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- [Obituary of] Mrs. Mary Jane White -- [Probably from the Palmyra Spectator]
"Shelbina Mo., Dec. 8 -- Funeral services for Mrs Mary Jane White, 89, a pioneer resident of Marion and Shelby counties, who died in the home of her daugher, Mrs Anne Young in Shelbina Thursday morning at 5:30 o'clock were held Saturday in the Shelbina Baptist church with burial in the Shelbina cemetery.
"Mrs White was born in Schuyler county Missouri, July 2, 1842, the daugher of simon and Anna White [source is incorrect: Simon and Anna Painter Carson] who came to Missouri from Virginia in 1820. She was married to Lafayette White in 1859. Mr White died in 1923 Two children also preceded their mother in death. Edgar W. died in 1915 and Mrs Clara Davis died in 1910.
"Surviving are the following children: Mrs Annie Young and Mrs Estella Moore of Shelbina; Mrs Ethat Patterson of Quincy; Simon P. White of Los Angeles; Frank R. White of Lakenan; Thomas B. White of Stoutsville; Linn P. White of Nrookfield and Harvey C. White of Rock Island. Eighteen grandchildren and twenty-one great-greandchildren also survive together with a sister Mrs. Leathy Swisher of Cherry Dell, Marion county, Missouri. Two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Sibbly and Mrs Mattie McLeod and a brother, John R. Carson, all of Marion county died several years ago.
"Mrs White was a member of the Shelbina Baptist church and taught a class in the Sunday school for many years. Prior to moving to Shelbina she was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church.
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1842 - 1931 (89 years)