Mary Eliza Kennedy
1872 - 1955 (82 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Mary Eliza Kennedy was born on 29 Nov 1872 in Des Moines County, Iowa; died in 1955; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
Mrs. McElhinney Funeral Friday
Funeral services are to be held Friday afternoon (November 11, 1955) for Mrs. Mary Eliza McElhinney, 82, who died here Wednesday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gregory. The Reverend John O. Edgar will conduct the services in the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian church of which Mrs. McElhinney was a long-time member. Burial will be in the Sharon cemetery.
Mrs. McElhinney was the daughter of James and Martha Creelman Kennedy, and was born in Des Moines county on November 29, 1872.
On January 3, 1885, she was married to William Robert McElhinney, and lived on the family farm in Des Moines county.
Mrs. McElhinney is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Olive M. Baird, Wapello, and Mrs. Lillian Gregory, Morning Sun, and by three sons, Merritt J. McElhinney, Martin W. McElhinney, and W. Ernest McElhinney, all of Morning Sun. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Emma Caldwell, Washington, and Mrs. Ruby Baird, Morning Sun.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
Morning Sun News-Herald, 10 Nov 1955
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41620583/mary-eliza-mcelhinneyMary married William Robert McElhinney on 3 Jan 1885. William (son of Joseph M. McElhinney and Elizabeth Ann Wilson) was born on 5 Apr 1868 in Iowa; died on 6 May 1937 in Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Olive McElhinney
was born on 18 Jun 1896 in Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 31 Aug 1971 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.
- 2. Olive McElhinney
Generation: 2
2. Olive McElhinney (1.Mary1) was born on 18 Jun 1896 in Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 31 Aug 1971 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
Mrs. Olive McElhinney Baird, 75, of Morning Sun, died Tuesday, August 31 (1971).
She was born June 18, 1896, in Des Moines county, the daughter of William and Mary Kennedy McElhinney. On February 24, 1944, she was married to Ralph Baird in Des Moines county.
She was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church in Morning Sun.
Surviving: One daughter, Mrs. Warren Durst, Muscatine; four sons, Phillip, DeKalb, Illinois, James, Davenport, Lloyd, Cedar Rapids, Don, North Liberty; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lillian Gregory, Morning Sun; two brothers, Martin and Ernest, both of Morning Sun.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Reformed Presbyterian church with Dr. G. M. Robb officiating. Burial was at Sharon cemetery.
The Morning Sun News-Herald - 9 Sep 1971
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115382435/olive-bairdOlive married Ralph Ehrman Baird on 24 Feb 1944 in Des Moines County, Iowa. Ralph (son of James Wallace Baird and Mary Ann Walkinshaw) was born on 4 Jun 1888 in Garland, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 8 Dec 1963 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]