Mary Ann (Leathe) Pillsbury (abt. 1838 - 1888)

Ancestors

Died 20 Nov 1888 at about age 50 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary Ann Leathe was born in about the year 1838, the daughter of George Edwin and Mercy (Brown) Leathe of Reading, Massachusetts.^[1]

She was married to Luther B. Pillsbury on August 14, 1863, in Reading, Massachusetts.^[2]

She passed away in 1888. She is buried with her husband in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Reading.^[3]

Mary's obituary was published in a local newspaper:^[4]

Mary A. Pillsbury, wife of Luther Pillsbury, died at her home in Somerville Tuesday, Nov. 20. She was the daughter of the late Geo. E. Leathe, and was formerly a school teacher of this town. The deceased had been a great sufferer for years from paralysis, but has borne her sufferings with cheerful patience and Christian fortitude. She leaves a husband and three children to mourn her loss. Funeral services were to be held at her home in Somerville Friday, and the remains brought to Reading for interment.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS9-9TJ : 22 December 2020), M A Leathe in household of George E Leathe, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWRJ-4NH : 10 March 2021), Luther B. Pillsbury and Mary Ann Leathe, 14 Aug 1863; citing Reading, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,021.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/155300802/mary-ann-pillsbury : accessed 10 August 2021), memorial page for Mary Ann Leathe Pillsbury (1838–20 Nov 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155300802, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Norman Dodge (contributor 46853609) .
4. ↑ The Reading Chronicle (Reading, Mass.), 24 Nov 1888, Page 2

• David B. Pillsbury and Emily Getchell, The Pillsbury Family in America, Publisher Everett, Mass., Massachusetts publishing company, 1898, family #4