St. Clair County Obits

MRS. LEE DAVIDSON

Osceola Sun
10 June 1880
Mrs. Lee Davidson Falls Dead.
The people of our town were never more surprised and shocked than when, about 4 o’clock last Friday afternoon, the startling and horrifying news came to them that Mrs. Lee Davidson, living at the Will Graham property in the suburbs of town, had fallen from her chair dead. The particulars of the sad occurrence are about as follows: Mrs. Davidson, who was a lady in rather delicate health, was sitting in a chair, there being no other person about the house except Mrs. W.A. Holmes. The first information the visitor had of anything wrong was the startling sight of Mrs. D. falling to the floor apparently insensible. Mrs. Holmes immediately gave the alarm, and Mrs. Ney, the nearest neighbor, came over at once. The ladies placed Mrs. Davidson upon a bed, and seeing that she was in a dangerous condition, dispatched a messenger for Dr. Whaley and Mr. Davidson. But a few moments elapsed after the attack before medical aid and loving hands were bending every nerve to resuscitate the unfortunate lady from what it was fondly hoped would prove only a death-like swoon, but too soon was it sadly realized that she was beyond all earthly aid – her gentle spirit had silently passed into eternity. Dr. Whaley states that he could detect only the slightest pulsations of her heart when he first reached her bedside, and it is probable that life was beyond recall an instant after she fell from the chair. The Doctor further informs us that an attack of syhcope is rarely fatal.
Mr. Davidson removed his family from Quincy as recently as last week, and his wife was a daughter of Judge Brownlee, one of the most highly respected citizens of Hickory county. She leaves a husband and three small children to mourn her death.
The remains were interred in the Brownlee cemetery, Hickory county, last Saturday afternoon.