• General Notes

  Alias:<ALIA> /Molly/
  REFN: 209
  Obituary for Mary states that she died at her home in Chicago, Ill. of
  pneumonia.  She was born in Ohio and moved to Marengo, IA which her
  parents when she was but eight years of age.  Here they continued to
  reside for one year and then moved to the home farm in Cono township this
  county.  Here she passed the remainder of her girlhood days.  In 1872 she
  was married to Mr. C.A. Simmons, an active and prosperous young business
  man of Marengo and the happy young couple began housekeeping in Marengo
  where they continued to reside except for a brief interval at Denver,
  Colorado, until 1899 when the family moved to Chicago where they
  continued to reside and where the deceased passed away after a brief
  illness of but five days.  The remains were brought to Marengo for
  interment and a most impressive funeral service was held from the First
  Presbyterian Church .  **** All was made more sorrowful because of the
  affliction of the father preventing his presence at the funeral.

Details of Mary's family with Charles Alonzo Simmons