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Lydia S. <I>Pennell</I> Shakespeare

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Lydia S. Pennell Shakespeare

Birth
Chippewa Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
29 Jan 1895 (aged 83)
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
L-59-9.
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Death or Lydia S. Shakespeare
Mrs. Lydia S. Shakespeare, mother of Andrew J. Shakespeare and Gen. William Shakespeare, died January 29, 1895, Deceased was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1811. Her husband, John L. Shakespeare, died in this city in 1847. She had been a resident of this county since 1853 and lived in the house on west Cedar street, where she died since 1848. Funeral will be from the residence of her son, William Shakespeare, 420 west Cedar street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Deceased early in her life was a school teacher in Portage county, Ohio, in 1843, with her husband and three children she located in Yorkville, this county, and later went onto an unimproved farm in Richland township, and, later removed to the then village of Kalamazoo. She was a woman of indomitable energy and possessed of good judgment and retained her faculties to the last. After attending to her household duties, Monday evening, she went to her bed and awoke in another world. Her life was an unselfish one, devoted to her family and friends. She was a good representative of the pioneer families of Kalamazoo county. Kalamazoo Gazette February 1, 1895 page 1
Death or Lydia S. Shakespeare
Mrs. Lydia S. Shakespeare, mother of Andrew J. Shakespeare and Gen. William Shakespeare, died January 29, 1895, Deceased was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1811. Her husband, John L. Shakespeare, died in this city in 1847. She had been a resident of this county since 1853 and lived in the house on west Cedar street, where she died since 1848. Funeral will be from the residence of her son, William Shakespeare, 420 west Cedar street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Deceased early in her life was a school teacher in Portage county, Ohio, in 1843, with her husband and three children she located in Yorkville, this county, and later went onto an unimproved farm in Richland township, and, later removed to the then village of Kalamazoo. She was a woman of indomitable energy and possessed of good judgment and retained her faculties to the last. After attending to her household duties, Monday evening, she went to her bed and awoke in another world. Her life was an unselfish one, devoted to her family and friends. She was a good representative of the pioneer families of Kalamazoo county. Kalamazoo Gazette February 1, 1895 page 1


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  • Added: Apr 9, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25873345/lydia_s-shakespeare: accessed ), memorial page for Lydia S. Pennell Shakespeare (18 Mar 1811–29 Jan 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25873345, citing Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by ambs (contributor 46814643).