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1 Martinez, California January 26, 1903 Dear Cousin: Our sister Anne, one of the twins, died at her home in Portage
on the 15th of this month, of Apoplexy after a weeks illness. Only Daniel was, of all the family, able to be with her at the
last. We were all surprised shocked, for her health for the last year or two seemed to be growing better, she had written
long holiday letters as usual to us all in lively spirits. For more than a month she had been pretty closely confined to the
house, partly from illness partly from the severity of the weather. On New Years day she 03152