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!RECOLLECTIONS About Martha Ann (Horn) Hoff by her son Arthur Hoff. She was a small woman about 5' tall weighing 90-100 lbs. She was a great believer in the use of steam baths in the treatment of various bodily ailments. She was not strong on doctors. Arthur remembers that a steam bath would be constructed by sitting the patient in a tub of hot water which was slightly tilted. The feet were then placed in another container of hot water and a blanket thrown around the patient's neck and spread over the tubs. His mother would sponge the patients head with cold cloths. BIRTH Gravestone gives 5 Sep. 1854. Death Cert. gives 5 Jul. 1854. Memorial Record of burial gives 5 Sep. 1854. DEATH Gravestone gives 30 Sep. 1929. Death Cert. gives 26 Sep. 1929. Memorial Record of burial gives 26 Sept. 1929 and burial on the 29th. DEATH CERT. Jasper Co., MO. File 31108. Died Marion Twp., Carthage, Jasper Co., MO. Lived at 313 E. Chestnut St. Lived in Carthage 41 years. Born 5 Jul. 1854 in Lima, OH. Died 26 Sep. 1929 - age 75 yrs, 2 mos and 21 days. Housewife. Father David Horn, OH, and unknown mother, born OH. Informant Mrs. _ . A. Sh__sbury of 313 E. Chestnut. Cause of death - stroke of appoplexy in 1910 from which she never fully recovered. She had a number of light strokes afterward and later became completely paralyzed. Buried Avilla Cem., Avilla, MO. Buried by the Knell Mortuary in Cathage
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