unsubscibe ----- Original Message ----- From: <Alohawahine75@aol.com> To: <BURNS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: [BURNS] Death of Mrs. Margaret Mahala (Burns) Kitselman ~ born ? > Good evening to everyone, > > I would like to ask for a little help from the Burns surname community > please. The newspaper article below states that Margaret was born in > Mergo County, > Ohio. Being an Ohioian myself I know there is no such county, don''t > think > there is a county in the United States with that name. Is there anyone > that > knows of her and or her family to tell me what county she was born in? I > found her > in 1860 in Wayne County, Indiana, at the age of 15 living with a > Mendenhall > family, was she related to them or just a boarder? She was living just > down > from the man she married, John C. Kitselman, he was 17 at the time. > > I have no connection to her and or the family that I know of. I do a lot > of > re-posting of articles at genealogy.com just to help everyone, and I don't > want > to put any misinformation out on the web if I can help it. Take a look and > see if you can help me, please. > > Thank you, Deborah Stanley > > The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa > Thursday, February 22, 1906 > > MRS. MARGARET M. KITSELMAN died at her home in this city on Wednesday > evening, February 14, 1906, at 10:30 o'clock, after an illness of several > weeks with > asthma and heart trouble. Largely attended funeral services conducted by > Rev. > W.S. McCullagh were held at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday morning at > ten o'clock, after which interment took place in the Chariton Cemetery. > > MARGARET MAHALA BURNS was born in Mergo County, Ohio, on August 27, 1847. > She was married in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, on November 16, 1869, > to > JOHN C. KITSELMAN who passed away in this city on June 14, 1897. They were > the > parents of seven children, one of whom died in infancy. Those who survive > are > MRS. ETTA KIMSEY of this city, ALBERT and EDGAR of Wheatland, North > Dakota, > FRANK of Rawlins, Wyo., ALFRED of Peoria, Ill., and WILLMER of Galesburg, > Ill. > > MRS. KITSELMAN had been an active member of the Presbyterian Church for > sixteen years and was a faithful, devoted worker. She possessed a kind and > pleasant disposition and her friends were numbered by her acquaintances. > Her death > is sincerely mourned and the sorrowing children have the sympathy of the > entire > community. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > September 28, 2004 > iggy29@rnetinc.net > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm > posted at this site with Nancee's permission > > > > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >