also seen as Martha)
(Poage sometimes spelled Poague)

Dau of Malcolm Gragg and Rebecca Broadhurst
m: William Burton Poage May 9, 1844

1850, Dist 16, Cass Co. family 87:
POAGUE William B/35, Mary A/27, Simeon C/5, Nancy J/3, John A/1;
Also in their home are her parents, and brother Thomas and family:
GRAGG Malcolm/65/TN, Rebecca/62/TN;
GRAGG Thomas/50/TN, Nancy/2, Nancy A/21, Eleanor J/19, Sarah T/18, Margaret C/16, Mary A/12, Lucinda T/15.
INFORMATIOM PROVIDED BY CONTRIBUTOR LADON BRENNAN

Married: William Burton Poage on May 19, 1844

Obituary:

Mary Poage

One of the oldest and most highly respected citizen of Spruce Township, Mrs. Mary Poage, wife of Rev. Wm. B. Poage, departed this life on last Friday, March 25th, of pneumonia fever. She was only sick about a week and her sudden death was a great surprise and sorrow to her family and many friends. Mrs. Poage was about 70 years of age. She was married to Wm. B. Poage, a Southern Methodist preacher, in Henry county in 1837. The same year they located in Spruce township on the present home place, where they have lived continuously since. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. J. H. Sisson and Mrs. R. J. Starke, of Butler. She was a perfect type of a true and noble christian, and bore her sufferings with great fortitude, and when called was not averse to stepping out into that great eternity from whence no traveler ever returns, for she had planted her trust in that Father who doeth all things for the best. She was a true and devoted wife, a kind and loving mother and good neighbor. She had performed her life-work nobly and well, and the Father called her to enjoy the crown she had won. Her remains were interred in the family burying ground on Saturday. The Times extends its profound sympathies to that aged husband who is indeed passing under the rod of affliction, and to the bereaved family

THE BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES, Butler, Bates County, Missouri, Wednesday, March 30, 1887, submitted by Karen Foreman


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