Martha Mae Kitterman ^2,34

   General Notes:

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Exact location of burial place in Bradford Cemetery is unknown. She is not in the sexton's records.

Died from Typhoid fever.

By the time Mae died she was either separated or divorced from Wm. Dorgan.
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NEWSPAPER--UNKNOWN

Miss May Kitterman, who has been quite sick for several weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson, seemed to be on the road to complete recovery when on Tuesday morning she arose and dressed, but she was soon taken with a fit of coughing and presumably ruptured a blood vessel in the stomach and for several hours thereafter bled profusely. Yesterday she was some better but is yet very week.
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NEWSPAPER--UNKNOWN

Mr. and Mrs. J.N. Kitterman were called to Bradford the first of last week by the sickness of their daughter Miss May Kitterman. She had been sick for several weeks, but not dangerously so until within a few days of her death, which occurred Friday morning. The funeral was held Saturday and the mortal remains laid to rest in the Bradford cemetery. The following notice is taken from the Bradford Star. The people of our town were saddened this morning to learn of the death of Miss May Kitterman at 4 o'clock at the home of Robert Thompson on East Main Street, where she has been staying for some time. About six weeks ago she was taken with a sore throat, which steadily grew worse until a few days ago when her life was despaired of. Miss Kitterman was the daughter of Jasper Kitterman, our county treasurer and a former resident of Bradford, having moved to Toulon about three years ago where the family now make their home. The deceased was well known in Stark County, having made a host of friends by her sunny disposition, and through having her share of this world's trials she always had a smile and a pleasant word for her friends and acquaintances, who can now hardly realize that she has gone. Besides the sorrowing father and mother she leaves four brothers and five sisters to mourn the departure of their loved one. Few people realize what it is to lose a member of their family who they have learned to love by constant association, and especially one like Miss. Kitterman who hardly knew what it was to have an enemy.
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NEWSPAPER---UNKNOWN

Martha May Kitterman, daughter of our former townsman now county treasurer, J.N. Kitterman, was born in this county, at or near Osceola, Jan 22, 1869. Soon thereafter the family removed to Lombardville, where they resided until 1890, when they removed to Bradford. On the election of her father to his present official position, Miss May did not with her parents remove to Toulon, but remained here, where for the past couple of years she has found a home and employment in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson.

For two months or more she has been suffering from a low type of typhoid fever, and though quite sick, yet her recovery was at no time despaired of until a day or two before her death, which occurred last Friday morning.
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THE REPUBLICAN

The Republican is requested by Mr. and Mrs. J.N. Kitterman to thank their friends of Bradford, who so kindly and thoughtfully assisted through the sickness of their beloved daughter May. These thanks are especially due Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson, who left nothing undone to care and cheer the poor sufferer and make it pleasant for those in attendance. Jan. 27, 1898

   Marriage Information:

Martha married William Dorgan, Sr on January 2, 1895 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois ³⁷. (William Dorgan, Sr was born on June 20, 1849 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ³⁹ and died in August 1909 ³⁹.)