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Mary Ann <I>O'Connor</I> Lawless

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Mary Ann O'Connor Lawless

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Canada
Death
2 Nov 1923 (aged 70)
Beresford, Union County, South Dakota, USA
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Beresford, Union County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Mary Ann was the daughter of James and Bridget (Jennings) O'Connor. She was born near Montreal and came with her parents to New Lisbon, Wisconsin. In 1872, she drove across the country with her brother, Mike, and homesteaded what later became the James O'Connor farm. She later taught several terms of school.

On February 3, 1880, Mary Ann married James Lawless at Jefferson, Dakota Territory. She and her husband had eleven children. A pair of their twins died in infancy; and, three of their children died during the diptheria epidemic of 1890.

Mary Ann was described as being an exceptional woman who always offered aid whenever a neighbor was sick. She was said to have been such a good woman that her death threw her entire area of town into mourning. All of her living children were at her bedside when she died.
Mary Ann was the daughter of James and Bridget (Jennings) O'Connor. She was born near Montreal and came with her parents to New Lisbon, Wisconsin. In 1872, she drove across the country with her brother, Mike, and homesteaded what later became the James O'Connor farm. She later taught several terms of school.

On February 3, 1880, Mary Ann married James Lawless at Jefferson, Dakota Territory. She and her husband had eleven children. A pair of their twins died in infancy; and, three of their children died during the diptheria epidemic of 1890.

Mary Ann was described as being an exceptional woman who always offered aid whenever a neighbor was sick. She was said to have been such a good woman that her death threw her entire area of town into mourning. All of her living children were at her bedside when she died.

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  • Created by: Brian M. Hass
  • Added: Sep 24, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6800013/mary_ann-lawless: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Ann O'Connor Lawless (1 Mar 1853–2 Nov 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6800013, citing Saint Johns Cemetery, Beresford, Union County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Brian M. Hass (contributor 46547457).