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Mary Senere Findley
Female 1837 - 1911

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  • Birth  1 Jan 1837  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  2 Jun 1911  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: apoplexy 
    Obituary  9 Jun 1911  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Fulton Gazette 
    • Mrs. M.S. Craghead Dead.
      Mrs. Mary Serena Craghead, aged 74 years, died at her home in Court Street, this city, last Thursday night, of paralysis. She was stricken three weeks before her death and suffered several recurrent attacks. Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist church Saturday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. T.E. Winter, of the Fulton Christian church, and burial was in the new cemetery.
      Mrs. Craghead was the widow of Robert Cragheadm who was called from his home on the Mokane road about three miles south of FUlton, one winter night in the early eighties and shot to death. The murderer was never apprehended. Mrs. Craghead moved to Fulton a number of years ago.
      She was born in Warren county, this state, on January 1, 1837, her maiden name being Mary S. Finley. One sister, Mrs. S.A. Thomas, of Fulton, and one half sister, Mrs. Madeline Bush, also of this city, are living. She had no children.
    Buried  Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I4425  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  23 Apr 2011 
     
    Family  Robert Dunlap Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 28 Dec 1829, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1884, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1 Mar 1858  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified  02 Feb 2006 
    Family ID  F1207  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Parents listed on her death certificate were Milton Findley and Barthema Brown, both originally from Kentucky.

      About her parents, from the History of Callaway County Missouri, 1884, page 655-656
      MILTON FINDLEY, farmer, was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, March 20, 1809. His father and mother, Mr. John and Mrs. Margaret Brown Findley, were also born in the same state. Milton grew to manhood in the county, and then removed to Nelson county, where on February 27, 1832, he married Miss Barthena, daughter of Mr. Stephen Brown.

      After his marriage he removed to Missouri, and located in that part of Montgomery county now embraced in Warren county, where he resided until 1855, when he removed to Callaway county and bought the land and improved the farm where he now lives. Mrs. Findley died in Warren county, in May, 1845, leaving three children, viz.: Serena, wife of Robert Craighead, of Callaway county, and Sophronia A., widow of the late George E. Thomas. The eldest, Napoleon B., died single, in August, 1880, at the age of forty-one.

      In December, 1846, Mr. Findley married Miss Mary S. Pearl, daughter of Mr. Samuel Pearl, of Warren county, and who was born and reared in Warren. By this marriage he had five children, namely: Madeline L., wife of Mr. Sandy Bush; Margaret E.; Emily, wife of Mr. William McIntosh; Virginia S. J. and Milton, Jr. Three children died in infancy. Mr. Findley possesses a handsome farm of 400 acres, 200 acres of which are under cultivation, with a good two-story frame residence, a good barn and a fair orchard. Mr. Findley is a member of the M. E. Church South. Mr. F. is a member of Fulton Lodge A. F. and A. M

      Fulton Gazette
      July 16, 1894
      Died, July 5, at his home 3 1/2 miles south of Fulton of the St. Aubert road, Milton Findley, aged 86 years. His wife, who is advanced in years survies him. He also leaves five daughter: Mrs. M.S. Craghead, Mrs. S.A. Thomas, Mrs. Bush, two single daughters and a son. He was for many years one of the thrifty farmers of his section.
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Jan 1837 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Mar 1858 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: apoplexy - 2 Jun 1911 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Fulton Gazette - 9 Jun 1911 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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