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Ruby Maud Mitchell

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Ruby Maud Mitchell

Birth
Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Death
8 Feb 1886 (aged 2)
Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Nortonville, Jefferson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Blk 35, Lot 5, Sp 1
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Ruby Maud and her sister Belle died of diphtheria, within days of each other, during the harsh winter of 1886. Sisters Mabel and Alice also were stricken, but recovered. Their mother had just had a new baby. Their father Charles and brother Thomas had to struggle through snow drifts to reach the cemetery to bury the two little girls.

Ruby Maud and her sister Belle died of diphtheria, within days of each other, during the harsh winter of 1886. Sisters Mabel and Alice also were stricken, but recovered. Their mother had just had a new baby. Their father Charles and brother Thomas had to struggle through snow drifts to reach the cemetery to bury the two little girls.

Inscription

RUBY MAUD
DIED FEB 8 1886
AGED 2 YEARS
8 MONTHS

on front of stone:
CHILDREN OF
CHARLES AND ISABELLA
MITCHELL

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  • Created by: Martha
  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67613373/ruby_maud-mitchell: accessed ), memorial page for Ruby Maud Mitchell (16 Jun 1883–8 Feb 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67613373, citing Nortonville Cemetery, Nortonville, Jefferson County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Martha (contributor 47306235).