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Mary <I>Rickert</I> Amidon

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Mary Rickert Amidon

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Aug 1859 (aged 42)
Mottville Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Mottville, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
208
Memorial ID
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Mary's parents were Abraham Rickert and Magdalena Engle.

She married Henry Amidon, Jr. in 1939 in Cass County, Michigan. He died about 1852 in California during the Gold Rush. There were three children: John, Mary, and Sophronia.Baptized 8 December 1816 at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co.

Married Henry Amidon 17 February 1839 in Porter Twp., Cass Co., Michigan. In 1850 the family were living in Dubuque Co., Iowa. Henry apparently was struck by gold fever and was recorded in El Dorado Co., California in 1852. It is said he died shortly after.

When Maria died in 1859 her 2 younger children were taken in by her siblings. Mary lived with her uncle Samuel Rickert, and Sophronia with her aunt Catherine (Rickert) Dreibelbis.
Mary's parents were Abraham Rickert and Magdalena Engle.

She married Henry Amidon, Jr. in 1939 in Cass County, Michigan. He died about 1852 in California during the Gold Rush. There were three children: John, Mary, and Sophronia.Baptized 8 December 1816 at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co.

Married Henry Amidon 17 February 1839 in Porter Twp., Cass Co., Michigan. In 1850 the family were living in Dubuque Co., Iowa. Henry apparently was struck by gold fever and was recorded in El Dorado Co., California in 1852. It is said he died shortly after.

When Maria died in 1859 her 2 younger children were taken in by her siblings. Mary lived with her uncle Samuel Rickert, and Sophronia with her aunt Catherine (Rickert) Dreibelbis.

Inscription

Aged 42y 11m 21d, w/o Henry



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  • Maintained by: Nicole La Faive
  • Originally Created by: Paula
  • Added: Sep 5, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58204193/mary-amidon: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Rickert Amidon (24 Sep 1816–5 Aug 1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58204193, citing Mottville Township Cemetery, Mottville, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Nicole La Faive (contributor 17167635).