Susan (Brown) Hershey (1849 - 1927)

Born 25 Oct 1849 in Ohio, United States

Died 24 Jan 1927 at age 77 in Miami, Ohio, United States

Biography

Susan was born to William Brown and Caroline (Horner) Brown in 1849^[1] She married Adam Hershey on 2 Dec 1869 in Darke, Ohio.^[2][3] They had a family:^[4]In the 1900 Census, she said that she was the mother of seven children, all living.^[5]

Maude Nettie Hershey Frisch (1871–1963_

Laura Hershey Johnson (1874–1908)

Forrest Ray Hershey (1876–1956)

Charlie Brown Hershey (1879–1955)

Herman Gerald Hershey (1881–1921)

Emma C Hershey Hoyle (1884–1966)

John Blaine Hershey (1889–1963)

After the children were grown, they stayed in the same community.^[6][7]

Her husband died of some sort of infection (septicemia) at 3:45 in the afternoon of 24 Jan 1927. She died of cachexia, which is caused by losing too much weight through cancer or some other wasting sickness, four hours later at 7:45 p.m.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3R-PJL : 21 December 2020), Susan M Brown in household of William Brown, Adams Township, Darke, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDLT-XSX : 29 September 2021), Adam B. Hershey and Susan M. Brown, 1869.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6K5-63C : 29 May 2021), Susan M Hershey in entry for Adam B Hershey, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8MQ-WJ7 : 14 January 2022), Aadam Hershey, Franklin Township, Darke, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM63-DCS : 6 January 2022), Susan Hershey in entry for Adam Hershey, 1900.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLDK-CT9 : accessed 28 May 2022), Susan M Hershey in household of Adam B Hershey, Piqua Ward 4, Miami, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 137, sheet 2B, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1215; FHL microfilm 1,375,228.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDRW-J4G : 3 February 2021), Susan Hershey in entry for Adam Hershey, 1920.
8. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8KQ-2BK : 8 March 2021), Susan Mary Hershey, 24 Jan 1927; citing Piqua, Miami, Ohio, reference fn 4758; FHL microfilm 1,984,620.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14308023/susan-mary-hershey : accessed 27 May 2022), memorial page for Susan Mary Brown Hershey (25 Oct 1849–24 Jan 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14308023, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Pam Holeton Estes gedmatch# T131729 (contributor 46799761).

Acknowledgements

• This profile was created through the import of Wyatt, Parker, Eliker, Mosher,.ged on 24 September 2010.