hmtl5 Dora Myers Leidigh b. 11 Aug 1866 Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania d. 12 Jun 1954 Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma: Hedges Genealogy

Dora Myers Leidigh

Female 1866 - 1954  (87 years)


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  • Name Dora Myers Leidigh 
    • daughter of Jacob Mohler Leidigh and Katharine A. Myers [1]
    Born 11 Aug 1866  Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Jun 1954  Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Silent Land Cemetery, Spearville, Ford County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I1028  Hedges
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2024 

    Family Isaac Van Voorhis Stewart,   b. 29 Jun 1856, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1936, Spearville, Ford County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 1886  [1
    Children 
     1. Theodore Van Stewart,   b. 6 Oct 1906, Spearville, Ford County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1986, Pueblo, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Jun 1954 - Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Silent Land Cemetery, Spearville, Ford County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Stewart Died In City; Funeral Tuesday
      Mrs. Dora Meyers Stewart, 84, mother of T.L. Stewart, 1202 East Sixth Street, died Saturday morning in an Okmulgee hospital, following an illness of several weeks.
      Mrs. Stewart was a native of Carlyle, Pa., and moved to Spearville, Kan., in 1878. She was the widow of the late Isaac VanVoorhis Stewart who died at Spearville in 1936. She was a member of the Federated Church, Federated Club, and Missionary Society in Spearville, until coming to Okmulgee in October, 1953 to reside with her son.
      Funeral services will be conducted in the Federated Church at Spearville at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Silent Land Cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home.
      Other survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Vera Stewart and Miss Helen M. Stewart, both of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Dorothy Monk, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Margaret Beattle, Des Moines, Iowa; two sons, James V. Stewart, Los Vegas, N.M., and Ted V. Stewart, Pueblo, Col.; one sister, Mrs. F.A. Merrick, Colorado Springs, Col.; also six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
      Okmulgee Daily Times, Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Sunday, 13 June 1954.
      [3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S5] 1900 US census.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S87] Newspaper article.