Mandy met William Riley "Bill" Rose, tall with dark complexion; he was handsome man with a black hair and a mustache. They were married and had their first son Johnny Rose Oct 13, 1881. The following spring Bill and Mandy put 142 acres in millet with the price going at $2.25 per bushel.
By summer of '84 Bill and Mandy had two more children Alex and Myrtle born August 31, 1884.
Mandy's husband Bill Rose died on his 30th birthday Mar 25, 1886 and was buried in the Courtney Cem.
Mandy lived as a widow for seven years after her husband Bill died. Her twelve year old son Johnny earned extra income chopping wood and saw after his younger siblings Alec and Myrtle while Mandy worked in the fields.
In a tragic accident Johnny died Sept 10, 1893 after securing a bottle of carbolic acid (used for doctoring worms in cattle) from the Petersburg store. Riding horseback the bottle spilled on his shirt and after breathing the fumes he fell from his horse at a neighbor's home. Sending for Mandy, she remained by his side as he suffered three days for his death.
Mandy married William Wallace "Bill" Burge in 1894; he was a handsome fellow, tall, with dark hair and a black handle bar mustache. They left the Courtney Petersburg area in the late 1890s for the Big Blue River in Pontotoc County of Indian Territory.
Mandy met William Riley "Bill" Rose, tall with dark complexion; he was handsome man with a black hair and a mustache. They were married and had their first son Johnny Rose Oct 13, 1881. The following spring Bill and Mandy put 142 acres in millet with the price going at $2.25 per bushel.
By summer of '84 Bill and Mandy had two more children Alex and Myrtle born August 31, 1884.
Mandy's husband Bill Rose died on his 30th birthday Mar 25, 1886 and was buried in the Courtney Cem.
Mandy lived as a widow for seven years after her husband Bill died. Her twelve year old son Johnny earned extra income chopping wood and saw after his younger siblings Alec and Myrtle while Mandy worked in the fields.
In a tragic accident Johnny died Sept 10, 1893 after securing a bottle of carbolic acid (used for doctoring worms in cattle) from the Petersburg store. Riding horseback the bottle spilled on his shirt and after breathing the fumes he fell from his horse at a neighbor's home. Sending for Mandy, she remained by his side as he suffered three days for his death.
Mandy married William Wallace "Bill" Burge in 1894; he was a handsome fellow, tall, with dark hair and a black handle bar mustache. They left the Courtney Petersburg area in the late 1890s for the Big Blue River in Pontotoc County of Indian Territory.
Gravesite Details
Cemetery confirmed that the grave is unmarked
Family Members
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Nancy Elender Hancock McCarty
1839–1879
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Martha Elizabeth Hancock Dorsett
1840–1930
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Mary Jane Hancock Downs
1844–1901
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Charles Wesley Hancock
1846 – unknown
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Milly Ann Hancock Ellis
1847–1881
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George Oliver "Doc" Hancock
1849–1896
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John Jackson Hancock
1850–1931
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Sarah Josaphine "Jo" Hancock Cook
1852–1894
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Thomas Lee Mackey Hancock
1858–1879
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Bethany Harris Hancock Burns
1859–1943
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Robert Jefferson Davis Hancock
1861–1941
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