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Mary E. Groshong

5 January 1870 – 26 March 1903

Died 26 March 1903 at McLouth, Kansas, of blood poisoning — two notices from the McLouth Times of 27 March 1903

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

26 March 1903

Date of birth

5 January 1870

Age at death

33 years, 2 months, 21 days

Place of death

Kansas, United States

Inscription transcription

from the McLouth (KS) Times, Friday, March 27, 1903:

Obituary. MARY E. GROSHONG, the subject of this sketch, was born at Oskaloosa, Kan., Jan. 5, 1870. Moving to Meriden when only a child with her parents, where she lived until she married to John J. Groshong, Thanksgiving Day, 1888, still continuing to reside there until 1896 when she united with the German Baptist church and soon after moved with her husband and family to McLouth, where she lived until her death, March 26th, 1903. She leaves a husband, five children, a father, mother, sister, and two brothers to mourn her death.

Found in the same newspaper, different column:

Mrs. J. J. Groshong, who has been sick for ten days, died early Thursday morning. The cause of her death was blood poisoning. She was 33 years old, and leaves a sorrowing husband and five children, one an infant a few days old. The funeral services were held this Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the Dunkard church conducted by Rev. Brunton, of Osawkie.

Two notices for the same woman from the same issue of the McLouth (KS) Times, transcribed as submitted. The original contributor's name was not recorded.

People named in this record

  • Mary E. GroshongSubject
  • John J. GroshongSpouse
  • Rev. BruntonOfficiant

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Source & citation

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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Citation: Obituary and death notice of Mary E. Groshong (1870–1903) of McLouth, Kansas, from the McLouth (KS) Times, Friday, 27 March 1903; transcription preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/groshong-mary-1903/ : accessed [your access date]).

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