Denison. Martha Jane Steele was born Jan. 5, 1832, near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and died February 10th, 1912, aged 80 years, 1 month and 7 days. On December 27, 1857, at the home of her parents she was married to John Shaw, of Pittsburg by Rev. A. M. Milligan, after living a few years in Pittsburg, they moved to Westmoreland county, where they resided until February, 1878, when they moved to Jackson county, Kansas where they lived until the death of her husband, June 12, 1887. Seven children were born to them 6 sons and 1 daughter, all of whom survive her except one son who died at the age of four years and seven months ... The R. P. church of which she had been a member for sixty four years.
.... moved to Jackson county, Kansas, and brought a farm three miles north of what at the time was Tippenville, near where Denison is now located, and where they have lived ever since .... to them were born seven children, seven sons and one daughter. William, John, Andrew McLeod, Dr. Robert Thomas, Mrs. J. C. Terrence, Dr. Joseph Cook, and Knox S., all were present at her bedside during her sickness and death. One son, Samuel, died at the age of four years. She united with the Reformed Presbyterian church at New Alexandria when but sixteen years of age ... laid to rest in the old church yard at Denison .... The Holton Recorder, February 15, 1912.
Local and Personal. Mrs. Emma Sprowles of Lawrence was here to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. M. J. Shaw.
The Holton Signal, February 15, 1912.
.... moved to Jackson county, Kansas, and brought a farm three miles north of what at the time was Tippenville, near where Denison is now located, and where they have lived ever since .... to them were born seven children, seven sons and one daughter. William, John, Andrew McLeod, Dr. Robert Thomas, Mrs. J. C. Terrence, Dr. Joseph Cook, and Knox S., all were present at her bedside during her sickness and death. One son, Samuel, died at the age of four years. She united with the Reformed Presbyterian church at New Alexandria when but sixteen years of age ... laid to rest in the old church yard at Denison .... The Holton Recorder, February 15, 1912.
Local and Personal. Mrs. Emma Sprowles of Lawrence was here to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. M. J. Shaw.
The Holton Signal, February 15, 1912.
Denison. Martha Jane Steele was born Jan. 5, 1832, near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and died February 10th, 1912, aged 80 years, 1 month and 7 days. On December 27, 1857, at the home of her parents she was married to John Shaw, of Pittsburg by Rev. A. M. Milligan, after living a few years in Pittsburg, they moved to Westmoreland county, where they resided until February, 1878, when they moved to Jackson county, Kansas where they lived until the death of her husband, June 12, 1887. Seven children were born to them 6 sons and 1 daughter, all of whom survive her except one son who died at the age of four years and seven months ... The R. P. church of which she had been a member for sixty four years.
.... moved to Jackson county, Kansas, and brought a farm three miles north of what at the time was Tippenville, near where Denison is now located, and where they have lived ever since .... to them were born seven children, seven sons and one daughter. William, John, Andrew McLeod, Dr. Robert Thomas, Mrs. J. C. Terrence, Dr. Joseph Cook, and Knox S., all were present at her bedside during her sickness and death. One son, Samuel, died at the age of four years. She united with the Reformed Presbyterian church at New Alexandria when but sixteen years of age ... laid to rest in the old church yard at Denison .... The Holton Recorder, February 15, 1912.
Local and Personal. Mrs. Emma Sprowles of Lawrence was here to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. M. J. Shaw.
The Holton Signal, February 15, 1912.
.... moved to Jackson county, Kansas, and brought a farm three miles north of what at the time was Tippenville, near where Denison is now located, and where they have lived ever since .... to them were born seven children, seven sons and one daughter. William, John, Andrew McLeod, Dr. Robert Thomas, Mrs. J. C. Terrence, Dr. Joseph Cook, and Knox S., all were present at her bedside during her sickness and death. One son, Samuel, died at the age of four years. She united with the Reformed Presbyterian church at New Alexandria when but sixteen years of age ... laid to rest in the old church yard at Denison .... The Holton Recorder, February 15, 1912.
Local and Personal. Mrs. Emma Sprowles of Lawrence was here to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. M. J. Shaw.
The Holton Signal, February 15, 1912.
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