Birth & death date are not know for sure for Mary Ann, and no particular cemetery is known. The following story is taken from the "History of Isaac & Ann Lund Hunter"
"Isaac and Ann became the parents of a little girl they called Mary Ann while they lived in Council Bluff. We have not been able to find a birth or death date, but we do have the story of her death. When she was about six months old she became very ill with what is believed to have been diphtheria. Ann was also very sick and weak herself and was having a hard time caring for the baby. Her good friend Emma Cluse came to see how she and the baby were doing. She convinced Ann to let her take the baby and care for it for a few days until Ann felt better. Ann consented but shortly after they had gone Ann didn't not feel good about her decision and felt that it was the wrong thing to do. Being very sick and weak, she got on her knees and crawled to the door and waited for a young herd boy who came by every night. When he came, she called to him and asked him if he would deliver a message to Emma Cluse who lived about three miles away. She gave him the last fifty cents she had in the house to do the errand. They boy carried the message to Emma that Ann wanted her to bring the baby back home because she had changed her mind.
Emma brought the baby back around midnight because she had to wait to come until after she had taken care of the chores and fed her family. Ann arose and bathed the baby. She tore pieces of clean soft cloth and then wrapped the baby with them around the chest and neck. She fixed a bed in the green trunk that she had brought from England with some fresh woolen blankets. She hoped that it would keep the baby warm. Overcome with exhaustion from the exertion of bathing and caring for the baby, and being in a weakened condition, she fell asleep. When Ann awoke about five o'clock, she felt the baby and found that she had died. A Quaker lady came in and, finding the baby so neat and clean, she and Ann decided to leave the baby as its mother had tenderly dressed it for the last time. The Quaker lady took baby Mary Ann and buried her for Ann."
"Isaac and Ann became the parents of a little girl they called Mary Ann while they lived in Council Bluff. We have not been able to find a birth or death date, but we do have the story of her death. When she was about six months old she became very ill with what is believed to have been diphtheria. Ann was also very sick and weak herself and was having a hard time caring for the baby. Her good friend Emma Cluse came to see how she and the baby were doing. She convinced Ann to let her take the baby and care for it for a few days until Ann felt better. Ann consented but shortly after they had gone Ann didn't not feel good about her decision and felt that it was the wrong thing to do. Being very sick and weak, she got on her knees and crawled to the door and waited for a young herd boy who came by every night. When he came, she called to him and asked him if he would deliver a message to Emma Cluse who lived about three miles away. She gave him the last fifty cents she had in the house to do the errand. They boy carried the message to Emma that Ann wanted her to bring the baby back home because she had changed her mind.
Emma brought the baby back around midnight because she had to wait to come until after she had taken care of the chores and fed her family. Ann arose and bathed the baby. She tore pieces of clean soft cloth and then wrapped the baby with them around the chest and neck. She fixed a bed in the green trunk that she had brought from England with some fresh woolen blankets. She hoped that it would keep the baby warm. Overcome with exhaustion from the exertion of bathing and caring for the baby, and being in a weakened condition, she fell asleep. When Ann awoke about five o'clock, she felt the baby and found that she had died. A Quaker lady came in and, finding the baby so neat and clean, she and Ann decided to leave the baby as its mother had tenderly dressed it for the last time. The Quaker lady took baby Mary Ann and buried her for Ann."
Birth & death date are not know for sure for Mary Ann, and no particular cemetery is known. The following story is taken from the "History of Isaac & Ann Lund Hunter"
"Isaac and Ann became the parents of a little girl they called Mary Ann while they lived in Council Bluff. We have not been able to find a birth or death date, but we do have the story of her death. When she was about six months old she became very ill with what is believed to have been diphtheria. Ann was also very sick and weak herself and was having a hard time caring for the baby. Her good friend Emma Cluse came to see how she and the baby were doing. She convinced Ann to let her take the baby and care for it for a few days until Ann felt better. Ann consented but shortly after they had gone Ann didn't not feel good about her decision and felt that it was the wrong thing to do. Being very sick and weak, she got on her knees and crawled to the door and waited for a young herd boy who came by every night. When he came, she called to him and asked him if he would deliver a message to Emma Cluse who lived about three miles away. She gave him the last fifty cents she had in the house to do the errand. They boy carried the message to Emma that Ann wanted her to bring the baby back home because she had changed her mind.
Emma brought the baby back around midnight because she had to wait to come until after she had taken care of the chores and fed her family. Ann arose and bathed the baby. She tore pieces of clean soft cloth and then wrapped the baby with them around the chest and neck. She fixed a bed in the green trunk that she had brought from England with some fresh woolen blankets. She hoped that it would keep the baby warm. Overcome with exhaustion from the exertion of bathing and caring for the baby, and being in a weakened condition, she fell asleep. When Ann awoke about five o'clock, she felt the baby and found that she had died. A Quaker lady came in and, finding the baby so neat and clean, she and Ann decided to leave the baby as its mother had tenderly dressed it for the last time. The Quaker lady took baby Mary Ann and buried her for Ann."
"Isaac and Ann became the parents of a little girl they called Mary Ann while they lived in Council Bluff. We have not been able to find a birth or death date, but we do have the story of her death. When she was about six months old she became very ill with what is believed to have been diphtheria. Ann was also very sick and weak herself and was having a hard time caring for the baby. Her good friend Emma Cluse came to see how she and the baby were doing. She convinced Ann to let her take the baby and care for it for a few days until Ann felt better. Ann consented but shortly after they had gone Ann didn't not feel good about her decision and felt that it was the wrong thing to do. Being very sick and weak, she got on her knees and crawled to the door and waited for a young herd boy who came by every night. When he came, she called to him and asked him if he would deliver a message to Emma Cluse who lived about three miles away. She gave him the last fifty cents she had in the house to do the errand. They boy carried the message to Emma that Ann wanted her to bring the baby back home because she had changed her mind.
Emma brought the baby back around midnight because she had to wait to come until after she had taken care of the chores and fed her family. Ann arose and bathed the baby. She tore pieces of clean soft cloth and then wrapped the baby with them around the chest and neck. She fixed a bed in the green trunk that she had brought from England with some fresh woolen blankets. She hoped that it would keep the baby warm. Overcome with exhaustion from the exertion of bathing and caring for the baby, and being in a weakened condition, she fell asleep. When Ann awoke about five o'clock, she felt the baby and found that she had died. A Quaker lady came in and, finding the baby so neat and clean, she and Ann decided to leave the baby as its mother had tenderly dressed it for the last time. The Quaker lady took baby Mary Ann and buried her for Ann."
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