Mary Elizabeth (Huffman) White (1853 - 1935)

Born 23 Jul 1853 in Greene, Pennsylvania, USA

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Died 17 May 1935 at age 81 in Slayton, Murray, Minnesota, USA

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Mary was born in 1853. Mary Huffman ... She passed away in 1935.

The aged pioneer mother had been ill for some time with asthma and heart troubles, the former contributing to the unsuccessful treatment of the latter. Mary Elizabeth Huffman was born on July 23rd, 1853, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and therefore at the time of her death was 81 years, 9 months and 16days of age. When but a child in 1864, she came west with her parents, settling in Galva, Illinois. There she received her education and grew into womanhood. On September 25th, 1874, she was united in marriage to Charles W. White. The happy couple lived near Kewanee until the spring of 1888, when, with their young and growing family, they came to Minnesota, settling near Woodstock, in Murray County.

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• "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXPB-16X : accessed 20 Aug 2014), Mary Huffman in household of Abraham Huffman, Springfield Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 23, household ID 152, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 805114.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/176225665/mary-elizabeth-white : accessed 05 August 2021), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Huffman White (Jul 1853–17 May 1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176225665, citing Slayton Cemetery, Slayton, Murray County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Char Larson (contributor 47475173) .