Mary Jane (Oviatt) Estes (1841 - 1914)

Born 28 Sep 1841 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 3 Sep 1914 at age 72 in Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Mary Jane was born to Buell Oviatt and Nancy Oviatt in Pennsylvania. When she was 8 years old, she lived in Albion, Dane, Wisconsin with her parents and 7 siblings. They were: T (17), Ann (14), Albert (13), Nancy (11), Samuel (5), Emma (2) and Cornelius Buel (1).^[1]

Obituary

FUNERAL OF PIONEER WOMAN Mrs. Estes Laid to Rest Saturday in Pleasant Valley Cemetery

The funeral of Mrs. E. A. J. Estes was held at the Baptist Church in this city last Saturday at two o'clock, Rev. John Erb, pastor of the Baptist church, preaching the funeral sermon. Interment was made in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, five miles northwest of Hawarden, where the husband of the deceased and two sons are also buried.

Mrs. Estes had been in poor health for several months and went to Wisconsin in the spring in hopes of being benefitted there. She did not improve and returned to the homes of her children on the claim at White Owl, S. D. About a month ago two of the children, Ralph Estes and Mrs. May Leer moved to Rapid City and took their mother with them so that she could have better medical care. She passed away Thursday, Sept. 3rd, and the body was brought to Hawarden for interment.

Mary Jane Oviatt was born in Pennsylvania Sept. 28, 1841. When quite young she moved with her parents to Dane County, Wis., where she made her home until-her marriage, to E, A. J. Estes, which occurred in the year 1865. Mr. Estes was a veteran of the civil war and lost arm In his country's service. He passed away Jan. 8, 1908.

Eight children were born to this union, three of whom died in infancy. Those who survive are Mrs. May Lee, Ralph and Ward. Estes of White Owl, S. D.; Mrs. John Suter of Malta, Mont.; Mrs. Winfield S. Stahl of Marysville, Wash.

Mrs. Estes seems to have been born to pioneer life. Wisconsin was sparsely settled when her parents moved there. In 1868 she and, her husband moved to Kansas where they spent five years and then in 1873, they moved to Union County, where they homesteaded five miles northwest of Hawarden. Here they endured the privations incident to those pioneer days. In 1880 they moved to Calliope and resided there for nine years and then returned to the homestead. Five years ago she went with her children to White Owl, S. D. where she again experienced the inconveniences of frontier life.

In early life she gave her heart the Lord Jesus Christ. She was a member of the Seventh day Baptist church of Albion, Wis. The sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved children in the loss of a loving mother,

Hawarden Independent Thursday, September 10, 1914 Hawarden, Iowa

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1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DX-5WP : 23 December 2020), M J Oviatt in household of B Oviatt, Albion, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCV4-PK6 : accessed 01 Sep 2013), Mary J. Estes in entry for Elizah. A. J. Estes, 1880.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64609599/mary-jane-estes