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Mary O'Brian Gregoire

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Birth	:	1806
Death	:	3 Jun 1860 DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Walrod Family Farm Cemetery, Welton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8805822, -90.5779145
Description	:	A victim of the terrible Camanche tornado of 1860. --From the 1879 History of Clinton County: About three miles southwesterly from De Witt the two tornadoes, as if impelled by a mysterious affinity, united, presenting a scene that the historian shrinks from attempting to describe lest the endeavor seem like hyperbole. The monstrous amalgamation could be fitly described only by Victor Hugo. Eyewitnesses affirm that the southern tornado ceased its advance and enlarged its dimensions until it towered from the earth to a sightless distance in the heavens. For over a minute it remained stationary. The lowering clouds of the northern tornado... Read More	A victim of the terrible Camanche tornado of 1860. --From the 1879 History of Clinton County: About three miles southwesterly from De Witt the two tornadoes, as if impelled by a mysterious affinity, united, presenting a scene that the historian shrinks from attempting to describe lest the endeavor seem like hyperbole. The monstrous amalgamation could be fitly described only by Victor Hugo. Eyewitnesses affirm that the southern tornado ceased its advance and enlarged its dimensions until it towered from the earth to a sightless distance in the heavens. For over a minute it remained stationary. The lowering clouds of the northern tornado rushed into its embrace until the latter had been fully absorbed, swelling its bulk to a portentous size. Then the huge mass, now bellying out and swaying like an inflated balloon, rose from the ground with a roar like the voice of many waters and down-pouring floods, swept over a grove, and then descending to the ground whirled onward with unparalleled swiftness and power, accompanied with a constant corruscation of dull phosphorescent lightning. Between De Witt and Camanche, twenty-eight persons were killed and fifty-one wounded. South of De Witt, it swooped upon the Parsell House, and then swept the farm of Thomas Hatfield, where no less than sixteen persons perished.. Among the victims were James Foster, Henry Foster, Mrs. Sarah Foster, Matilda Foster, Catherine Henry, a Maynard child, Alexander Gregorie, wife and daughter, Sarah Hatfield, N. R. Walrod, wife and two children, Jesse Parsell, John Klindt and wife, Mrs. Meyers and three children, Isaac Smith, Hatfield Fry, David W. Millard, a Winne child, a Jones child, Robert Boyd and an unknown German. On Tuesday, the dead who were killed in that section were buried in the presence of a vast concourse at De Witt, whence the wounded and destitute also received unwearied aid and generous succor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --The Gregoire Tree on Ancestry lists these children: Catherine Gregoire – 1855 Eleanor Gregoire Michael Gregoire Mortimer Gregoire Oliver Gregoire John B Gregoire 1821 – 1900 Julia Ann Gregoire 1825 – 1888 James Gregoire 1829 – 1909 Sarah Gregoire 1837 – 1860 (Tornado) Edward Allen Gregoire 1843 – 1914 Matilda Gregoire (Tornado) 1845 – 1860

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Mary O'Brian Gregoire's memorial is located at: Walrod Family Farm Cemetery, Welton, Clinton County, USA.
When did Mary O'Brian Gregoire death?
Mary O'Brian Gregoire death on 3 Jun 1860 in DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.8805822
Longitude: -90.5779145

Family Members:

Spouse

Alexander Gregoire

(1795 - 1860)

Children

Catherine Gregoire Walrod

(unknow - 1855)

Sarah Gregoire Walrod

(1837 - 1860)

Matilda Gregoire

(1845 - 1860)

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