Smith, Mary Jane

Female 1855 - 1913  (58 years)


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  • Name Smith, Mary Jane 
    Birth 1855  Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 2 May 1913  Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Aft 2 May 1913  Pilot Grove City Cemetery, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5178  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Family 1 Kersey, John F 
    Family ID F2654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Family 2 Yarnell, Silas,   b. 1 Apr 1842, Palestine Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1891, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 27 Aug 1868  Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. Yarnell, Ida May,   b. 24 Sep 1869, Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1900, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)  [natural]
     2. Yarnell, Sarah Frances "Sally",   b. 4 Feb 1872, Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1961, Otterville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [natural]
     3. Yarnell, Ira,   b. 22 Mar 1876, Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1948, Oxnard, Ventura, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     4. Yarnell, Harry,   b. 19 Dec 1881, Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1954, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     5. Yarnell, Frank Irvin,   b. 12 Feb 1884, Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1911, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F8583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1855 - Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Aug 1868 - Cooper, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 May 1913 - Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 2 May 1913 - Pilot Grove City Cemetery, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mary Ann Smith came to Missouri from Illinois in the company of two brothers. She wed Silas Yarnell in 1868. Possibly the unnamed brothers were pleased to be relieved of the teenaged Mary Ann, as she was married to Silas at a very young age. Silas and Mary Ann's children were; Ida May (b.1869), Sarah Frances (b.1872), Ira (b.1876), Harry (b.1881), and Frank Irvin (b.1884). Frank Irvin's birth is recorded in the Missouri Digital Heritage: Birth and Death Records, and the age of his mother is given as 32, which gives Mary Ann an alternate birth year of 1852. After Silas died in 1891 at the age of 49, of tuberculosis, Mary Ann remarried to John F. Kersey, and moved to Sedalia MO. John Kersey apparently died before Mary Ann, because Mary Ann's MO death certificate gives her marital status as "widow", but I have not been able to find any more information on John. Mary Ann & Silas are buried together and share a stone in the Pilot Grove City Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave.
      https://www.findagrave.com/

    2. [S790] WORLD: Family Search, Ancestral File.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies

    3. [S411] USA: MO: COOPER: Marriages.
      https://cooper.mogenweb.org/CooperBitsMar.htm