Person:Mary Allen (290)

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Mary Bruster Allen
b. Blairstown, IA
d.28 Apr 1918 Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
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  1. George Sherwood1906 - 1944
  2. Mary Virginia Sherwood1910 - 2005
  3. Josephine Adaline Sherwood1916 - 2017
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Name Mary Bruster Allen
Gender Female
Birth? Blairstown, IA
Alt Birth? 21 Oct 1876 Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA
Residence? 1880 Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA
Residence? 1885 Blairstown, Leroy, Benton, Iowa, USA
Residence? 1900 Leroy Township, Blairstown & Luzerne town, Benton, Iowa, USA
Residence? 1910 Leroy, Benton, Iowa, USA
Marriage Mount Vernon, Linn, Iowa, United Statesto George Giffen Sherwood
Occupation? Artist - some paintings are at Murdock Indian Lake, MI house.
Death? 28 Apr 1918 Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USACause: 1918 Flu Pandemic
Burial? 1918 Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA
Cause of Death? Died at start of "1918 Influenza Pandemic"
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Mary Bruster Allen (1878-1918 flu pandemic, age 40)

Both Mary and her husband, George Sherwood died in April during the start of the 1918 flu pandemic. Their death was typical of the pandemic which affected young adults most severely because it is thought their immune systems are most active.

When they died, their children were young; George, 12, Mary Virginia, 8, and Josephine, 2. The older children were taken by Mary Allen's brother and sister in Ames, Iowa. Before moving to Ames, they had lived in North Dakota.

Josie, the youngest, was taken in by her father's mother, Grandma Sherwood. The older two did not see their young sister "for years."

Mary was quite a good artist and many of her paintings were displayed at Virginia's cottage/home on Indian Lake near Dowagiac, Michigan.

She met her husband, George Sherwood, while attending Cornell College in her home town of Mount Vernon, Iowa.

Her family may go back to Mayflower per family legend.

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