Mary Ann Gibson

Female 1851 - 1912  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann Gibson 
    Birth Aug 1851  Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Dec 1912  Groveland, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial South Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • WOMAN'S MIND UNBALANCED SHE HANGS HERSELF TO A TREE
      Mrs. Mary McCauley of Groveland Has Suffered With Melancholia.
      Groveland Station, Dec. 12. - Mrs. Mary McCauley, who resided with her husband, Henry McCauley, near this place, took her life last Friday morning by hanging herself from a limb of a tree in the vicinity of the home. Mrs. McCauley, who was 61 years of age and had been a well known resident of the town of Groveland for a number of years, had not been in good health during the past few weeks, and members of her immediate family noticed many things she did which appeared strange, but they did not suppose that she was suffering with anything more than a slight attack of melancholia, and they supposed that this would gradually disappear. When the family arose Friday morning she appeared to be in her usual health and performed her daily morning work in the same way that she always did. Her husband and son went to the barn to attend to their work, and when they returned they were informed by Miss Sarah McCauley, a daughter, that her mother had left the house a short time before. Fearing that something was wrong, the son went out of doors, and to his dismay saw the form of his mother hanging from the lower limb of a tree some 40 rods from the house. He hurried to her side but life was extinct. From all appearance she had climbed to the top of the fence, thrown the rope over the limb and then fastened it around her neck before she stepped from the top of the fence. Coroner Bowen of Mt. Morris was at once notified, and after learning all the facts of the case he issued a certificate of death and ordered the body removed to her home.

      Besides her husband, Mrs. McCauley is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lewis Johnson of Rochester, and Miss Sarah McCauley at home; two sons, Alex, of Groveland and Henry, who also resides at home; four sisters, Mrs. James Love of this town, Mrs. Eliza Johnston and Mrs. Susan Johnston, both of Nunda, and Mrs. Nancy Gibson of the state of Washington, and two brothers, John Gibson of Mt. Morris and Robert Gibson of Groveland. One sister and one daughter died a number of years ago.

      Funeral services were held from her late home Tuesday afternoon, and the body, was buried in the South Sparta cemetery. Rev. William Sangree pastor of the local Presbyterian Church, of which the deceased was an attendant, officiated at the services.
      (The Picket Line Post, Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York, Friday, December 13, 1912)
    Person ID I36605  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2021 

    Family Henry McCauley,   b. 1 Apr 1843, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1924, Groveland, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 1870  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary A. McCauley,   b. ca 1872, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah McCauley,   b. Feb 1875, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Matilda McCauley,   b. Jun 1876, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Henry McCauley, Jr.,   b. Sep 1877, Groveland, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1957, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    +5. Alexander McCauley,   b. Nov 1878, Groveland, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1967, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 88 years)
    Family ID F10297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1870 - Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Dec 1912 - Groveland, Livingston Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - South Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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