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Martha Mouser Litsey

Birth: 16 Nov 1900
Marion County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 15 Nov 1918 (aged 17)
Texas, Washington County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery

Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 121958091 View Source

Married Sam Litsey -Born estd 1897.
They had one son: William 'Billy' Litsey, born 8-6-1918 that married Christine Harmon. Martha's obit reads:
WOMAN DIES OF BURNS - Mrs. Martha Mouser Litsey, 18, wife of Sam Litsey, was fatally burned at her home on the Shortline Pike last Friday when a can of kerosene, with which she is believed to have attempted to revive the fire in the kitchen stove, exploded. Her body was found by her husband several hours later, near the crib of their three-month-old son, who was unharmed.

NOTE: Her husband Samuel later remarried and is buried in Aroma Cemetery in Elwood, Madison Co., Indiana

Married Sam Litsey -Born estd 1897.
They had one son: William 'Billy' Litsey, born 8-6-1918 that married Christine Harmon. Martha's obit reads:
WOMAN DIES OF BURNS - Mrs. Martha Mouser Litsey, 18, wife of Sam Litsey, was fatally burned at her home on the Shortline Pike last Friday when a can of kerosene, with which she is believed to have attempted to revive the fire in the kitchen stove, exploded. Her body was found by her husband several hours later, near the crib of their three-month-old son, who was unharmed.

NOTE: Her husband Samuel later remarried and is buried in Aroma Cemetery in Elwood, Madison Co., Indiana

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Sam Robert Litsey

1897–1981

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Billy Litsey

1918–1993

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Created by: Joyce Luttrell (Yankey)
Added: Dec 20, 2013
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121958091/martha-litsey: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Mouser Litsey (16 Nov 1900–15 Nov 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121958091, citing Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Joyce Luttrell (Yankey) (contributor 47172545).

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