MARIA JANE "JANE" PERRIGO was born in Adams County, Illinois the daughter of Jonathan Perrigo, Sr. and Mary Caroline Ann [Keokuk].
While a young woman she moved with her family to Jefferson Township in Clark County, Missouri where on December 16, 1860 she married DARIUS TAYLOR.
Mr.Taylor died in August 1862 in Springfield, Missouri from wounds he received in the Civil War at Lone Jack, Missouri on August 16, 1862 while fighting for the Union as a Corporal in the 7th Missouri Regiment Calvary.
On December 17, 1863 Maria Jane married WILLIAM ELWOOD in Quincy, Adams County, Illnois. William and Maria Jane Elwood had seven children together who they raised in Shelby County, Missouri on the family farm. Following Mr. Elwood's drowning in the Fabius River in 1885, Maria Jane again remarried to BERRELL J. BEVILL on February 14, 1894 in Lewis County, Missouri.
MARIA JANE PERRIGO TAYLOR ELWOOD BEVILL died around 1910. She was the mother of sons John, William and Mack Elwood and daughters Susan Elwood Schnitger, Mollie Elwood Heath, Isabelle Elwood Bowers Turner Lair, and Emma Elwood Lair.
It is said that Maria Jane could tell people's fortunes and did Indian dances and "calls" to entertain her grandchildren. She is said to have been quite a "character" and was the daughter of Caroline Ann Perrigo, herself full-blooded Native American, and reportedly one of the daughters of Chief Keokuk.
While a young woman she moved with her family to Jefferson Township in Clark County, Missouri where on December 16, 1860 she married DARIUS TAYLOR.
Mr.Taylor died in August 1862 in Springfield, Missouri from wounds he received in the Civil War at Lone Jack, Missouri on August 16, 1862 while fighting for the Union as a Corporal in the 7th Missouri Regiment Calvary.
On December 17, 1863 Maria Jane married WILLIAM ELWOOD in Quincy, Adams County, Illnois. William and Maria Jane Elwood had seven children together who they raised in Shelby County, Missouri on the family farm. Following Mr. Elwood's drowning in the Fabius River in 1885, Maria Jane again remarried to BERRELL J. BEVILL on February 14, 1894 in Lewis County, Missouri.
MARIA JANE PERRIGO TAYLOR ELWOOD BEVILL died around 1910. She was the mother of sons John, William and Mack Elwood and daughters Susan Elwood Schnitger, Mollie Elwood Heath, Isabelle Elwood Bowers Turner Lair, and Emma Elwood Lair.
It is said that Maria Jane could tell people's fortunes and did Indian dances and "calls" to entertain her grandchildren. She is said to have been quite a "character" and was the daughter of Caroline Ann Perrigo, herself full-blooded Native American, and reportedly one of the daughters of Chief Keokuk.
MARIA JANE "JANE" PERRIGO was born in Adams County, Illinois the daughter of Jonathan Perrigo, Sr. and Mary Caroline Ann [Keokuk].
While a young woman she moved with her family to Jefferson Township in Clark County, Missouri where on December 16, 1860 she married DARIUS TAYLOR.
Mr.Taylor died in August 1862 in Springfield, Missouri from wounds he received in the Civil War at Lone Jack, Missouri on August 16, 1862 while fighting for the Union as a Corporal in the 7th Missouri Regiment Calvary.
On December 17, 1863 Maria Jane married WILLIAM ELWOOD in Quincy, Adams County, Illnois. William and Maria Jane Elwood had seven children together who they raised in Shelby County, Missouri on the family farm. Following Mr. Elwood's drowning in the Fabius River in 1885, Maria Jane again remarried to BERRELL J. BEVILL on February 14, 1894 in Lewis County, Missouri.
MARIA JANE PERRIGO TAYLOR ELWOOD BEVILL died around 1910. She was the mother of sons John, William and Mack Elwood and daughters Susan Elwood Schnitger, Mollie Elwood Heath, Isabelle Elwood Bowers Turner Lair, and Emma Elwood Lair.
It is said that Maria Jane could tell people's fortunes and did Indian dances and "calls" to entertain her grandchildren. She is said to have been quite a "character" and was the daughter of Caroline Ann Perrigo, herself full-blooded Native American, and reportedly one of the daughters of Chief Keokuk.
While a young woman she moved with her family to Jefferson Township in Clark County, Missouri where on December 16, 1860 she married DARIUS TAYLOR.
Mr.Taylor died in August 1862 in Springfield, Missouri from wounds he received in the Civil War at Lone Jack, Missouri on August 16, 1862 while fighting for the Union as a Corporal in the 7th Missouri Regiment Calvary.
On December 17, 1863 Maria Jane married WILLIAM ELWOOD in Quincy, Adams County, Illnois. William and Maria Jane Elwood had seven children together who they raised in Shelby County, Missouri on the family farm. Following Mr. Elwood's drowning in the Fabius River in 1885, Maria Jane again remarried to BERRELL J. BEVILL on February 14, 1894 in Lewis County, Missouri.
MARIA JANE PERRIGO TAYLOR ELWOOD BEVILL died around 1910. She was the mother of sons John, William and Mack Elwood and daughters Susan Elwood Schnitger, Mollie Elwood Heath, Isabelle Elwood Bowers Turner Lair, and Emma Elwood Lair.
It is said that Maria Jane could tell people's fortunes and did Indian dances and "calls" to entertain her grandchildren. She is said to have been quite a "character" and was the daughter of Caroline Ann Perrigo, herself full-blooded Native American, and reportedly one of the daughters of Chief Keokuk.
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