Person:Mary Crossett (22)

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Mary Crossett
b.Bet 1813 and 1819 New York, USA
d.31 Jan 1904 Burton, Genesee, Michigan, USA
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Mary CrossettBet 1813 & 1819 - 1904
Spouse and Children
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  1. Henrietta Phelps1835 - 1887
  2. Delia Phelps1838 - 1913
  3. Leander Phelps1841 - 1909
  4. Eugene Phelps1843 - Aft 1920
  5. Jerome Phelps1845 - 1913
  6. Sandra Luceba Phelps1847 - 1900
  7. Freeland Phelps1849 - 1884
  8. Adeline Phelps1853 - 1914
  9. Alice Phelps1855 -
  10. Lavona Phelps1856 - 1864
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Mary Crossett
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] Bet 1813 and 1819 New York, USA
Marriage to Reuben Gibson Phelps
Residence[6] 1880 Burton, Genesee, Michigan, USA
Census[1] 1900 Burton, Genesee, Michigan, USA
Death[3][4][5][7] 31 Jan 1904 Burton, Genesee, Michigan, USA
Burial? Kitchen Cemetery, Davison, Genesee, Michigan, USA/

2/1/1904 Flint Daily News-Flint, Michigan

(HEADLINE:) She lived alone near her son. When found her body was found lying on the bed with the clothing burned off.

Mrs. Mary Phelps met with a terrible death last evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, being burned to death at her home on the farm of her son, Jerome, on Atherton Street in Burton. Mrs. Phelps lived alone in a little house about 4 rods east of the residence of the son named, and (her) grandson Arthur, living several rods east of her. Last evening, between 5 and 6 o'clock her son went to the house where his mother lived to fix the fire and found her seated before the stove. He did what was necessary to the stove and cautioned the old lady, who was about eighty-six, not to meddle with the fire. Shortly before 6 o?clock Arthur left his house to go to the barn to harness a horse to take two ladies who were visiting him to the electric railway station at Morrish?s crossing, and while passing the house smelled smoke. He groped his way to the chair in which his grandmother usually sat, and finding her not there ran to the bed, on which he found her lying. He was unable to carry her out and called for his father. Together they carried the bed out of the house and found Mrs. Phelps was dead. Her clothing had been burned off her body and the bed clothing had been burned. It is supposed that her clothing caught fire and she rushed to the bed and threw herself upon it in the hope that the fire would be extinguished by so doing, or that a spark set fire to her dress and she went to bed, and while lying down the spark burst into a blaze and she was burned to death. The two young ladies who were visiting the younger Phelps passed the house a few minutes before Arthur did and smelled nothing. Mrs. Phelps was born in New York and came to Davison with her husband, R.G. Phelps about 50 years ago. They lived in Davison for about twenty years and then moved to Burton where Mr. Phelps died about twenty-five years ago. She is survived by six children. They are Jerome, of Burton; Leander, of Saginaw; Eugene, who lives in California; Mrs. Delos Cole, of St. Johns; Mrs. Adaline Thompson, who lives near Millington, and Alice of Gratiot county. Dr. Charles was notified and went to Burton last night, but did not deem an inquest necessary. The funeral will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. from the home of her son, Jerome. Interment will be made in the Kitchen cemetery in Davison.

(death certificate lists cause of death-smothered by smoke) (death certificate list John Crosette as her father, mother unknown)

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
    Database online. Genesee, Michigan, ED 3, roll T623 710, page 8A.

    Record for Mary Phelps _ABBR: Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Database online. Genesee, Michigan, ED 3, roll T623 710, page 8A.

    Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Database online. Genesee, Michigan, ED 3, roll T623 710, page 8A.

  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Fort Ann, Washington, New York, roll M432_610, page 86, image 441.

    Record for Delia Phelps _ABBR: Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Fort Ann, Washington, New York, roll M432_610, page 86, image 441.

    Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Fort Ann, Washington, New York, roll M432_610, page 86, image 441.

  3. ↑ Genesee County, Michigan Death Ledger
    Crossette, Mary V3 p228 rec1781.

    Mary Phelps Born New York dod 1/31/04 Burton Twp, Gensesee fth John crosette mth unk smothered by smoke filed 2/4/1904 _ABBR: Genesee County, Michigan Death Ledger, Phelps, Mary V3 p228 rec1781

    Genesee County, Michigan Death Ledger, Phelps, Mary V3 p228 rec1781. Mary Phelps Born New York dod 1/31/04 Burton Twp, Gensesee fth John crosette mth unk smothered by smoke filed 2/4/1904

  4. ↑ Genesee County Newspaper Obituaries
    Crossette, Mary 2/1/04 Flint Daily News.

    HEADLINE:) She lived alone near her son. When found her body was found lying on the bed with the clothing burned off.

    Mrs. Mary Phelps met with a terrible death last evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, being burned to death at her home on the farm of her son, Jerome, on Atherton Street in Burton.
    Mrs. Phelps lived alone in a little house about 4 rods east of the residence of the son named, and (her) grandson Arthur, living several rods east of her. Last evening, between 5 and 6 o'clock her son went to the house where his mother lived to fix the fire and found her seated before the stove. He did what was necessary to the stove and cautioned the old lady, who was about eighty-six, not to meddle with the fire. Shortly before 6 o?clock Arthur left his house to go to the barn to harness a horse to take two ladies who were visiting him to the electric railway station at Morrish?s crossing, and while passing the house smelled smoke. He groped his way to the chair in which hi _ABBR: Newspaper Obituary, Crossette, Mary 2/1/04 Flint Daily News

  5. ↑ "Michigan Digital Archive Collection", State of Michigan, Archives of Michigan Digital Collections
    Mary Crossett.
  6. ↑ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Record for Reuben Phelps Database online. Burton, Genesee, Michigan, ED 66, roll T9_579, page 35.2000, image 0073.

    _ABBR: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Record for Reuben Phelps Database online. Burton, Genesee, Michigan, ED 66, roll T9_579, page 35.2000, image 0073.

    Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Record for Reuben Phelps Database online. Burton, Genesee, Michigan, ED 66, roll T9_579, page 35.2000, image 0073.

  7. ↑ State: Michigan
    County: Genesee
    Vol: 3
    Page: 228
    Record #: 1781
    Date of Death: Jan 31, 1904
    Name: Reuben G Phelps
    Sex: f
    Race: w
    Marital Status: w
    Age: 84 years
    Place of Death: Twp of Burton
    Cause of Death: smothered by smoke
    Birthplace: New York
    Occupation:
    Father: john Crosette
    Mother: unknown
    Father Residence: Burton, Mich
    Mother Residence: unknown
    Date of Record: Mar 4, 1904
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