Mary Elizabeth LUTHER

1825 - 1892  (67 years)

• Birth	1825	NY
  Note	Mary Elizabeth Luther was born about 1826 in New York, daughter of Caleb and Fanny (Fillmore) Luther. Her father died in 1828 and her mother remarried David Kennon. She may have been in the David Kennon household in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York in the 1840 census. She married Alexander Abijah North (1827-1889) in 1843. They had no children and lived in Chazy, Clinton, New York. In 1860, Mary's half-sister Sophia Kennon is found listed under their household as a domestic. There is a Samuel Ford who was listed as a farm laborer in the household as well. In 1870, there was a Rebecca Wood who was listed as doing housekeeping. Mary died June 12, 1892 and was buried next to her husband Alexander Abijah North in the Riverview Cemetery in Chazy,Clinton, New York. She left the majority of her household goods to her niece, Sophie Mary Stevenson who was Sophia Kennon's daughter. The remainder of her personal property and real estate were to be divided between her nephews, Albert North Stevenson and Pierre R. Stevenson, sons of Sophia Kennon. Albert North Stevenson was appointed executor of her will.
  Obituary	2 Jul 1892	Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY   [1, 2]
  	Plattsburgh Republican: Mrs. Mary E. North, aged 67, wife of late Alexander North, died Sunday p.m., June 12,1892. Her funeral was attended from her late residence on Tuesday at 10.30 a. m, the Revs. A. Nash and F. J. Myera officiating. Her death resulted from abcesseas of an aggravating form for the past seven months. She was confined to her room and during the last two months was an intense sufferer. She was a lady of refined tastes and strong personal characteristics. During her long illness was shown remarkable fortitude to bear up and overcome the decree that had fatally implanted itself. Of her Immediate family one brother and two sisters survive her. Her nephews. Albert N. and Pierre R. and niece Sophie M.Stevenson of New York, having resided with her more or less as foster children and to whom she bequeathed her real estate aad personal property, will greatly mourn her loss.
  Death	12 Jun 1892	Chazy, Clinton, NY   [3]
  Burial	14 Jun 1892	Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, Clinton, NY   [1, 3]
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  Father	Caleb LUTHER,   b. 21 Jan 1784, CT d. 20 Oct 1828, Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Francis Hough FILLMORE,   b. 27 Jun 1801, Chazy, Clinton, NY d. 9 Jul 1869 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F4229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander Abijiah NORTH,   b. 13 Jan 1817, NY d. 3 Nov 1889, Chazy, Clinton, NY (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1843	Clinton Co., NY
  Family ID	F793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1825 - NY Marriage - 1843 - Clinton Co., NY Death - 12 Jun 1892 - Chazy, Clinton, NY Burial - 14 Jun 1892 - Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, Clinton, NY Obituary - 2 Jul 1892 - Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S500] Find A Grave, 500. [S1037] NYS Historic Newspapers, Plattsburgh Republican, 1037. [S673] McLellan, Hugh and Charlse, Riverview Cemetery, (ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com, 1943), 673.