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Marcella Jones

Female - 1924


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  • Name Marcella Jones 
    Birth Plymouth, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 3 Nov 1924  South Bend, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Walkerton, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I5962  Carl
    Last Modified 20 May 2012 

    Family Twin James K. Smith,   b. 25 Jan 1842, Laporte, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1894, South Bend, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 9 Oct 1866  Starke County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. William Smith,   b. 1869   d. Bef 3 Nov 1924, Prob. South Bend, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     2. Harry Smith,   b. 1879
    Family ID F1941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2014 

  • Notes 
    • NOTE: The two newspaper articles give Marcella two different years of age. The South Bend Tribune stated she was 82; the Walkerton Independent, stated she was born December 18, 1857 in Plymouth, Indiana. As the 1880 census of Walkerton, St. Jo seph, Indiana gives her age as 37, the South Bend Tribune article more closely resembles what her actual age at death would be. Also, her marriage record indicates she was married in 1866; obviously, not possible if she wasn't born until 1857.

  • Sources 
    1. [S422] South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, page 1, Section 1, November 3, 1924 (Reliability: 3).
      "Mrs. Marcella Smith, age 82, a widown, 1813 Linden Ave., is dead as the result of having been accidentally asphyxiated sometime this morning, by gas escaping from an oven jet in the kitchen of the residence of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Willia m Smith, also a widow, with whom she lived."

    2. [S422] South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, page 5, section 1, November 4, 1924 (Reliability: 3).
      "Funeral services for Mrs. Marcella Smith, 1813 Linden Avenue, who was accidentally asphyxiated Monday morning at her home, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the A.M. Russell Chapel. H.R. Paxton, Christian Science reader, officia ting and at 2:30 o'clock at Walkerton, this county. Burial will be in the Walkerton Cemetary."

    3. [S422] South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, page 5, section 1, November 4, 1924 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S486] Starke County, Indiana Marriage Records, 1850-1890, page 29 (Reliability: 3).
      Smith, James K. to Marcella Jones, October 9, 1866


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