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Ollie <I>Lessert</I> McWilliams

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Ollie Lessert McWilliams

Birth
Laporte, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
Death
12 Dec 1892 (aged 25)
Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot 45
Memorial ID
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Born on the "Cache la Poudre" @ Laporte. When her husband was banned from Pine Ridge for negative behavior with neighbors, she became head of household. He was allowed visits and she conceived two of his children during visits in spite of him being banned from the reservation. She was pregnant with their fourth child when she died at 41. Her parents Emily and Louis Benjamin Lessert then take in and raise the three children, Agnes, Isabelle and Benjamin.aged 25 at time of passing
Born on the "Cache la Poudre" @ Laporte. When her husband was banned from Pine Ridge for negative behavior with neighbors, she became head of household. He was allowed visits and she conceived two of his children during visits in spite of him being banned from the reservation. She was pregnant with their fourth child when she died at 41. Her parents Emily and Louis Benjamin Lessert then take in and raise the three children, Agnes, Isabelle and Benjamin.aged 25 at time of passing

Inscription

"She sleeps in the valley so sweet, But her spirit has taken to flight, Lo! her form is but dust neath our feet, While she is an angel in flight."



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