Mary Alverna Leatherman

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Mary Alverna Leatherman

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio, United States
Death: September 05, 1960 (92)
Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, United States
Place of Burial: Lower Mennonite Cemetery
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Martin Leatherman and Susanna Overholt Leatherman
Sister of Alfred Leatherman; Elias Meyers Leatherman; Melinda Keagle; Levi Myers Leatherman; Sarah Stephens and 1 other
Half sister of John M. Leatherman and Eli Leatherman

Occupation: Keeping House
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About Mary Alverna Leatherman

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55522232/mary-alverna-leatherman

Leatherman, Mary Alverna, daughter of Martin and Susannah (Myers) Leatherman, was born Nov. 11, 1867; died at Wadsworth (Ohio) Municipal Hospital, Sept. 5, 1960; aged 92 y. 10 m. 24 d. She had been in failing health for some time, due to a heart condition, but was bedfast only the last few days of her life. She was preceded in death by her 4 brothers and 2 sisters. Surviving are 3 nephews and 2 nieces. She was the daughter of the first minister of the Bethel Church and faithfully cared for her parents until their death. Then she took up practical nursing, which she followed until her retirement at the age of 75. She was a member of the Bethel Church, where funeral services were held Sept. 7, in charge of James Steiner; interment in Lower Mennonite Cemetery.

A Brief History of Jacob Wismer and a Complete Genealogical Family Register With Biographies of His Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time By A J Fretz, Eli Wismer

http://books.google.com/books?id=nwBgAAAAMAAJ

Page xiii, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16

I. Jacob Wismer, (...) was born in Germany about 1684, and died in Bedminster Township, Bucks Co., Pa., Feb. 4, 1787 in his one hundred and third year.

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The children of Jacob and Nanny Wismer, as near in the order of birth as could be placed were: ---Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph, Henry, Mark, Daniel, John, Christian, Nanny, Abraham.

II. Jacob Wismer,* bn. in Bucks Co., Pa., about 1721. Mrd. Margaret ---. The dates of death of himself and wife are not known. He received his portion of his father's estate in 1783. Lived in Plumstead Twp. at what is known as the burnt mill, where he followed the occupation of miller. Children: Abraham, Isaac, Anna, Mary, Elizabeth, Jacob, Mary, Barbara, Hannah, Margaret.

III. Rev. Abraham Wismer, bn. in Bucks Co., Aug. 21, 1746. Mrd. ---. He was familiarly known as Abraham Wismer, the "long-beard." Children: Barbara, Margaret, Elizabeth, Hannah, Magdalena.

IV. Elizabeth Wismer, bn. —; died—. Mrd. Joseph Overholt,—. Children: Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Martin, Joseph, Margaret.

V. Sarah Overholt, bn. in Bucks Co., Pa., in 1800; died 1886. Mrd. John Leatherman in 1819. Farmer. Menn. Children: Elizabeth, Martin, Jacob, Margaret, Joseph, Mary, Sarah, John.

VI. Rev. Martin Leatherman, born Dec. 9, 1823. Mrd. Susanna Meyers, Feb. 8, 1848. P. O., Wadsworth, Ohio. Retired farmer and minister. He was ordained to the ministry of the Mennonite church in Medina Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1880, and preaches in the Guilford and Wadsworth churches. Children: Alfred, Elias, Melinda, Levi, Sarah, Elmer, Mary.

VII. Mary Leatherman, bn. Nov. 11, 1867. S.

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Mary Alverna Leatherman's Timeline

1867
November 11, 1867
Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio, United States
1960
September 5, 1960
Age 92
Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, United States
September 7, 1960
Age 92
Lower Mennonite Cemetery