The story was picked up and republished in several other newspapers during early January of 1879, but I could find no mention of it in Chariton newspapers, nor were there follow-ups elsewhere to tell us what happened to the children.
So for the time being at least their outcome remains one of those mysteries obscured by time and circumstance.
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About a month ago a woman, by name Mary A. Fox, in bad health, penniless and with three children, arrived at the Typer House, this city. She stated that she was from Chariton, Iowa, and that she was on her way to Zion Valley, where she had a sister living on a farm, and from whom she had received a letter, some time before leaving Iowa, telling her to come with her family to her and she would care for them. After remaining in the city a short time, she went to Zion Valley, and upon arriving there found that her sister had sold her property and had removed to Virginia.
Mrs. Fox returned to the Typer House about two weeks ago, quite ill. Medical aid was at once summoned, but on Monday of last week she died of consumption. Her remains were interred in the city cemetery on Tuesday.
The children are at the Typer House, awaiting the wishes of their friends in Iowa. We are informed that different persons in the community have expressed their willingness to take charge of the children; one person offering to take all of them.
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