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Mary Elizabeth <I>Neal</I> Phillips

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Mary Elizabeth Neal Phillips

Birth
Otterville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
Death
4 Mar 1905 (aged 46)
Harper, Harper County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Belle Plaine, Sumner County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section C, Block 1, Lot 1, Grave 5 (Recorded in Cemetery Records)
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~Beloved wife of
Benjamin Franklin Phillips Sr (1860-1915)~
Daughter of James J Neal (1837–1867) &
Mildred C Huddleston Neal Redmon (1838–1882)
Wife first of Joseph (James) Seth Redmon Sr (1841-1882) m. 27 Apr 1876
Arranged marriage to a brother of Mary's Step-Father, Thomas William Redmon
Children of Mary & James:
Gracie A Redmon 1879-1894
Clarence Beeler Redmon 1880-1962
James Seth Redmon Jr 1882-1958

A Love Not Known

What would I have called you,
Grandmother I never knew?
Would I have adored you?
And would you have loved me too?

Am I a bit like you?
You lived such a short, sad while..
Is my hair like yours was,
Is this where I got my smile?

Plains girl, frontier woman,
You faced a life short and hard.
Could I do what you did,
With wilderness my front yard?

At 16 life was sweet.
When in love, you two eloped.
And when elders caught you,
Did despair replace your hope?

Did you cry when you were
Sold to an old man to wed?
Were you scared of him that
Night when he took you to bed?
When he died did you mourn?
Were you glad that he was gone,
So now you could marry,
The one you'd loved all along?

I'm glad you wed your love,
But why did you die so soon?
Leaving your kids orphans,
Bereft 'neath the prairie moon..

What would I have called you,
Grandmother I never knew?
Would I have adored you?
And would you have adored me, too?

A Poem written to Mary Elizabeth Neal Phillips by her Granddaughter, Mina Louise Phillips Hagan (c) 2000 (Published in Autumn Leaves, 2002)
~Beloved wife of
Benjamin Franklin Phillips Sr (1860-1915)~
Daughter of James J Neal (1837–1867) &
Mildred C Huddleston Neal Redmon (1838–1882)
Wife first of Joseph (James) Seth Redmon Sr (1841-1882) m. 27 Apr 1876
Arranged marriage to a brother of Mary's Step-Father, Thomas William Redmon
Children of Mary & James:
Gracie A Redmon 1879-1894
Clarence Beeler Redmon 1880-1962
James Seth Redmon Jr 1882-1958

A Love Not Known

What would I have called you,
Grandmother I never knew?
Would I have adored you?
And would you have loved me too?

Am I a bit like you?
You lived such a short, sad while..
Is my hair like yours was,
Is this where I got my smile?

Plains girl, frontier woman,
You faced a life short and hard.
Could I do what you did,
With wilderness my front yard?

At 16 life was sweet.
When in love, you two eloped.
And when elders caught you,
Did despair replace your hope?

Did you cry when you were
Sold to an old man to wed?
Were you scared of him that
Night when he took you to bed?
When he died did you mourn?
Were you glad that he was gone,
So now you could marry,
The one you'd loved all along?

I'm glad you wed your love,
But why did you die so soon?
Leaving your kids orphans,
Bereft 'neath the prairie moon..

What would I have called you,
Grandmother I never knew?
Would I have adored you?
And would you have adored me, too?

A Poem written to Mary Elizabeth Neal Phillips by her Granddaughter, Mina Louise Phillips Hagan (c) 2000 (Published in Autumn Leaves, 2002)

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