VOLUSIA COUNTY RECORD
DeLand, Florida
Saturday, March 31, 1900
PIERSON - Died at the home of her son-in-law, F. D. Harper, Thursday last, Mrs. Ruth Rallison of Espanola. The deceased was 84 years of age. The burial took place at Seville on Friday.
NOTE: Ruth died while visiting her daughter Jane Harper in Seville and was buried there because the Haw Creek area was flooded and the water was too high to transport her body to back to Espanola.