Mariah Louisa Swart, was born on February 2, 1850, at Fairview, Fleming County, Kentucky and was married to John P. Moore, December 13, 1867, to which union eight children were born, one of whom Spencer Ward, preceded her to the home beyond, December 1, 1899. The deceased came to Nickerson, Kansas in 1899, where she lived until five weeks previous to her death, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Blaine, after a short illness, on Friday morning, June 2, 1911, at 6:30 o'clock. She united with the Baptist church early in life and lived a consistent Christian, devoted to her home and church. She leaves seven children, Mrs. Ruby Mettlen, Ellinwood, Kansas, Mrs. Lottie McCartney, Plains, Kansas, Mrs. Delila Baskins, Sparks, Kansas, A. D. Moore, Ransom, Mrs. Winnifred Shepherd, Woodward, Oklahoma, Mrs. Myrtle Blaine, Plevna, Kansas, Miss Louella Moore, Nickerson, and two brothers, Samuel and Granville, Swart, of Fairview, Kentucky, together with a host of friends to mourn her departure.
Nickerson Argosy June 6, 1911
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