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MARY BENSON (POLLY) BLAND (b. November 04, 1865, d. September 06, 1942)
Notes for MARY BENSON (POLLY) BLAND:According to article in a weekly newspaper, the Gas City Journal, she came
to USA with parents at 17 years of age and settled in the East (probably
Baltimore). In 1883 she married Arthur, where in Baltimore, MD their first
child James W. was born in 1885, and later moved from Alton, IL to Gas
City,IN in 1898. This article indicates she died on a Friday
Merged General Note:
According to article in a weekly newspaper, the Gas City Journal, she came
to USA with parents at 17 years of age and settled in the East (probably
Baltimore). In 1883 she married Arthur, where in Baltimore, MD their first
child James W. was born in 1885, and later moved from Alton, IL to Gas
City,IN in 1898. This article indicates she died on a Friday
SUFFERED A STROKE ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH AND WAS UNABLE TO WALK
AFTERWARDS.SEE PHOTO TAKEN A MONTH PRIOR TO DEATH OF HER WITH BABY
KAREN SUNDBERG, GRANDDAUGHTER JEANNE COOK & DAUGHTER EDITH BEST
More About MARY BENSON (POLLY) BLAND:
Burial: September 06, 1942, Riverside Cemetery, Gas City, Indiana.
More About MARY BENSON (POLLY) BLAND and ARTHUR BEST:
Marriage: Baltimore MD.
More About MARY BENSON (POLLY) BLAND and JOSEPH M MAPPIN:
Marriage: Bet. 1905 - 1910, Gas City, Indiana.
Children of MARY BENSON (POLLY) BLAND and ARTHUR BEST are:
- +JAMES WILLIAM BEST, b. April 1885, Baltimore, Maryland, d. November 10, 1960, Hamburg, NY.
- JOHN H BEST, b. November 1889.
- EVA MARY (MOLLY) BEST, b. March 04, 1892, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, d. July 07, 1971, Battle Creek, Michigan.
- +WALTER (NMI) BEST, b. September 01, 1896, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, d. March 05, 1961, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.
- +EDITH (NMI) BEST, b. April 25, 1899, Gas City, IN, d. August 1962, Battle Creek, MI.
- PERCIVAL BEST, b. 1901, Gas City, IN, d. Abt. 1964, Veterans Hospital, Marion, IN.