Mary Ann (Knewstubb) McConnell 1855-1939
Darlington, Wisconsin
Died 17 December 1939
OBITUARY --- McCONNELL
Mary Ann Knewstubb, daughter of William and Sarah Knewstubb was born
near Scales Mound, Illinois, on January 25, 1855, and died at
Darlington, Wisconsin, on December 17, 1939, at the age of 84 years, 10
months and 22 days.
On September 27, 1874, she was married to William Henry McConnell of
Wiota, Wis., and lived on a farm in that township until 1907, when they
moved to this city, when her husband was elected County Clerk. She was
preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1924, and one son,
William, who died in infancy. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. N.
W. Bower, Darlington, and Mrs. James Ray, of Lamont; also by five sons,
Dennis, Grover, and Lester of Wiota, Ernest and Robert Earl of
Darlington, and twenty-two grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
Also surviving her are two sisters, Mrs. John D. Sweeney of Argyle,
Wis., and Mrs. James Alderson of Creswell, Oregon, and three brothers,
John Knewstubb of Dodgeville, Wis., Thomas Knewstubb of Wiota, and
Robert Knewstubb of Sheldon, Wis.
She was a member of the former Congregational church of this city, the
Wimodaughsis Chapter No. 93, O.E.S. and Woman's Relief Corps. She was
president of the Ladies' Aid of her church for a number of years and an
officer of the W.R.C.
The funeral was held from the Nelson Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon,
conducted by the Rev. E. J. Jeffrey, pastor of the M.E. church. Six
grandsons were casket bearers.
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Submitter: Linda Ziemann--From the Family Scrapbooks of my Grandmother's first cousin, Fern Chapman Cooper, who was a “keeper.” She kept scrapbooks for years.