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Mary Giddens was born near Frazer, Mo., November 13, 1873. Here she grew to womanhood and lived until her death which occurred April 2, 1918 at the age of 44 years, 4 months and 19 days. She was converted in a revival meeting at the Methodist Church in Truxton, Mo., while visiting her brother, Jackson who was then the pastor at Truxton and the Rev. J. M. Miller who was conference evangelist holding the meeting. After returning home she united with the Laymen Chapel Methodist church, Rev. A. D. Davis being the pastor, remaining a member until her death. She was the oldest of nine children of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Giddens and the first death of the children. Two years ago her mother died and since then she shared in the duties of the with her sister, Delia, weaken from care due to sickness in the home and suffering from a cold she developed pneumonia, and when told she had pneumonia she said to the others of the family she would not recover and ask them to send of her brother Jack. While all was done that was known to do she could not overcome the disease, being conscious to the last, she peacefully passed away to her reward on Tuesday Morning.
She always made friends of her acquaintances and had a host of them. She leaves to mourn her, her aged father, two sisters, six brothers, other relatives and a host of friends while she is gone she will not soon be for gotten.
The funeral services were conducted from the Laymen Chapel Methodist Church by Rev. C. J. Chase of Hamilton, Mo., a former district Superintendent of the St. Joseph District.
She was a member of the Superior Rebecca Lodge No. 202 of Agency, and they attended in a body and took part in burial services. The mortal remains were laid to rest beside her mother in the cemetery near the church.
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The oldest was Mary Giddens, who was born November 11, 1873 and died April 2, 1918. Mary never married, and at the death of her mother took over, with the help of her sister Delia Giddens, in raising the family and taking over the role of mother. Mary was a member of the Laymen Methodist Chapel, Frazier, Missouri.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Giddens

John Wesly Giddens Sr
1820-1901
Anna Clark Giddens
1824-1898
Andrew Jackson Briles
± 1831-1913
Rebecca Permelia Hicks
1827-1869

Mary Giddens
1873-1918


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    Historical events

    Birthday November 11, 1873

    • The temperature on November 11, 1873 was about 5.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
      • May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
      • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
      • September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
      • September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
      • October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

    Day of death April 2, 1918

    • The temperature on April 2, 1918 was between 1.5 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • January 25 » The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.
      • February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
      • July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
      • July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
      • December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
      • December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
    

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