The obituary for Nancy Heath McComas was in the Platte City Reveille 22 July 1870 and read:
Another Pioneer Woman Dies
On Wednesday, the 13th inst. Mrs. Nancy D. McComas, wife of Mr. Burk McComas of this county, died of rheumatism of the heart, aged fifty-five years, 11 months and thirteen days. Mrs. McComas was born in Virginia in 1814, where she was raised and married. She emigrated to Platte with her husband in 1840 and has resided here continuously ever since. She reared a family of eleven children, eight boys and three girls--all of whom are residents of Platte County, and were with the good mother when she died. Mrs. McComas was a consistent and exemplary member of the Methodist Church, and was warmly beloved and reverenced in the circle of her acquaintance.
The obituary for Nancy Heath McComas was in the Platte City Reveille 22 July 1870 and read:
Another Pioneer Woman Dies
On Wednesday, the 13th inst. Mrs. Nancy D. McComas, wife of Mr. Burk McComas of this county, died of rheumatism of the heart, aged fifty-five years, 11 months and thirteen days. Mrs. McComas was born in Virginia in 1814, where she was raised and married. She emigrated to Platte with her husband in 1840 and has resided here continuously ever since. She reared a family of eleven children, eight boys and three girls--all of whom are residents of Platte County, and were with the good mother when she died. Mrs. McComas was a consistent and exemplary member of the Methodist Church, and was warmly beloved and reverenced in the circle of her acquaintance.
Family Members
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Pembrook McComas
1833–1927
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Judge Stephen McComas
1835–1913
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Elisha McComas
1837–1911
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Moses McComas
1839–1907
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Sanders W McComas
1841–1914
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Julia A. McComas Miller
1843–1913
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James Edward McComas
1845–1913
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Israel Heath McComas
1848–1925
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Elizabeth Melvina McComas Miller
1851–1904
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Mary F. McComas Kimsey
1854–1912
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Hiram McComas
1856–1931
