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Mary L. Morris

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Mary L. Morris

Birth
New Jersey, USA
Death
1852 (aged 18–19)
Nebraska, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Burial along the Oregon Trail, near the Loup and Platte Rivers, possibly in Nebraska Add to Map
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Died, at age 19, while traveling the Oregon trail with her parents. According to Oregon Trail diarists, Cecilia Adams and Parthenia Blank, "Today we saw two new graves. On the headboard was written in pencil "Mary Morris age 19 and M. C. Morris age 9" Thursday June 10, 1852. Near the Platte and Loup fork. Family tradition attributed her death to cholera.
Died, at age 19, while traveling the Oregon trail with her parents. According to Oregon Trail diarists, Cecilia Adams and Parthenia Blank, "Today we saw two new graves. On the headboard was written in pencil "Mary Morris age 19 and M. C. Morris age 9" Thursday June 10, 1852. Near the Platte and Loup fork. Family tradition attributed her death to cholera.


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