Iowa County WI Archives Obituaries.....[Harper] Davey, Mary Ann February 8, 1897
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Dodgeville Chronicle
"Died, in the city of Dodgeville, on Monday, Feb.8, 1897, Mrs. Mary Ann Davey, 
aged 80 years lacking a few days, widow of the late John D. Davey, who died in 
this city about fifteen years ago.

	Deceased was born in the parish of Lanlivery, Cornwall, England, in 
March 1817, and came to this country in 1848, settling for about 10 months in 
Canada, after which she came to Dodgeville, where she has resided ever since.

	"She was a familiar figure in the history of Dodgeville, and esteemed 
by everyone of her large circle of acquaintances, who delighted to meet and 
greet her by the familiar and maternal name of ‘Grandma’”

	"She united herself with the P.M. church of this city, in 1861, and had 
kept the faith of her profession in the most devoted Christian manner during 
all the remainder of her useful and exemplary life.

	"Of her four children, but one survives, though there are many 
grandchildren, some of whom reside in this city, among them being Mr. W. J. 
Davey, engaged in business here. The survivor is a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Cocking, who resides at Kearsage, Michigan, who has been here in constant 
attendance upon her mother since the week before Christmas.

	"The funeral took place on Wednesday, of this week, at two o'clock 
p.m., from the P.M. church, where Rev. R. Titmarsh conducted the services, 
after which the remains were placed in the Dodgeville cemetery beside those of 
other members of the family who had gone before. The funeral services and 
burial rites were administered in the presence of a very large gathering of 
sorrowing friends who came to pay the last dues of honor and respect to one who 
had lives in the exemplification of every christian virtue, and died with the 
weight of years resting lightly upon her."

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