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MaryAnn Griffith Kephart

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Birth	:	15 Jan 1921 Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Death	:	29 May 2009 Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Burial	:	Bethel Church Cemetery, Ohio Township, Gallia County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.6576700, -82.2040400
Plot	:	Row M, Lot 1, Site 2
Description	:	Parents: - Howard Griffith [1878-1942] - Elizabeth (Perry) Griffith [1879-1959] Married George Overton Kephart. Children: - George Overton Kephart, Jr. - Elizabeth Perry Kephart Kapsch - Ann-Frazer Kephart Brown Mrs. MaryAnn Griffith Kephart of Poolesville, MD departed this life on May 29, 2009. Beloved wife for 67 years of George Overton Kephart, loving mother of George O. Kephart, Jr., Elizabeth Perry Kapsch and Ann-Frazer Brown all of Poolesville, devoted grandmother of Sarah Frazer Prestemon, Simon Alexander Brown and Amanda Greenberry Brown, she is also survived by her devoted brother William B. Griffith and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Born to Elizabeth Perry Griffith and Howard Griffith on Jan.... Read More	Parents: - Howard Griffith [1878-1942] - Elizabeth (Perry) Griffith [1879-1959] Married George Overton Kephart. Children: - George Overton Kephart, Jr. - Elizabeth Perry Kephart Kapsch - Ann-Frazer Kephart Brown Mrs. MaryAnn Griffith Kephart of Poolesville, MD departed this life on May 29, 2009. Beloved wife for 67 years of George Overton Kephart, loving mother of George O. Kephart, Jr., Elizabeth Perry Kapsch and Ann-Frazer Brown all of Poolesville, devoted grandmother of Sarah Frazer Prestemon, Simon Alexander Brown and Amanda Greenberry Brown, she is also survived by her devoted brother William B. Griffith and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Born to Elizabeth Perry Griffith and Howard Griffith on Jan. 15, 1921, in Silver Spring, she was the youngest of eight children. She graduated in 1942 from University of Maryland, where she was secretary of the Student Government Association and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She had lived since 1956 at Chiswell's Inheritance, Poolesville. She was a founder of Historic Medley District Inc., past regent of the Erasmus Perry Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a member of Colonial Dames of America, St. Peter's Parish, Washington National Cathedral Altar Guild and Monocacy Garden Club. Washington Post Obituary - June 14, 2009 Mary Ann Kephart, 88, who led historic preservation efforts in Poolesville and upper Montgomery County and who lived in an 18th-century farmhouse built by her ancestors, died May 29 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville of complications from a fall. In 1956, Mrs. Kephart and her husband, a Foreign Service officer, bought an aging brick house and 135-acre property in Poolesville called Chiswell's Inheritance. She was a descendant of Steven Newton Chiswell and his son, Joseph Newton Chiswell, who built the house over a period of 40 years, completing it in 1796. As a girl growing up in Silver Spring, Mrs. Kephart had taken part in dramatic presentations at the house, depicting its history and legends. Years later, she and her husband restored the drafty old building, installing a new kitchen and a central heating system. Cattle grazed in the surrounding pasture. "At first I didn't even like it, regardless of my family's history here," Mrs. Kephart told The Washington Post in 1996, during a celebration of the house's bicentennial. "In fact, I hated it. But I said we'd fix it up, and we did. We just muddled along fixing and repairing and renovating whatever needed it." When Mrs. Kephart returned to Montgomery in 1972 after living in Belgium for four years, she was dismayed to learn that many of the old farmsteads she had known since childhood had been demolished to make way for housing developments. Inspired by the respect for history she had seen in Europe, she helped establish two groups to preserve the county's traditional character, the Historic Medley District and Montgomery Preservation.

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Where is MaryAnn Griffith Kephart's memorial?
MaryAnn Griffith Kephart's memorial is located at: Bethel Church Cemetery, Ohio Township, Gallia County, USA.
When did MaryAnn Griffith Kephart death?
MaryAnn Griffith Kephart death on 29 May 2009 in Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Where are the coordinates of the MaryAnn Griffith Kephart's memorial?
Latitude: 38.6576700
Longitude: -82.2040400

Family Members:

Parent

Howard Griffith

(1878 - 1942)

Margaret Elizabeth Perry Griffith

(1879 - 1959)

Spouse

George Overton “Bud” Kephart

(1920 - 2011)

Siblings

Charles Howard Griffith

(1907 - 1997)

J. Howard Griffith

(1908 - 1908)

Margaret Waters Griffith Livingston

(1910 - 2003)

Mabel Elizabeth Griffith Littlepage

(1912 - 1998)

Thomas Perry Griffith

(1913 - 1986)

William Bastable Griffith

(1918 - 2011)

Children

George Overton Kephart Jr.

(1944 - 2019)

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