, without doubt the oldest colored woman in Omaha, died yesterday forenoon at 616 North Fifteenth street. Mrs. Webb was a member of the African Methodist church and was noted for her earnest endeavors in the line of religious work.
Mrs. Eliza Webb, colored, aged 103, died this morning at 616 North Fifteenth street. She was the housekeeper for John Newton, also colored, aged 95 years, who of late has worked for George Helmrod.
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The Red Cloud Chief (Webster Co., Nebraska), Aug. 12, 1898:
Saturday August 6. --- Eliza Webb, aged 103, without doubt the oldest colored woman in Omaha, died yesterday forenoon at 616 North Fifteenth street. Mrs. Webb was a member of the African Methodist church and was noted for her earnest endeavors in the line of religious work.
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