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Martha Macurie Parker Neiswender

Female 1864 - 1934  (70 years)


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  • Name Martha Macurie Parker Neiswender 
    Nickname May 
    Born 26 Jun 1864  Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 10 Dec 1934  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5458  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2019 

    Family ID F6793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Neiswender, Jr.,   b. 18 Feb 1852,   d. 30 Oct 1938  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 2 Jun 1887 
    Children 
    +1. Mabel Lillian Neiswender Faulk,   b. 1889, Kiro, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1960, Plain City, Madison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Chester P Neiswender
     3. Everett Bingham Neiswender,   b. 1893,   d. 1927  (Age 34 years)
     4. Ethel Vivian Neiswender,   b. 23 Feb 1888,   d. 24 Aug 1914  (Age 26 years)
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 08:14:23 
    Family ID F6792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Jun 1864 - Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Neiswender, May
    Obituary- Neiswender, May
    MAY NEISWENDER

    Mrs. May M. Neiswender, 70, a member of the first class at Washburn college, died at the home of her son Chester P. Neiswender, 1342 Fillmore street, Topeka, Monday night.

    She was born at Burlington, Iowa, June 26, 1864, and moved to Nebraska with her parents when she was a small child. When she was 17 years old, she moved to Rossville. She attended Campbell college at Holton and Washburn college. She afterward was a teacher at Rossville and Silver Lake.

    She was a prominent member of the Silver Lake Eastern Star chapter and the Ancient Toltic Rite of Topeka. She also was a member of the Royal Neighbors and the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian church at Kiro.

    After her marriage to Thomas Neiswender June 2, 1887, she moved to a farm near Kiro. She made her home with her son during her last illness.

    Besides her husband and son, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mabel L. Faulk, Rossville, nine grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Levi Stanley, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. George Carlton, Duluth, Minn. Two children, Everett and Ethel Neiswender preceded her in death. Burial was in Prairie Home cemetery —Capital.