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Submitted: 1/4/19 • Approved: 1/8/19 • Last Updated: 1/11/19 • R816332-G0-S3
26 Apr 1857 Hurley, Stone County, Missouri
26 Mar 1859 (aged 1) Hurley, Stone County, Missouri
Her sister was named Sarah. Mary had been given a pioneer rattler, a gourd, to play with and as she chewed on the neck of the gourd, a piece lodged in her throat and she choked to death. The stone from the little grave has been gone for a good many years but this is what was on it:
Mary E.
Daughter of John and Lydia Short
Born April 26, 1857
Died March 26, 1859
Contributed on 1/4/19 by Stonecountyskillet
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