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Mary Ann Newby Fordyce

Birth	:	25 Jul 1825 Indiana, USA
Death	:	14 Nov 1915 Libertyville, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Fordyce Cemetery, Stockport, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8388000, -91.8556000
Description	:	Wife of Lewis Fordyce. Daughter of Gabriel Newby and Rebecca Harvey. DEATHS – MARY A. FORDYCE Big Mound. Nov. 30 – Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Mary Ann FORDYCE, at her home near Libertyville on Sunday, November 14. She was the eldest sister of longtime Mount Hamill resident Mathew NEWBY and widow of the late Rev. Lewis FORDYCE, who died in 1912 and had been a popular traveling preacher at the Christian church here. She had not been well for some time but courageously celebrated her 90th birthday last July among friends and family. The daughter of the... Read More	Wife of Lewis Fordyce. Daughter of Gabriel Newby and Rebecca Harvey. DEATHS – MARY A. FORDYCE Big Mound. Nov. 30 – Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Mary Ann FORDYCE, at her home near Libertyville on Sunday, November 14. She was the eldest sister of longtime Mount Hamill resident Mathew NEWBY and widow of the late Rev. Lewis FORDYCE, who died in 1912 and had been a popular traveling preacher at the Christian church here. She had not been well for some time but courageously celebrated her 90th birthday last July among friends and family. The daughter of the late Gabriel and Rebecca (HARVEY) NEWBY, she was born July 25, 1825, near Cambridge City, Indiana, the first of nine children. Her family had long been affiliated with the Society of Friends. Her grandfather, Thomas Newby, spoke out to the North Carolina elders about the moral conflict that slave ownership had with Quaker beliefs, later elders granted permission for him and fellow Quakers to manumit their slaves in 1776. As a teenager Mary Ann’s parents, early pioneer settlers in Indiana from North Carolina, took their family on the trail to become early settlers in Lee county, Iowa. A year after the death of her mother in 1845, she married outside the Quaker society to Lewis Fordyce on Mar 27 1846, a neighbor, farmer and traveling Christian minister. They remained in Lee county renting his brother Asa’s farm while Mary Ann assisted her father as a surrogate mother to her younger siblings. In 1851 Lewis and Mary Ann removed to Van Buren county where they purchased a partially improved farm. Her Newby family siblings were frequent visitors and also helped at the Fordyce Inn while tending to their education. Meanwhile, Lewis served as Van Buren county Representative, at the Fourth Legislative Session in Iowa City. In 1873 they removed to Jefferson county, settling in Des Moines township, in 1882-1884 he served as state representative for that county. Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sons Carl and Oscar Fordyce; seven of her nine brothers and sisters, and one step-sister. She is survived by five sons Thornton and Lewis of Libertyville; Winfield of Fairfield; Eugene of Ventura and Harry of Fernando, California; one sister, Mrs. C.H. (Nellie) Newby BRADLEY SHELDON of Ventura, California; one step-sister, Mrs. John (Addie) BECK of Muscatine, Iowa; one brother, Mathew NEWBY of Mount Hamill, one step-brother, G.A. NEWBY, Jr. of Burlington, Iowa, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The funeral services were held Tues. Nov. 16 at the home two miles west of Libertyville; Interment at the homestead in Fordyce Cemetery near Stockport.

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Mary Ann Newby Fordyce's memorial is located at: Fordyce Cemetery, Stockport, Van Buren County, USA.
When did Mary Ann Newby Fordyce death?
Mary Ann Newby Fordyce death on 14 Nov 1915 in Libertyville, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.8388000
Longitude: -91.8556000

Family Members:

Parent

Gabriel Newby

(1799 - 1860)

Rebecca Harvey Newby

(1804 - 1845)

Spouse

Lewis Franklin Fordyce

(1820 - 1912)

Siblings

Elizabeth Melissa Newby Claypoole

(1830 - 1853)

Rebecca Caroline “Carrie” Newby Beswick

(1844 - 1903)

Adeline “Addie” Newby Beck

(1851 - 1937)

Children

(1848 - 1928)

(1854 - 1855)

(1858 - 1902)

(1860 - 1910)

(1868 - 1955)

(1878 - 1878)

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Coordinate: 40.8388000, -91.8556000

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Coordinate: 40.8055844, -91.7890558

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Coordinate: 40.9087000, -91.8457000

13. Maple Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8778020, -91.9354496

14. Dunn Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7750294, -91.8060006

15. Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8788000, -91.9427000

16. United Presbyterian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8796000, -91.9438000

17. Railroad Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7680840, -91.9043370

18. Blackmore Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7583600, -91.8251600

19. Forbes Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7730000, -91.9395000

20. Anson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7592500, -91.9171500

21. Kilbourne Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8045000, -91.9705000

22. Van Buren County Poor Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7666940, -91.9376718

23. Hickory Grove Cemetery
Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8869019, -91.7469025

24. Fiedler Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9321000, -91.8280000