Mary Olive "Ollie" Curns was the daughter of Robert Freeman Curns and Eliza Ellen Gunsallus. Her mother died when she was 13. Her father was a veteran with three years of service during the Civil War. By 1886 he was an invalid and started receiving his Army pension. In 1897 he requested that his children be taken into one of the schools Pennsylvania established for orphans of Civil War veterans.
Mary Olive, the oldest of the three, was too old for admittance as a student but was given a job as an employee at Brookville Soldier's Home (today it's Pennsylvania Memorial Home) for soldiers and their widows in Brookville, Jefferson, PA.
Her name was given as Mary O. Curns. The home was managed by John and Eva Evans. Eva Evans was responsible for admitting Mary's siblings, Bessie and George Curns, to the Soldiers' Orphans School in Uniontown, Fayette, PA.
Mary was mentioned in her mother's obituary in 1894 as well as her father's obituary in December 1900.
Brookville Memorial Homes was visited July 26, 1900 by Mr. Biddle of Board of Public Charities. "Forty-six inmates were accommodated in this home at this time. The family was divided as follows, old soldiers and their wives, 10; mothers, widows and sisters of soldiers,11; child of soldiers, 15. "
Sometime after 1900 Mary apparently went to Cleveland to work with the Gospel Worker Society. Her grave and burial was paid for by the Incorporated Trustees of the Gospel Worker Society. She died of pneumonia.
Contributor: Wayne Andrews (47086496) • [email protected]
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I was unable to find an obituary for Mary online at Cleveland News Index or genealogybank.com. I confirmed Mary's date of death with the cemetery.
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See obits online at Cleveland News Index and Cleveland.com/obits. Also see my profile for other resources.
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Mary Olive, the oldest of the three, was too old for admittance as a student but was given a job as an employee at Brookville Soldier's Home (today it's Pennsylvania Memorial Home) for soldiers and their widows in Brookville, Jefferson, PA.
Her name was given as Mary O. Curns. The home was managed by John and Eva Evans. Eva Evans was responsible for admitting Mary's siblings, Bessie and George Curns, to the Soldiers' Orphans School in Uniontown, Fayette, PA.
Mary was mentioned in her mother's obituary in 1894 as well as her father's obituary in December 1900.
Brookville Memorial Homes was visited July 26, 1900 by Mr. Biddle of Board of Public Charities. "Forty-six inmates were accommodated in this home at this time. The family was divided as follows, old soldiers and their wives, 10; mothers, widows and sisters of soldiers,11; child of soldiers, 15. "
Sometime after 1900 Mary apparently went to Cleveland to work with the Gospel Worker Society. Her grave and burial was paid for by the Incorporated Trustees of the Gospel Worker Society. She died of pneumonia.
Contributor: Wayne Andrews (47086496) • [email protected]
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I was unable to find an obituary for Mary online at Cleveland News Index or genealogybank.com. I confirmed Mary's date of death with the cemetery.
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See obits online at Cleveland News Index and Cleveland.com/obits. Also see my profile for other resources.
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Mary Olive "Ollie" Curns was the daughter of Robert Freeman Curns and Eliza Ellen Gunsallus. Her mother died when she was 13. Her father was a veteran with three years of service during the Civil War. By 1886 he was an invalid and started receiving his Army pension. In 1897 he requested that his children be taken into one of the schools Pennsylvania established for orphans of Civil War veterans.
Mary Olive, the oldest of the three, was too old for admittance as a student but was given a job as an employee at Brookville Soldier's Home (today it's Pennsylvania Memorial Home) for soldiers and their widows in Brookville, Jefferson, PA.
Her name was given as Mary O. Curns. The home was managed by John and Eva Evans. Eva Evans was responsible for admitting Mary's siblings, Bessie and George Curns, to the Soldiers' Orphans School in Uniontown, Fayette, PA.
Mary was mentioned in her mother's obituary in 1894 as well as her father's obituary in December 1900.
Brookville Memorial Homes was visited July 26, 1900 by Mr. Biddle of Board of Public Charities. "Forty-six inmates were accommodated in this home at this time. The family was divided as follows, old soldiers and their wives, 10; mothers, widows and sisters of soldiers,11; child of soldiers, 15. "
Sometime after 1900 Mary apparently went to Cleveland to work with the Gospel Worker Society. Her grave and burial was paid for by the Incorporated Trustees of the Gospel Worker Society. She died of pneumonia.
Contributor: Wayne Andrews (47086496) • [email protected]
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I was unable to find an obituary for Mary online at Cleveland News Index or genealogybank.com. I confirmed Mary's date of death with the cemetery.
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See obits online at Cleveland News Index and Cleveland.com/obits. Also see my profile for other resources.
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Mary Olive, the oldest of the three, was too old for admittance as a student but was given a job as an employee at Brookville Soldier's Home (today it's Pennsylvania Memorial Home) for soldiers and their widows in Brookville, Jefferson, PA.
Her name was given as Mary O. Curns. The home was managed by John and Eva Evans. Eva Evans was responsible for admitting Mary's siblings, Bessie and George Curns, to the Soldiers' Orphans School in Uniontown, Fayette, PA.
Mary was mentioned in her mother's obituary in 1894 as well as her father's obituary in December 1900.
Brookville Memorial Homes was visited July 26, 1900 by Mr. Biddle of Board of Public Charities. "Forty-six inmates were accommodated in this home at this time. The family was divided as follows, old soldiers and their wives, 10; mothers, widows and sisters of soldiers,11; child of soldiers, 15. "
Sometime after 1900 Mary apparently went to Cleveland to work with the Gospel Worker Society. Her grave and burial was paid for by the Incorporated Trustees of the Gospel Worker Society. She died of pneumonia.
Contributor: Wayne Andrews (47086496) • [email protected]
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I was unable to find an obituary for Mary online at Cleveland News Index or genealogybank.com. I confirmed Mary's date of death with the cemetery.
-------
See obits online at Cleveland News Index and Cleveland.com/obits. Also see my profile for other resources.
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