Person:Mary Hovey (6)

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Mary L. HOVEY
m. 14 Feb 1855
  1. Mary L. HOVEY1856 - 1892
  2. Willis J. HOVEY1857 - 1921
  3. Charles Putnam HOVEY, Jr.1858 - 1920
m. 30 Jul 1891
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Name Mary L. HOVEY
Gender Female
Birth? 28 Jan 1856 Flora, Boone, Illinois
Marriage 30 Jul 1891 Bennezette, Butler, Iowato Winfield S. BROTHERTON
Death? 7 Jun 1892 Ingham, Franklin, Iowa
Burial? Harlan Cemetery, Dumont, Butler, Iowa

Listed on 1880 Franklin, DeKalb Co., IL census (pg. 81, entry 213) as living with widowed mother, so must have married sometime after that--between 1880-1892.

In a family history it states that this person died giving birth to twins in 1892. This is not indicated on the death record. The death record states cause of death was "capulaly (capillary?) congestion of the lungs following La Grippe. Dropsy in Confinement." Duration was indicated as six months. Indication burial was on June 8, 1892 at Union Ridge in S. Hansell (Harlan Cemetery?).

Tombstone transcription, Harlan Cemetery, Hansell, Butler Co., Iowa:

Brotherton, Mary L. wife of WS Jan 28, 1856 - June 7, 1892   C47