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Mary Elsie <I>Cowgill</I> Richard

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Mary Elsie Cowgill Richard

Birth
Death
31 Mar 1925 (aged 41)
North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Burial
North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
1-276-2
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Daughter of William Cowgill and Eliza Wright. She married Clarence George Richard in Dec. 1907. Her death left a large family of young children motherless.

Mary's death certificate and grave marker show her name as Mary E. Richard, but the surname "Richards" is also often used. She died of pulmonary tuberculosis and was divorced (informant was Mrs. Bert Grossnickle). Her name is posted here as engraved on her marker.

News Item:
Charges Non-Support; Asks Decree
Wabash, Ind., April 8 - A divorce and custody of five children is asked in a complaint filed in circuit court Friday by Mrs. Mary Richard against her husband, Clarence Richard. The couple was married in 1907 and separated last November. The wife charges non-support and says her father, William Cowgill, has supported her. She was granted a restraining order to keep her husband away from the father's home pending action on the suit. (Fort Wayne News Sentinel; April 8, 1922)

1920 Residing Chester Twp, Wabash Co., IN. Clarence and Mary were the parents of Orvis, Edna, Josephine, Vivian and Dortha.
Daughter of William Cowgill and Eliza Wright. She married Clarence George Richard in Dec. 1907. Her death left a large family of young children motherless.

Mary's death certificate and grave marker show her name as Mary E. Richard, but the surname "Richards" is also often used. She died of pulmonary tuberculosis and was divorced (informant was Mrs. Bert Grossnickle). Her name is posted here as engraved on her marker.

News Item:
Charges Non-Support; Asks Decree
Wabash, Ind., April 8 - A divorce and custody of five children is asked in a complaint filed in circuit court Friday by Mrs. Mary Richard against her husband, Clarence Richard. The couple was married in 1907 and separated last November. The wife charges non-support and says her father, William Cowgill, has supported her. She was granted a restraining order to keep her husband away from the father's home pending action on the suit. (Fort Wayne News Sentinel; April 8, 1922)

1920 Residing Chester Twp, Wabash Co., IN. Clarence and Mary were the parents of Orvis, Edna, Josephine, Vivian and Dortha.


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  • Created by: OPPSheryl
  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46918515/mary_elsie-richard: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Elsie Cowgill Richard (17 Nov 1883–31 Mar 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 46918515, citing Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by OPPSheryl (contributor 47070645).