Note: this memorial updated July 21/22, 2017 with maiden name Montgomery per information provided by "Sue". Also, "They were from Greene County, PA.", but not certain if that was where she was born, or where the family lived prior to coming to Iowa.
Note: this memorial further updated October 27/28, 2017 with DOB/DOD corrections and locations. The Missouri Certificate of Death # 24282 for Priscilla was found by another contributor to be filed under the surname "Mindenhall" instead of "Mendenhall". Using that information, the DOB/DOD can be updated on this memorial.
A relationship link to her mother also entered onto this memorial on October 27, 2017 per edit request.
A father relationship link to "Hugh Montgomery" not provided at this time - where is he at??
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This section updated July 22, 2017:
Sister of Marinda Montgomery Cowen.
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Wife of James Mendenhall.
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Obituary transcription updated August 28, 2017:
Batavia News
July 20, 1916
Page 5.
JEFFERSON COUNTY WOMAN DIES IN MISSOURI
Fairfield, July 18. - Mrs. Priscilla Mendenhall, a well known former resident of Fairfield and Batavia, passed away Saturday afternoon (sic. calculated to be July 15, 1916) at her home in West Plains, Mo., at the age of 74 years. Mrs. Mendenhall had been in ill health for over a year and her death was not unexpected.
Her husband, James Mendenhall of West Plains, and two children, Thos. of Kansas City and Mrs. Charles Phillips of Ottumwa, Ia., survive. The remains arrived in Fairfield at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening on the Rock Island railroad and were taken at once to Evergreen cemetery where Rev. A. R. Toothacre conducted a short service. Mrs. Mendenhall has a sister, Mrs. S. C. Cowen, living in Fairfield and there are many friends who will regret her death.
Note: this memorial further updated October 27/28, 2017 with DOB/DOD corrections and locations. The Missouri Certificate of Death # 24282 for Priscilla was found by another contributor to be filed under the surname "Mindenhall" instead of "Mendenhall". Using that information, the DOB/DOD can be updated on this memorial.
A relationship link to her mother also entered onto this memorial on October 27, 2017 per edit request.
A father relationship link to "Hugh Montgomery" not provided at this time - where is he at??
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This section updated July 22, 2017:
Sister of Marinda Montgomery Cowen.
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Wife of James Mendenhall.
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Obituary transcription updated August 28, 2017:
Batavia News
July 20, 1916
Page 5.
JEFFERSON COUNTY WOMAN DIES IN MISSOURI
Fairfield, July 18. - Mrs. Priscilla Mendenhall, a well known former resident of Fairfield and Batavia, passed away Saturday afternoon (sic. calculated to be July 15, 1916) at her home in West Plains, Mo., at the age of 74 years. Mrs. Mendenhall had been in ill health for over a year and her death was not unexpected.
Her husband, James Mendenhall of West Plains, and two children, Thos. of Kansas City and Mrs. Charles Phillips of Ottumwa, Ia., survive. The remains arrived in Fairfield at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening on the Rock Island railroad and were taken at once to Evergreen cemetery where Rev. A. R. Toothacre conducted a short service. Mrs. Mendenhall has a sister, Mrs. S. C. Cowen, living in Fairfield and there are many friends who will regret her death.
Note: this memorial updated July 21/22, 2017 with maiden name Montgomery per information provided by "Sue". Also, "They were from Greene County, PA.", but not certain if that was where she was born, or where the family lived prior to coming to Iowa.
Note: this memorial further updated October 27/28, 2017 with DOB/DOD corrections and locations. The Missouri Certificate of Death # 24282 for Priscilla was found by another contributor to be filed under the surname "Mindenhall" instead of "Mendenhall". Using that information, the DOB/DOD can be updated on this memorial.
A relationship link to her mother also entered onto this memorial on October 27, 2017 per edit request.
A father relationship link to "Hugh Montgomery" not provided at this time - where is he at??
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This section updated July 22, 2017:
Sister of Marinda Montgomery Cowen.
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Wife of James Mendenhall.
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Obituary transcription updated August 28, 2017:
Batavia News
July 20, 1916
Page 5.
JEFFERSON COUNTY WOMAN DIES IN MISSOURI
Fairfield, July 18. - Mrs. Priscilla Mendenhall, a well known former resident of Fairfield and Batavia, passed away Saturday afternoon (sic. calculated to be July 15, 1916) at her home in West Plains, Mo., at the age of 74 years. Mrs. Mendenhall had been in ill health for over a year and her death was not unexpected.
Her husband, James Mendenhall of West Plains, and two children, Thos. of Kansas City and Mrs. Charles Phillips of Ottumwa, Ia., survive. The remains arrived in Fairfield at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening on the Rock Island railroad and were taken at once to Evergreen cemetery where Rev. A. R. Toothacre conducted a short service. Mrs. Mendenhall has a sister, Mrs. S. C. Cowen, living in Fairfield and there are many friends who will regret her death.
Note: this memorial further updated October 27/28, 2017 with DOB/DOD corrections and locations. The Missouri Certificate of Death # 24282 for Priscilla was found by another contributor to be filed under the surname "Mindenhall" instead of "Mendenhall". Using that information, the DOB/DOD can be updated on this memorial.
A relationship link to her mother also entered onto this memorial on October 27, 2017 per edit request.
A father relationship link to "Hugh Montgomery" not provided at this time - where is he at??
---------------------
This section updated July 22, 2017:
Sister of Marinda Montgomery Cowen.
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Wife of James Mendenhall.
---------------------
Obituary transcription updated August 28, 2017:
Batavia News
July 20, 1916
Page 5.
JEFFERSON COUNTY WOMAN DIES IN MISSOURI
Fairfield, July 18. - Mrs. Priscilla Mendenhall, a well known former resident of Fairfield and Batavia, passed away Saturday afternoon (sic. calculated to be July 15, 1916) at her home in West Plains, Mo., at the age of 74 years. Mrs. Mendenhall had been in ill health for over a year and her death was not unexpected.
Her husband, James Mendenhall of West Plains, and two children, Thos. of Kansas City and Mrs. Charles Phillips of Ottumwa, Ia., survive. The remains arrived in Fairfield at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening on the Rock Island railroad and were taken at once to Evergreen cemetery where Rev. A. R. Toothacre conducted a short service. Mrs. Mendenhall has a sister, Mrs. S. C. Cowen, living in Fairfield and there are many friends who will regret her death.
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