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Maria Emma <I>Gerry</I> Kempton

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Maria Emma Gerry Kempton

Birth
Fort Laramie, Goshen County, Wyoming, USA
Death
12 Nov 1910 (aged 59)
Prairie County, Montana, USA
Burial
Terry, Prairie County, Montana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section C Block 51 Lot 14
Memorial ID
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Maria(Mariah) Emma Gerry - maternal grandmother was Swift Cloud, daughter of Swift Bird and niece of Chief Red Kettle of the Oglala Sioux or maternal grandfather was Chief Joseph Red Kettle of Standing Rock Sioux nation and her paternal great-grandfather was Vice President Eldridge Thomas Gerry. (1744-1814), and her father was the first white settler in Weld County CO.
---from Berney Kempton - 2014 Legacy Inductee District 2, Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center (Source - Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Montana and Three Decades of Statehood; by Tom Stout - 1921 - Pages 1369-1370)
---from Marie A Kempton Phillips papers


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Maria(Mariah) Emma Gerry - maternal grandmother was Swift Cloud, daughter of Swift Bird and niece of Chief Red Kettle of the Oglala Sioux or maternal grandfather was Chief Joseph Red Kettle of Standing Rock Sioux nation and her paternal great-grandfather was Vice President Eldridge Thomas Gerry. (1744-1814), and her father was the first white settler in Weld County CO.
---from Berney Kempton - 2014 Legacy Inductee District 2, Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center (Source - Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Montana and Three Decades of Statehood; by Tom Stout - 1921 - Pages 1369-1370)
---from Marie A Kempton Phillips papers


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photo of clipping used for historical value








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