Ellen Frances Kennett

Ellen Frances Kennett (Farrar)

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Mrs Ellen Farrar Hauser, wife of former Governor Samuel T Hauser, died Monday in Los Angeles, after an illness of only 20 minutes. The news of her death came yesterday morning in a telegram to Governor Hauser, from his son, Samuel T Hauser, Jr. Mrs Hauser had intended to take a trip to China and Japan, following the death of her daughter, Mrs Otis R Allen, in September of this year.

The mother of Mrs Hauser was Ann Thruston Clark, and Ann's mother was the sister of Lt William Clark, comrade of Captain Lewis in the historic Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Mrs. Hauser, was born in St. Louis and lived there until 1871, when she was married to Governor Hauser. Since her marriage she has resided in Helena. She leaves, in addition to her children, two sons: S H Kennett and Samuel T Hauser, Jr; and one daughter, Mrs. Ella Farrar Thatcher (Hauser).