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Maggie was born in 1879. She passed away in 1912.
From her Find A Grave memorial, written by contributor Kelshm #48239188 on January 11, 2016, pasted in below verbatim without edits.[1]
According to family information, Josephine Hacker was an illegitimate child. This is the family story: Apparently, her mother Maggie went to take care of her seriously ill sister who was married to David Potter. While there, David Potter raped her. Of course, he denied this and never allowed Josephine near him. She said she knew the father of Josephine was not John Potter, Lona's husband, as Josephine spent much time with John and Lona Potter as she grew up. Their daughter, Rilla Welch, and Josephine spent much time together. Maggie and Josephine may have both died from the same problem. David Potter's children, Edd and Lula, were almost 10 years old when Josephine was conceived. Josephine then married Joseph Fager. The Pratt Republican, Pratt, Pratt Co., KS, April 18, 1912, Vol.XXXIV, No. 43, p.1; DEATH OF MRS. THOMPSON; Mrs. Maggie Thompson died last Saturday, April 13th, 1912, of tuberculosis, in Iuka Township at the home of A.J. Willard, and was laid to rest Monday of this week in the Friendship Cemetery. She was a sister of John Hacker of this city and leaves a husband and six children. She had been in Idaho for her health and recently had been in the Stafford sanitarium.
I include this for genetics interest only. Josephine was my great grandmother. Her daughter Maggie, my grandmother, told me most of the story which was quite similar to this and detailed in other ways, but would not include the last name of the alleged father, except to say that his name was also David. I apologize in advance to relatives who believe this shouldn't be public, but as I've needed genetic testing due to another family line, it's important to me that any clues be included, even if not a totally verifiable source. -Dave Klassy 01:13, 19 December 2021
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