The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
July 7, 1880
Page 3
Column 3A distressing runaway accident occurred on Monday, about 8 o'clock A.M., on the Sonora and Rock Creek township line. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mapes, together with the former's brother-in-law, wife and child, were driving to Nauvoo in a wagon. The horses became frightened in some manner and started to run. The wagon tongue was jerked out of the neck yoke, and running into the ground threw the wagon end over end, precipitating the occupants violently to the ground. Mrs. Mapes received terrible injuries about the head, face and breast, and the remainder of the party were badly bruised. Mrs. Mapes is reported to be in a very dangerous condition.
The Carthage Gazette
Carthage, Illinois
Saturday
July 10, 1880
Page 3
Column 6A Mrs. Mapes, living near Adrian, on her way to the celebration was thrown out of her buggy near the Red House and received a severe concussion of the spinal chord. Dr. Thos. Powell, of Sonora, attended her.
The Carthage Gazette
Carthage, Illinois
Saturday
July 24, 1880
Page 3
Column 5The Mrs. Mapes, who was thrown out of a wagon near the Red House, on the 5th inst., died last Monday.
La Harper
La Harpe, Illinois
Friday
July 30, 1880
Page 4
Column 2Mrs. Mapes, who was injured by being thrown from a wagon, on the morning of the 5th, while going to the celebration at Nauvoo, died last week.
Hancock County Courthouse death record for Jane Mapes
Age: 58 years
Date of death: July 12, 1880
Place of birth: Ohio
Place of death: Rock Creek
The above newspapers give a death date of July 19, 1880. The death record and gravestone say July 12, 1880.
