A telegram from Spingfeld, Mo., announces the death of Capt. W. R. Story, who died at five o’clock Sunday morning at his home in that city. Capt. Story owned a farm two miles east of Fayetteville and subsequently lived in town for several years, moving from here to Springfield about six years ago, He had been in poor health a long time and was mentally and physically helpless during the last twelve months of his life. He leaves a wife and two daughters, who have many friends here who sympathize with them
in their bereavement.
— The Fayetteville Daily, Oct. 3, 1904, page 3