A lightly edited
partial transcription of the Simcoe column on page 1 of the 21 Apr 1921
issue of the Waterford Star.
Simcoe
William DeCou of Woodhouse
died at the home of his sister, Mrs. John L. Chadwick, on Thursday
night, 14 Apr 1921, in his 73rd year. He had been in failing health
for some time.
Deceased was a blacksmith by
trade and spent most of his life in Simcoe. John R. DeCou of
Townsend is a brother and Mrs. Wesley Lewis of Charlotteville, a
sister.