MRS. MESSENGER DEAD
Former Resident of Garnett Died at Indianapolis, Indiana

Mrs. Sophia H. Messenger, widow of A. C. Messenger died after a long illness
, yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs.  A. R. Miles. Mrs. Messenger
whose maiden name was Haskell was born at Nashua, N. H. June 17, 1837. Both
her grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. While she was still
a small child, her father, Thurlow Haskell, removed with his family to
Holyoke, Mass., where he constructed the large dam which furnished water
power for the mills at that place, and which was replaced only six years ago
by a steel and concrete structure. When a young girl Mrs. Messenger removed
to Indianapolis with her parents, her father having received the contract
for the carpentry work on the first Union station built in this city. On
finishing this work her father decided to remain in Indianapolis, as he had
received the contract for the building of the Third Presbyterian church, at
Illinois and Ohio streets, which has been altered and is now occupied by the
Union Turners. Mr. Haskell was subsequently employed to construct the
bridges on the old T. H. and I.  rail road, and made this city his home till
the time of his death. Mrs. Messenger received most of her education in this
city, attending the old McLain Seminary. She afterwards took a normal course
at Lebanon, O., where she met and married her husband, Adna C. Messenger.
They made their home in Terre Haute and Indianapolis till 1869 when they
removed to Garnett, Kan., where they lived till 1902. Mrs. Messenger had
been an invalid for twelve years, and in 1902 came to Indianapolis to live
with her daughter, who is an only child. For the last ten months Mrs.
Messenger had been critically ill with organic heart trouble. The funeral
services will be held at the home of her daughter, and will be private. The
burial will be in the family lot at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.

published in the Garnett Journal, 25 Oct 1907; page 1 (Garnett, Kansas)