102 - Mrs. Mary Joseph - Mount Marion Cemetery - Strawn, TX
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N 32° 32.459 W 098° 29.882
14S E 547133 N 3600512
Mary Joseph was born in 1841, the year that John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States.
Waymark Code: WMZQQ9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
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Mrs. Joseph's modern, upright, gray granite headstone has floral detail at the sides, and a cross above this inscription:

Mrs. Mary Joseph
Dec. 10, 1841
Jan. 24, 1944
"At Rest"

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Significant events that occurred in her lifetime include:

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States in March, but by April, he is dead of pneumonia.
1851 - Isaac Singer receives a patent for his sewing machine.
1861 - The United States Civil War begins.
1871 - Orville Wright is born. We'll be flying in a few years.
1881 - Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett, outside Fort Sumner, NM.
1891 - Victorinox begins production of their Swiss Army Knife.
1901 - Annie Edson Taylor is the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.
1911 - Machu Picchu is rediscovered in Peru.
1921 - The Allied reparations commission decides that Germany has to pay up for the Great War, setting the stage for another war just like it.
1931 - Construction of the Empire State Building is completed.
1941 - The United States enters World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
1944 - Future Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page is born in January.
Location of Headstone: Mount Marion Cemetery

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