Minnie Sarah Miller MacPherson (McPherson)

1865 - 1924  (58 years)

• Name	Minnie Sarah Miller MacPherson (McPherson)
  Born	28 Jul 1865	Alliance, Stark County, Ohio
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Jul 1924	Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4528	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Bradford Miller,   b. 1840,   d. 1909  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Harriet M Summers Miller,   b. 1842,   d. 1915  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clarence Clarkson MacPherson (McPherson),   b. 23 Mar 1857, Paola, Orange County, Indiana ,   d. 28 Nov 1912, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 55 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1884
  Children	+ 1. Clarence Miller MacPherson (McPherson),   b. 10 Aug 1892, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Apr 1971, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 78 years)   2. Helen MacPherson (McPherson) Perkins,   b. Feb 1900,   d. 1981  (Age ~ 80 years) + 3. Virgil MacPherson (McPherson) Skaggs,   d. 1955
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2017 09:24:12
  Family ID	F2717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Died - 19 Jul 1924 - Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- MacPherson, Minnie 1 Mrs. Minnie McPherson LAID TO REST HERE Mrs. Minnie S. McPherson, passed away at 3:15 last Saturday morning July 19, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.M. Skaggs, in Dodge City, Kansas. Her death followed a paralytic stroke she suffered May 13, which confined her to her bed until death came. All her children were with her at the end. The body arrived in Topeka early Monday morning and was brought immediately to Rossville where it lay in state from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the home of her son, Mr. C.M. McPherson. The funeral services was conducted by the Rev. S.B. Alderson, of Topeka, at the McPherson home. Music was furnished by Dr. N.S. Clothier, of St. Marys, Mrs. A.H. Daw and Miss Leona Griswold. Messrs. I.T. Hopkins, T.P. Oliver, A.A. Cless, J.F. Zook, W.D. Pendleton and J.B. Davis served as pallbearers. Interment was made in the family lot in Rossville cemetery beside her husband who passed away November 28, 1912. The funeral was largely attended by sorrowing friends of the deceased lady, who had been a resident of Rossville for over thirty years prior to her removal to Dodge City two years ago to make her home with her daughters, Mrs. Skaggs and Mrs. Perkins. Mrs. McPherson was born in Alliance, Ohio, July 28, 1865, and on the date of her death lacked eight days of reaching her 59th birthday anniversary. She came to Topeka with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Miller, in 1869 at the age of four and made her home there until her marriage July 26, 1884, to C.C. McPherson. Four children were born to this union, a daughter dying in infancy. The three children who survive are Mr. C.M. McPherson, of Rossville, Mrs. H.M. Skaggs and Mrs. S.N. Perkins, of Dodge City, Kansas. There are also two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. J.R. Wilt, Topeka: Mrs. A.T. Lucas, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mr. H.O. Miller, Tulsa, Okla.; Mr. Harry B. Miller, Oklahoma City; and four grand-children Mrs. McPherson was a member of the Presbyterian church and of the S.B.A., Eastern star and Royal Neighbors. The out-of-town relatives and friends present for the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Wilt, Mrs. G.L. Rockhill, Mrs. Frank Summers, Mr. and Mrs. Will Summers, Dr. and Mrs. Lewis, Dr. E.E. Welch, Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Hodgins, Mr. and Mrs. T.P. Oliver, of Topeka; Mr. H.O. Miller, Tulsa, Okla; Mr. H.G. McPhe¬son, Maple Hill; Mrs. Charles Howerton, Mr. and Mrs. A. Thomas, of Silver Lake. CARD OF THANKS— We desire to express our sincere appreciation to the people of the community for the many facts of kindness and expressions of sympathy shown us in our bereavement, the loss of our mother, Mrs. Minnie McPherson. THE CHILDREN
  		Obituary- MacPherson, Minnie 2 RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE Hall of Purity Camp, No. 1761, R.N.A. Rossville, Kansas, Aug. 6, 1924 At a regular meeting of the Camp held this day, the following resolu¬tions were offered by the Committee on Resolutions and unanimously adopted by the Camp. Whereas, it has pleased the Su¬preme Ruler of the universe to re¬move from amongst us on the 19th day of July, 1924, our beloved neighbor, Minnie McPherson, a char¬ter member of this Camp, Resolved, that in the decease of Neighbor Minnie S. McPherson, this Camp has lost a beloved member and the family a loving mother, and will ever be remembered by her Neigh¬bors. And be it further Resolved, that a copy of these res¬olutions be spread upon the records of our Camp and our Charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days in memory of our de¬ceased Neighbor; a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the fam-ily, a copy be sent to the Reporter with the request that the same be published therein. LULU KASSEBAUM LUCY HOWERTON MINA HOOK