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Mary Emma Gillespie Porterfield

Birth: 11 May 1878
Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, USA
Death: 9 Dec 1909 (aged 31)
Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Burial: Wilson Mesa Cemetery

San Miguel County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 25788254 View Source

Addl info courtesy of GSchmitt: Mary Emma Gillespie was born 11 May 1878, at Goose Creek of Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho to Robert Hemphill Gillespie Jr and Phoebe Delila Hickman. She died 9 December 1909 in Telluride, San Miguel, Colorado. Her husband is given as Lafayette Porterfield in the Stolworthy family records.

Addl info courtesy of rharper: The Lafayette Porterfield mentioned above as the husband of Mary Emma Gillespie was actually her son, Lafayette Todd Porterfield, Jr. born 10 Jan 1899 at Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado.
Mary Emma's husband was Lafayette Todd Porterfield Sr. born 11 Dec 1872 at Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. Lafayette Sr. died 31 Oct 1943 at Durango, La Plate County, Colorado. Lafayette Sr. married Edith B. Yates on 21 Aug 1912 at San Miguel County, Colorado.

Addl info courtesy of GSchmitt: Mary Emma Gillespie was born 11 May 1878, at Goose Creek of Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho to Robert Hemphill Gillespie Jr and Phoebe Delila Hickman. She died 9 December 1909 in Telluride, San Miguel, Colorado. Her husband is given as Lafayette Porterfield in the Stolworthy family records.

Addl info courtesy of rharper: The Lafayette Porterfield mentioned above as the husband of Mary Emma Gillespie was actually her son, Lafayette Todd Porterfield, Jr. born 10 Jan 1899 at Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado.
Mary Emma's husband was Lafayette Todd Porterfield Sr. born 11 Dec 1872 at Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. Lafayette Sr. died 31 Oct 1943 at Durango, La Plate County, Colorado. Lafayette Sr. married Edith B. Yates on 21 Aug 1912 at San Miguel County, Colorado.

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County listing: Mary Emma (Gillispie) Porterfield

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Lafayette Todd Porterfield Sr

1872–1943 (m. 1896)

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Maintained by: Larry H.
Originally Created by: Luie
Added: Apr 6, 2008
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25788254/mary_emma-porterfield: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Emma Gillespie Porterfield (11 May 1878–9 Dec 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25788254, citing Wilson Mesa Cemetery, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Larry H. (contributor 47183068).

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