Obituary Millie Wilburn,
Martinsburg, Missouri, ? Apr 1878
Fulton, Callaway County, MO: Callaway Weekly Gazette Death Notices, 5 Apr 1878 Mrs. Millie Wilburn, a former resident of St. Louis had been married but a year when she became a victim of insanity. R. L. Wilburn, her young husband... The wife's insanity had resulted from the birth of a child and her gloom was deepened by the subsequent death of the little one... After remaining in the institution about six months she seemed to have recovered... Mrs. Wilburn told them that she had taken strychnine... The unfortunate lady has a brother and a younger sister living in St. Louis. Her parents are dead... The remains to the home of his parents at Martinsburg, where the funeral and burial took place.