Mrs Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Longenbach Pinkston

Birth: 8 Mar 1858
Pleak, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Death: 14 Jan 1940 (aged 81)
Pleak, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Little Flock Cemetery

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Mary was the wife of John Homer Pinkston.Her children were;Alvin,Olive,Charles,Harley,Jesse,Issac,Rosa,Rush,Claude,Jacob,Alma and one son that died at birth.

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Isaac Longenbach

1821–1912
Elizabeth Cole Longenbach

1835–1873

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John Homer Pinkston

1851–1915

Siblings

Jacob Longenbach

1854–1943
Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Longenbaugh Mathias

1860–1930
Sarah J. "Sade" Longenbach Shride

1861–1942
Agnes Amanda "Aggie" Longenbach Stivison

1863–1947
Abraham Lincoln Longenbach

1865–1949
Flora May Longenbach Schwartz

1867–1960
Emma Hettie Longenbach Shride

1871–1932

Children

Olive Elfa "Ollie" Pinkston Smith

1875–1953
Alvin Fred Pinkston

1877–1933
Charles Homer Pinkston

1879–1973
Jesse Pinkston

1881–1903
Baby Boy Pinkston

1883–1883
Isaac Wesley Pinkston

1884–1902
Rosa Maud Pinkston

1887–1893
Harley Everett Pinkston

1889–1981
Rush Patton Pinkston

1891–1964
Claude E Pinkston

1893–1973
Jacob L "Jake" Pinkston

1895–1970
Fern Pinkston Neil

1898–1991

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Mary Elizabeth (Longenbach) Pinkston and son Claude.

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Pinkston Homestead. Home of John Homer and Mary Elizabeth (Longenbach) Pinkston and family. The origional house on the farm was expanded and porch added. Moweaqua, Illinois

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After mother Elizabeth (Cole) Longenbach died having triplets on the kitchen table, Mary Elizabeth was the oldest child and cared for everybody. When she married John Wesley Pinkston she left the family home by horse and buggy carrying her doll at 14 years old

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Mary with 8 of her 12 children Back row: (l to r) Alvin Frederick Pinkston (Fred), Homer, Harl, Rush, Claude, Jake. Front row John Homer Pinkston (father), Fern age 12, Ollie and Mary Elizabeth Pinkston (mother)

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Isaac Longenbach

Elizabeth Cole Longenbach

John Homer Pinkston

Jacob Longenbach

Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Longenbaugh Mathias

Sarah J. "Sade" Longenbach Shride

Agnes Amanda "Aggie" Longenbach Stivison

Abraham Lincoln Longenbach

Flora May Longenbach Schwartz

Emma Hettie Longenbach Shride

Olive Elfa "Ollie" Pinkston Smith

Alvin Fred Pinkston

Charles Homer Pinkston

Jesse Pinkston

Baby Boy Pinkston

Isaac Wesley Pinkston

Rosa Maud Pinkston

Harley Everett Pinkston

Rush Patton Pinkston

Claude E Pinkston

Jacob L "Jake" Pinkston

Fern Pinkston Neil

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