hmtl5 Mary Eliza Kennedy b. 29 Nov 1872 Des Moines County, Iowa d. 1955: McKeown Genealogy
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Mary Eliza Kennedy

Female 1872 - 1955  (82 years)


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  • Name Mary Eliza Kennedy 
    Born 29 Nov 1872  Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1955  [1, 2] 
    Buried Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I1048  McKeown
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2023 

    Father James Kennedy,   b. 25 Nov 1840, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1923, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Martha Jane Creelman,   b. 3 Mar 1847, County Derry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1911, Garland, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Robert McElhinney,   b. 5 Apr 1868, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1937, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 3 Jan 1885  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Olive McElhinney,   b. 18 Jun 1896, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1971, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Nov 1872 - Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • 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
      [1, 2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] Find a Grave.

    2. [S3] Obituary.


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