Person:Mary Pfrimmer (1)

Family tradition has it that Mary Jane smoked a corn cob pipe and broke horses for the Union Army during the Civil War. Her granddaughter claimed she had quite a temper. The grandchildren would threaten to cut off her long hair just to tease her into losing her temper. After Moses died in 1880, Mary moved across the Mississippi River with her children to Louisiana, Pike Co., MO where she lived till she died at 1207 Ohio St. Aug. 4, 1926. Mary's only known income appeared to be her Civil War widow's pension of $50.00 a month awarded by the U.S. Bureau of Pensions. She had applied in 1881 for a Widow's pension shortly after Moses died. The application was witnessed by E. E. Alkire and Cornelia E. Standley, wife of George W.

  After her death, her daughter Sylvia Quaite applied for a $50.00 reimbursement for her part of Mary Jane's expenses she had paid. On this application, Sylvia stated her mother was unable to care for herself for 2 years before her death and she, along with Elmer and Maude House (Sylvia's daughter), cared for Mary Jane  Mary Jane is buried on a plot purchased by Sylvia Quaite, lot #E 1/2-2-3, 3rd addition, Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, MO.  The grave was unmarked until 1995 when her great grandchildren, had a headstone set for her.
  Mary states on the 1910 census that she had 9 children, 4 of whom were alive at that time.
  Leo Edwards, was b. 19 May, 1889 according to his  WWI draft registration. He was living with his grandmother Mary Stanley in Louisiana, MO. Leo's mother and father are unknown at this time.  He's with her in 1908 Louisiana, MO City Directory with notation "dom" and as a "Basket worker" on the 1920 census.
 Mary's Death Cert. spells her maiden name "Freemer" which is how it's pronounced.
 Mary is buried on the beautiful Plot E-1/2-2-3/3rd addition, Riverview Cem., Lousiana, MO atop a hill overlooking the Mississippi River.

1. ↑ THE PFRIMMER FAMILY IN AMERICA.
2. ↑ Moses Stanley Civil War record.
3. ↑ Mary Jane's Death certificate
   copy in files.
4. ↑ Civil War enlistment record.
5. ↑ Cemetery record, Riverview Cem., Louisiana, MO.