DUBOSE, Mrs. Minerva, Beeville Bee, Friday, 3 Mar 1903:

Mrs. Minerva DUBOSE died at the residence of her son-in-law, C. M. BROWN, on last 
Saturday afternoon after an illness of a week or more. The deceased was in her 
74th year and was a native of Mississippi, where shortly before the outbreak of the 
civil war she was married to Matthew HARDIE. During the war her husband having 
enlisted in the cause of the south, her father moved to Texas and settled in Gonzales 
County. 

Procuring a furlough in 1863, Mr. HARDIE moved his wife to Texas and returned to the 
front, and sickened and died of disease for the close of hostilities in 1865.  In 1870 the 
deceased married James L DUBOSE and moved to DeWitt County. Her husband dying 
a few years thereafter she remained a resident of that county until three years ago when 
she came to Beeville to reside with a daughter, Mrs. C. M. BROWN, a daughter of her first 
marriage. 

In addition to Mrs. Brown she leaves a daughter, Mrs. C. F. AINSWORTH of Scurry County 
and a son, J. L DUBOSE, of DeWitt County, the latter the only child of her last marriage. Mrs. 
Dubose had been a member of the Baptist church for more than fifty years. Her interment 
took place on Sunday afternoon in the old cemetery, the funeral services being conducted 
by Rev. J. M. SALLEE.