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Anna Belle Graff Newby

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
June 19, 1876
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Anabel Graff; Anna Bell Graff; Anna Bell Newby
MAIDEN NAME:
Graff
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
Drexel and Oakwood (Drexel Hotel) 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Luther Newby
Margaret Lamp Graff
Reinhold Graff
Albert W Graff
Frank B Graff

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
32
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington IL
MORGUE:
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Annbel was born in Bloomington and spent most of her life there.  She spent several years studying music in Chicago.  She married to Luther Newby on Oct 9, 1902.

Mrs. Rhinehold Graff, aged 63, and her daughter, Mrs. Anna Bell Newby of Bloomington met death in the theater disaster.  Their remains have been shipped to Bloomington.  The women were in the parquet when the rush of flames came.  They were trampled to death by the crowd. (Woodford County Journal)

CITATION:

The Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), Jan. 1, 1904, Page 5
Woodford County Journal (Eureka, Illinois) 07 Jan 1904, Thu p1
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255420343/anabel-newby

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