| Notes |
- Obit from Henry co., MO
Clinton, MO, Aug, 15 1908- Mrs. Mary Fields, widow of Nathan Fields, died at her home five miles west of Clinton August 7, 1908. She was 91. Her maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Graham and she was born in Smith county, VA. December 9, 1816. One sister survives, Mrs. Amanda Scott, Residence west of Clinton. When she was 16, her parents moved to Boone County but then moved three months later to near Warrensburg, where, at the age of 22, she married Mr. Fields, April 25, 1839. On the following day, they came to the farm where she has lived 69 years. Mr. and Mrs. Fields rode on horseback to the large tract of land that they afterward settled to make a home. Wild deer and turkey were shot on the creek near their door and this pioneer couple added much to the history of Henry County. Mr. Fields died November 2, 1898. They had two sons and eight daughters, one son dying in infancy and the other in early manhood and a grown daughter also has died. The seven surviving daughters are Mrs. Margaret Cock of Kansas City; Mrs. M. M. Elliston, Clinton; Mrs. George McCloud, five miles northwest of Clinton; Mrs. Celeste Billinger, El Dorado Springs, and Misses Mary, Helen, and Sallie of the home. Mrs. Fields had been a faithful Presbyterian for 76 years and her gentle life was filled with cheer and brightness for all in her presence. She was always ready to make with a little joke to make her friends forget their troubles, even in the last years of her life. An immense throng of friends gathered for the funeral, at the home, and she was laid to rest beside her husband in Fields Creek Township.
she was moved to Englewood Cemetery according to the obit.
[1, 2]
|
1816 - 1908 (91 years)
[1, 2] 
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set