Published as it appeared on May 14, 1927, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 3, Column 4.
Philomath Woman Died — Mrs. Margaret Deliah Newton, wife of A. B. Newton of Philomath, died at 11:30 yesterday morning at the family home. The funeral will be Wednesday afternoon, May 18, at 3 o’clock, from the M. S. Bovee Co. chapel and interment will be in Newton cemetery. Mrs. Newton was born in Tennessee January 9, 1858. She crossed the plains 10 years later with members of her family, pioneers of Oregon, and for a number of years had made her home at Philomath. Mrs. Newton was the mother of nine children and her funeral is being delayed that members of the family may arrive here for the service.
Published as it appeared on May 17, 1927, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 6, Column 3.
Mrs. Margaret Newton, wife of A. B. Newton, passed away at her home in Philomath Friday morning. Death came unexpectedly, and Mrs. Newton passed away while sitting in a chair. The Newtons are old-timers here and were planning on celebrating their golden wedding on May 23rd. No funeral arrangements had been made at the time of this writing.
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Editor’s note: According to a published family history, Margaret was the sixth of seven children of David Lowery Keyes and Susan Jane Ward, who are also buried at Mount Union Cemetery. She was married to Abiathar B. Newton on May 23, 1877. Family historians show her middle name as Delila or Deliliah but the newspaper account and death records show the name as Deliah.