1881: MO.- Miss Emma L. Phillips, d/o John C. Phillips

Mrs. Laura C. Lane and Miss Emma L. Phillips died in the summer of 1881.
Mrs. Lane was the wife of Dr. J. W. Lane, and a most exemplary young lady whose death was greatly deplored. She was a prominent worker in the temperance cause, and the Good Templars lodge passed resolutions of regret at her demise and of respect for her memory. She died June third, aged twenty-six.

Miss Phillips was a daughter of John C. Phillips, and a most accomplished and estimable young lady. She died July 31, aged twenty-two. She was engaged in marriage to a gentleman worthy of her, and the rite was to have been performed in a few weeks.

Source: The History of Linn County, Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and a Compendium of Actual Facts, published by Birdsall & Dean, 1882; Pg. 416