Person:Elmira Massey (2)

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Elmira MASSEY
b.19 Nov 1877 Illinois
d.10 Apr 1885 Liberty Twp., Coffey Co., KS
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m. 18 Feb 1867
  1. Sarah E. "Lizzie" MASSEYAbt 1867 - Bef 1918
  2. Joseph Mark "Joe" MASSEY1871 - Bef 1955
  3. John W. MASSEY1875 - Bef 1951
  4. Elmira MASSEY1877 - 1885
  5. Isaac Z. "Zeb" MASSEY1880 - Bef 1951
  6. Benjamin MASSEY1883 - 1884
  7. unknown child MASSEY1885 - 1885
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Name Elmira MASSEY
Gender Female
Birth? 19 Nov 1877 Illinois
Death? 10 Apr 1885 Liberty Twp., Coffey Co., KS
Reference Number 3193

death notice from a Coffey Co., KS, newspaper: DIED. / Massey--In Liberty township, April 10, [1885] of spinal disease, Elmira, daughter of Isaac and Caroline Massey, aged 9 [sic; should read 7] years.

from transcription of Fairhope Cemetery* Massey, Elmira, dau. of J. & C. Massey, d. 4-10-1885, 7y 4m 21d [born November 19, 1877; age 3 in 1880]

  • located three miles east from Gridley, Coffey Co., KS, 1-1/2 miles south, and approximately 3/4 mile back east

1885 April 12, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia Love wrote her sister Jane Love: "I cam hear 2 weeks a go . . . I have seen all of them but one Caroline Massey . . . they Buried one of the children to day a little girl / I was there when She died / Massey is nearly crazy / they also have a Baby with a Big head / they have 5 children left"

1885 May 11, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia Love wrote her sister Jane: "their names are Massey / they Buried a little girl since [Caroline] was taken a way" Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

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