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The Whitewright Sun
Friday, October 23, 1914

DEATH AT COUNTY FARM
G.W. Gaines, 42 years of age, died at the county farm Thursday. He was sent to Sherman from Whitewright, together with his family several weeks ago, and both he and his wife were ill. St. Vincent's Sanitarium kept the entire family for some time and the sisters out there did all they could for them and were given medical treatment also.
Later the county took charge of them, Mrs. Gaines having improved considerably. Mr. Gaines' malady was tuberculosis, and he gradually grew worse until the end.
He is survived by a wife and seven children. - - - Sherman Democrat

It will be remembered that Gaines and his family appeared here on the streets two or three months ago in destitute circumstances. They had been in this community only a short time, having come here from Kentucky. One of their children, a little girl about seven years of age, was found to be seriously ill with pellagra. Sufficient money was given them by the people here to take them to the Sanitarium in Sherman.