Mary Catherine SHERMAN, daughter of Henry SHERMAN and Mary NAZOR; born 27 July 1831, Newcastle, (county uncertain), PA (obituary) [could be Richland Co., OH]; died Wednesday at age 79 years, 2 months, 1 day, 28 Sept 1910, Knoxville, Marion Co., IA; buried 30 September 1910, Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa.
John REAVER and Mary Catherine SHERMAN were married 06 July 1854, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Source: Marriage register from probate court in Franklin Co., OH. John was the son of (parents unknown).
In some records she is referred to as "Mary C. Reaver or Mrs. John Reaver."
OBITUARY of Mary Catherine (SHERMAN) REAVER.
Name of Newspaper: Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa
Date of Newspaper: 30 September 1910
"MARY C. REAVER
Mrs. Mary C. Reaver, widow of the late John Reaver, one of the very early pioneers of Knoxville, died at the home of her son, Frank V. Reaver, in this city, at 10:30 Wednesday evening, aged 79 years, 2 months and 1 day. Death resulted from uraemic acid poisoning following a stroke of paralysis which occurred last May.
Mary C. Sherman was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1831; married John Reaver at Columbus, Ohio, about 1853, and came to Iowa in 1856. Her husband died July 3, 1894. For the past 16 years, up to the time of her recent return to Knoxville, Mrs. Reaver had been a resident of Des Moines, but always retained an interest in Knoxville people.
She leaves three sons and six grandchildren. The sons are F. V. Reaver, Knoxville; J. O. Reaver, Des Moines and C. A. Reaver, Eldora; all of whom, with their families, are in the city.
Mrs. Reaver was a member of the Christian church; a good neighbor and a kind and loving mother, one who had scores of friends.
The funeral services will be held at the F. V. Reaver home today (Friday, 30 Sept 1910) at 2:30, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Idleman, of Des Moines. Interment in Graceland cemetery."
NOTES:
Further research on todays map of PA shows that New Castle is in Lawrence Co., PA, which is right on the border of Ohio. However, Lawrence Co. was not created until 1850 from Beaver Co. (below Lawrence Co.) and Mercer Co. (above Lawrence Co.). Therefore, in 1831, the area of New Castle had different boundary lines.
Mary's death occured just over seven months after the daughter Fannie Jane (REAVER) AYRES died 16 Feb. 1910, in the Knoxville, IA.
Mary Catherine SHERMAN, daughter of Henry SHERMAN and Mary NAZOR; born 27 July 1831, Newcastle, (county uncertain), PA (obituary) [could be Richland Co., OH]; died Wednesday at age 79 years, 2 months, 1 day, 28 Sept 1910, Knoxville, Marion Co., IA; buried 30 September 1910, Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa.
John REAVER and Mary Catherine SHERMAN were married 06 July 1854, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Source: Marriage register from probate court in Franklin Co., OH. John was the son of (parents unknown).
In some records she is referred to as "Mary C. Reaver or Mrs. John Reaver."
OBITUARY of Mary Catherine (SHERMAN) REAVER.
Name of Newspaper: Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa
Date of Newspaper: 30 September 1910
"MARY C. REAVER
Mrs. Mary C. Reaver, widow of the late John Reaver, one of the very early pioneers of Knoxville, died at the home of her son, Frank V. Reaver, in this city, at 10:30 Wednesday evening, aged 79 years, 2 months and 1 day. Death resulted from uraemic acid poisoning following a stroke of paralysis which occurred last May.
Mary C. Sherman was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1831; married John Reaver at Columbus, Ohio, about 1853, and came to Iowa in 1856. Her husband died July 3, 1894. For the past 16 years, up to the time of her recent return to Knoxville, Mrs. Reaver had been a resident of Des Moines, but always retained an interest in Knoxville people.
She leaves three sons and six grandchildren. The sons are F. V. Reaver, Knoxville; J. O. Reaver, Des Moines and C. A. Reaver, Eldora; all of whom, with their families, are in the city.
Mrs. Reaver was a member of the Christian church; a good neighbor and a kind and loving mother, one who had scores of friends.
The funeral services will be held at the F. V. Reaver home today (Friday, 30 Sept 1910) at 2:30, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Idleman, of Des Moines. Interment in Graceland cemetery."
NOTES:
Further research on todays map of PA shows that New Castle is in Lawrence Co., PA, which is right on the border of Ohio. However, Lawrence Co. was not created until 1850 from Beaver Co. (below Lawrence Co.) and Mercer Co. (above Lawrence Co.). Therefore, in 1831, the area of New Castle had different boundary lines.
Mary's death occured just over seven months after the daughter Fannie Jane (REAVER) AYRES died 16 Feb. 1910, in the Knoxville, IA.
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