Last Thursday morning a gloom was cast over the city, by the sad, but not wholly unexpected news of the death of Sister Mary Jane, the wife of Benjamin Kirkham who passed at the hour announced in last weeks lacal.
She was the daughter of John & Mary Jane McNeil and was born on May 29 1858 in St. Louis, Mo. making her age at the time of her death 34 years, eight months, and eighteen days.
That dreaded disease consumption had preyed upon her system for many years when shortly before her death dropsy also set in and hastened her death.
When only a little over one year of age she crossed the plains with her parents who came here with an ox team. Mary Jane at the age of twenty three was married to Benjamin Kirkham. During the eleven years of their marriage they were blessed with three girls and one boy the youngest child being four months old at the time of her death.
Last Thursday morning a gloom was cast over the city, by the sad, but not wholly unexpected news of the death of Sister Mary Jane, the wife of Benjamin Kirkham who passed at the hour announced in last weeks lacal.
She was the daughter of John & Mary Jane McNeil and was born on May 29 1858 in St. Louis, Mo. making her age at the time of her death 34 years, eight months, and eighteen days.
That dreaded disease consumption had preyed upon her system for many years when shortly before her death dropsy also set in and hastened her death.
When only a little over one year of age she crossed the plains with her parents who came here with an ox team. Mary Jane at the age of twenty three was married to Benjamin Kirkham. During the eleven years of their marriage they were blessed with three girls and one boy the youngest child being four months old at the time of her death.
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John Edward McNeil
1848–1915
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Thomas McNeil
1855–1913
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William Richard McNeil
1856–1933
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Robert Corlett McNeil
1860–1916
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Joseph Henry McNeil
1862–1921
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George Quinn McNeil
1865–1943
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Charles Hyrum McNeil
1868–1934
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Margaret Jane McNeil Schmidt
1869–1937
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Elizabeth Ann McNeil Fuller
1872–1961
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David McNeil
1876–1912
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Harriet Janette McNeil Bradshaw
1877–1962
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Sarah Alice McNeil Mills
1870–1958
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Danial McNeil
1873–1948
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Ephraim Smith "Uncle Eph" McNeil
1874–1962
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Lillias McNeil Dalton
1876–1961
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Hannah McNeil Goodman
1878–1960
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Angus Smith McNeil
1879–1879
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Benjamin "Ben" McNeil
1880–1956
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Althera McNeil Evans
1883–1912
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James Hibbert McNeil
1885–1886
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Jesse Smith McNeil
1887–1955
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Annie Frances McNeil Thompson
1890–1989
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William Smith "Willie" McNeil
1892–1892
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Frederick Smith McNeil
1893–1921
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Don Carlos McNeil
1896–1966
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