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Melissa M. <I>Stewart</I> Beggs

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Melissa M. Stewart Beggs

Birth
Death
30 Mar 1885 (aged 18)
Burial
Colfax, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Wife of G.G. Beggs

Note:
Unknown where her husband is buried, as he
is not listed in this cemetery.

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Information from Our Heritage (Feb 2004)--Van Zandt Co., Genealogical Society Vol. 25, No. 1:
"Texas Methodist Newspaper" May 16, 1885 Vol. XXXI #35: Mary M. Beggs was born September 9, 1866. Her maiden name was Stewart. She was married to Robert Beggs December 27, 1884; professed religion and joined the M.E. Church, South, at camp-meeting in the fall of 1880, and died at her grandmother's in Van Zandt Co., Texas, March 31, 1885. A.J. Gray

Texan Telephone (April 11, 1885): "Mrs. M.M. Beggs died on the 31st inst. and was buried at Tunnell's Chapel on the 1st. She had been sick for some time, and was attended by two of our best physicians, but to no purpose. She leaves numerous relationship to mourn her loss."
Note: Tunnell's Chapel changed to Colfax Cemetery.
Wife of G.G. Beggs

Note:
Unknown where her husband is buried, as he
is not listed in this cemetery.

~

Information from Our Heritage (Feb 2004)--Van Zandt Co., Genealogical Society Vol. 25, No. 1:
"Texas Methodist Newspaper" May 16, 1885 Vol. XXXI #35: Mary M. Beggs was born September 9, 1866. Her maiden name was Stewart. She was married to Robert Beggs December 27, 1884; professed religion and joined the M.E. Church, South, at camp-meeting in the fall of 1880, and died at her grandmother's in Van Zandt Co., Texas, March 31, 1885. A.J. Gray

Texan Telephone (April 11, 1885): "Mrs. M.M. Beggs died on the 31st inst. and was buried at Tunnell's Chapel on the 1st. She had been sick for some time, and was attended by two of our best physicians, but to no purpose. She leaves numerous relationship to mourn her loss."
Note: Tunnell's Chapel changed to Colfax Cemetery.

Gravesite Details

Very old stone, has been broken into 4 pieces and looks to have been put back together, base also broken



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