Bly, Mrs. Mary 1833-1898

BLY, MOSES

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Akron Tribune
August 4, 1898

DIED.
BLY.—On Monday, August 1, 1898, at the home of her son, Frank Bly, Mrs. Mary
Bly, aged sixty-five years.

Deceased had been for several years an acute sufferer from asthma, which was
the immediate cause of her death.

Mary Moses was born in Warren county, N.Y., in 1833, and in the year 1850
was married to Lewis Bly at the same place. Seven children were born unto
them, five of whom are living. Wm. And Frank Bly, of Akron, being sons. The
family moved to Howard county, Iowa, in 1865, and from there to Union
county, S.D., in 1870. The husband and father died there in 1878, since
which time deceased has resided on the old homestead.

When a young girl, Mrs. Bly became converted to the faith of the Wesleyan
Methodist church, but upon coming to Union county, joined the United
Brethren, of which she remained a devout and faithful member.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Morehead, pastor of the United
Brethren church and the remains interred in the Pleasant Hill cemetery in
Union county, S.D.