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Submitted: 10/4/13 • Approved: 8/9/16 • Last Updated: 3/12/18 • R9808-G9807-S3
Israel
June 12, 1831 - January 12, 1891
Born in Warren County, Ohio & died in Cimarron, Gray County, Kansas
Son of James E & Sarah Brandenburg Egbert
Mary
August 14, 1840 - November 4, 1925 (Gravestone death date is incorrect)
Born in Johnson County, Indiana and died in Cimarron, Gray County, Kansas
Wife of Israel Egbert
Daughter of Harvey & Eliza Dwight Foster Coleman
*Obituary
Jacksonian Newspaper, Cimarron, Kansas
November 5, 1925
Mrs Mary Egbert at the home of her son J H Egbert, after an illness of two weeks following a stroke of paralysis. She was born in Johnson County, Indiana, August 14, 1840 and passed away November 4, 1925 aged 85 years, 2 months & 20 days.
Mrs Egbert came to Gray County in 1886 with her husband & was one of the pioneers who helped build the country and remained despite the hardships met by the pioneer. She was a member of the Baptist church of Morgantown, Indiana, from the time she was 19 years old.
She leaves to mourn her loss five children, with their families: J H Egbert, P C Egbert of this community, Ed Egbert of Wichita, Mrs Lydia Matthews of Cincinnati and Mrs Dessie Wilcox of Oceanside, California.
Children:
Sarah Eliza Egbert Matthews
Emma Ann Egbert
James Harvey Egbert
Horatio Seymour Egbert
Rachel Adelaide Egbert
Edwin Dwight Egbert
George Gilbert Egbert
Dessie Gertrude Egbert Wilcox
Pierre Collie Egbert
Photo Of Mary Elizabeth Coleman Egbert Provided By David Peterson
David.Peterson7401@comcast.net
Gravestone photo provided By Leon Barton
Contributed on 10/4/13
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Record #: 9808