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Louisa Matilda <I>Smith</I> Riffe

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Louisa Matilda Smith Riffe

Birth
Lawrence County, Missouri, USA
Death
20 Aug 1935 (aged 70)
Everton, Dade County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Everton, Dade County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.3294538, Longitude: -93.6818133
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Louisa suffered so much loss in her life with the early deaths of at least three of her children and her husband. She buried her husband in January 1919, when just a month earlier in December 1918 she apparently got news of her oldest child, Mary, who died in Colorado Springs, CO and was buried there. Then in February of 1920 her oldest son, Charley, died at the age of 27 with pneumonia caused by influenza. In March 1922, she buried her son William Andrew, at the age of 30 years. In October of 1929 she buried her youngest child, Dollie, who was just 25 years old. Dollie died of Tuberculosis Meningitis. Lenora "Ora" died in 1929 leaving a husband and three young children. This was such a sad time for Louisa. In 1935, Aunt Louisa died from cancer of the face and neck.

Her son, McKinley, lived a long life as he apparently lived out his life in Everton, Dade County, Missouri where he was born and lived to be 81 years old. I cannot find whether McKinley was married and had a family.
Louisa suffered so much loss in her life with the early deaths of at least three of her children and her husband. She buried her husband in January 1919, when just a month earlier in December 1918 she apparently got news of her oldest child, Mary, who died in Colorado Springs, CO and was buried there. Then in February of 1920 her oldest son, Charley, died at the age of 27 with pneumonia caused by influenza. In March 1922, she buried her son William Andrew, at the age of 30 years. In October of 1929 she buried her youngest child, Dollie, who was just 25 years old. Dollie died of Tuberculosis Meningitis. Lenora "Ora" died in 1929 leaving a husband and three young children. This was such a sad time for Louisa. In 1935, Aunt Louisa died from cancer of the face and neck.

Her son, McKinley, lived a long life as he apparently lived out his life in Everton, Dade County, Missouri where he was born and lived to be 81 years old. I cannot find whether McKinley was married and had a family.


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