Mary Susan Owens was born on January 13, 1827, in Missouri. She married Randolph C. Gibson 24 Dec 1843 at Lincoln, Missouri and they had three children together. She died as a young mother of Cause of Death Typhus Fever on November 8, 1850, in Marion, Oregon, on the Oregon Trail at the age of 23, and was buried in Corvallis, Oregon.
Death & Legacy
Per tombstone;
From Friday, November 8, 1850 death
Subtracted 23 years, 9 months, 26 days
Result: Saturday, January 13, 1827 birth
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27647279/mary-s-gibson: accessed 04 August 2022), memorial page for Mary S Gibson (unknown–8 Nov 1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #27647279, citing Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Suzanna Ashworth (contributor 46819784).
"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPMF-LT3Z : 25 February 2022), Mary S Owings in entry for Randolph C Gibson, 24 Dec 1843; citing Marriage, Lincoln, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007514140.
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/1849.htm. GIBSON, Randolph C. (1810-c1875): m'd 1843 OWENS, 1. Mary Susan; wife died on claim in Nov 1850 leaving 3 sons, the two oldest boys followed her in death leaving only Randolph C. Gibson Jr. who lived to adulthood. 2. Mary and 2 of her three sons died within a month of each other on the Oregon Trail.
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