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Mary <I>Holland</I> McPike

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Mary Holland McPike

Birth
Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
Death
21 Jan 1886 (aged 86)
Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Buchanan County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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D/o John Holland & Mary McPike;

w/o Jesse McPike md. on 06/27/1815 Cocke, Co., TN buried here;

John Holland, father of Mary b. @ 1769 md. @ 1787 bur. ? ;

Mary McPike, mother of Mary was cousin of Jesse b. @1770 died Lawrence Co., IN;



bur. Lawrence Co. IN.--


Jesse McPike settled here on April 28, 1853. He came from Indiana, but is a native of Tennessee. He purchased the place where the first settlement was made by Austin, near the famous spring, and lived there up to the day of his death, August 25, 1875. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He and his good wife lived together for sixty years and two months. They had twelve children, five of whom are now living, whose names are a follows: William, who lives on the old homestead, and has a large family, J.W. McPike and Charles live in Linn County; Charlotte married James Brown and resides in Indiana; Jane C., married John Green Berry, and is living in Linn County. Mr. McPike was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of the first trustees of the township. His wife, Mary McPike, is now living on the old place, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. She has five children living, thirty-two grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren.
D/o John Holland & Mary McPike;

w/o Jesse McPike md. on 06/27/1815 Cocke, Co., TN buried here;

John Holland, father of Mary b. @ 1769 md. @ 1787 bur. ? ;

Mary McPike, mother of Mary was cousin of Jesse b. @1770 died Lawrence Co., IN;



bur. Lawrence Co. IN.--


Jesse McPike settled here on April 28, 1853. He came from Indiana, but is a native of Tennessee. He purchased the place where the first settlement was made by Austin, near the famous spring, and lived there up to the day of his death, August 25, 1875. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He and his good wife lived together for sixty years and two months. They had twelve children, five of whom are now living, whose names are a follows: William, who lives on the old homestead, and has a large family, J.W. McPike and Charles live in Linn County; Charlotte married James Brown and resides in Indiana; Jane C., married John Green Berry, and is living in Linn County. Mr. McPike was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of the first trustees of the township. His wife, Mary McPike, is now living on the old place, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. She has five children living, thirty-two grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren.


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