Mary Amanda (Howard) Alger (1894)
ALGER, HOWARD, MERCER
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 2/24/2008 at 08:33:23
Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Friday, April 27, 1894, page 5Obituaries - Husband and Wife
Died, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Mercer, on Monday, January 22d, 1894, Mrs. Mary A. Alger, in the seventy-first year of her age.
Mary A. Howard was born May 2d, 1823, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, was married to Simeon Alger in 1838, and moved to Iowa in the spring of 1853, where they have made their home ever since. They had had born to them five daughters, three of whom are still living. Mary A. Alger united with the M. E. church many years ago, and has lived a consistent Christian ever since.
Note: Burial was made in the Fairview cemetery.
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