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Emma Cottle McConnell Waller

Female 1887 - 1984  (96 years)


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  • Name Emma Cottle McConnell Waller 
    Born 5 Dec 1887  West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 Nov 1984  Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6875  Rossville
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2018 

    Father Robert Franklin Cottle,   b. 12 Oct 1846, West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1929, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Margaret Alice Gordon Cottle,   b. Jan 1856,   d. 1926  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Family ID F1449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John R McConnell,   b. 10 May 1880, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1922, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 24 Jul 1909  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Emma's obituary says they were married at Rossville.
    Children 
    +1. John Reid McConnell,   b. 24 Sep 1915, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1996, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +2. James Archie McConnell,   b. 29 Nov 1917, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 2010, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     3. Infant son McConnell,   b. 2 Nov 1919,   d. 2 Nov 1919  (Age 0 years)
    +4. Ruby McConnell Lawrence
    Documents
    Marriage- Cottle, Emma-McConnell, John
    Marriage- Cottle, Emma-McConnell, John
    Cottle-McConnell
    Miss Emma Cottle and Mr. John McConnell were united in the holy bonds of wedlock last Saturday by the Probate Judge in his office at Topeka.

    They returned on the evening train and stopped off at Kingsville and went direct to the home prepared by the groom on the Ensign farm.

    They are both well known young people, who have the best wishes of many friends for their success and happiness. Miss Cottle is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.F. Cottle and has been employed for some time past as clerk in the Vorhies grocery.
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2018 12:54:48 
    Family ID F2764  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 George Waller,   d. 1941 
    Married May 1933  Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2018 12:55:21 
    Family ID F6532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Nov 1984 - Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Waller, Emma
    Obituary- Waller, Emma
    EMMA WALLER
    Services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Christian Church in Perry for Mrs. Emma Waller, 96, Oskaloosa. She died Sunday, Nov. 11, 1984, at an Oskaloosa nursing home.

    Mrs. Waller was employed by Topeka State Hospital from 1940 to 1957.

    Md. Waller was born Dec. 5, 1887, at West Liberty, Ky., the daughter of Frank anct Alice Gordon Cottle. She lived at Rossville many years before she moved to Topeka in 1940. She later lived in Perry until 1977 when she moved to Oskaloosa.

    She was a member of the Christian
    Church.

    She was married to John R. McConnell July 24, 1909, at Rossville. He died May 26, 1921. She married George Waller in May 1933, at Kansas City, Mo. He died in 1939. She was also preceded in death by an infant son.

    Survivors include two sons, John McConnell, Topeka, and James McConnell, St. Joseph, Mo.; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Lawrence, Perry; five grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

    Burial was in Rossville Cemetery. Hampton-Barrett Funeral Home, Oskaloosa, was in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the Christian Church at Perry.