Mary Florence Earp

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Mary Florence Earp

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Phelps Co., Missouri
Death: June 14, 1964 (73)
Newburg, Phelps Co., Missouri
Place of Burial: Newburg Cemetery, Newburg, Phelps Co., Missouri
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Philip Hocker (Hawker?) Earp and Rebekah Ellen Earp
Wife of Ulysses Grant Boswell
Mother of Rebekah Ellen Earp
Sister of Sabina Isabelle "Belle" Earp; Joseph Alton Earp; Amanda "Mandy" Mabel Earp; Ida Alma Earp and William Singleton Earp
Half sister of John Wesley Earp; Bessie V. Earp; Gladys M. Earp; Mayme Belle Earp; Minnie Blanche Earp and 1 other

Managed by: Denise Berry Seevers
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About Mary Florence Earp

GEDCOM Note

daughter of Philip H. & Rebekah Ellen (Stogsdill) Earp GIVN Mary Florence. SURN EARP. called Florence.SOUR @S51@. Invalid Burial Date DATE AFT 14 JUN 1964. EVEN . TYPE Living. DATE late 1940s to early 50s. PLAC Newburg, Phelps Co., Missouri. NOTE on Front Street. She and Aunt Mandy lived together after their. SOUR @S41@.

per a conversation with Philip Alton Delashmit--Florence Earp was staying with a friend in Springfield when she became pregnant with her daughter. The friend was Laura Boswell and Florence was staying with her to help with a pregnancy and the other children. Laura's husband raped Florence and Ellen was the result of the rape. (Research):per an interview with Philip Alton Delashmit, his wife Lois Evaughn (Mooney) Delashmit and George Alec Delashmit on 25 February 2003--when asked if any of them recognized the name Grant Boswell (w/o relating him to any one person or event), Alton became visibily irritated and stated that Grant was the man who fathered Rebekah Ellen Earp.

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Mary Florence Earp's Timeline

1891
March 2, 1891
Phelps Co., Missouri
1920
1920
Age 28
Springfield Ward 7, Greene, Missouri
1922
April 24, 1922
Newburg, Phelps Co., Missouri
1964
June 14, 1964
Age 73
Newburg, Phelps Co., Missouri
June 16, 1964
Age 73
Newburg Cemetery, Newburg, Phelps Co., Missouri