Bessie Maddy
January 6, 1879
Daily Muncie (Indiana) News
DIED-At five o'clock this morning, Bessie, youngest daughter of Goldsberry S and Sue Maddy. Bessie was sick
only a few days, and the bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad calamity.
January 8, 1879
Daily Muncie (Indiana) News
Yesterday while Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Maddy were at the cemetery burying their little Bessie,
one of the chimnies (sic) of their house caught fire and was burned out. The burning soot fell down to an
unused pipe hole, burned off the paper over it and rolled out onto the floor. But for the precense of mind
of Mrs. Long who was in the house, there might have been a serious fire.