Herman Groethausen Mary Elizabeth Vandal

Mary Elizabeth Vandal
(1839-1908)

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Spouses/Children:
1. William Jeff Kirby

2. William Anderson Greathouse

Mary Elizabeth Vandal ² ⁴

Born: 21 Oct 1839, , Kanawha County, Virginia ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): William Jeff Kirby on 11 May 1859 ¹
Marriage (2): William Anderson Greathouse on 26 Mar 1868 in , Roane County, West Virginia ² ³
Died: 6 Oct 1908 at age 68
Buried: Wauneta -Round Mound Cemetery, Chautauqua County , Kansas

bullet Another name for Mary was Mary Elizabeth Vandale.

bullet Notes:

In Round Mound Cemetery
GREATHOUSE, M. E. 21 Oct 1839 06 Oct 1908
1900 census
GREATHOUSE MARY 59 F W IL KS WILSON VERDIGRIS TWP 1900
shows Mary as a widow.Parents both born KY.
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Notes for MARY ELIZABETH VANDALE, source Patti Lalack Hutterli:
Someone with initials "MEH" wrote a notation on the back of a picture of Mary Elizabeth and and Jemima that these were "sisters of my mother." That means the picture was in the possession at one time of one of the children of Sarah Catherine Vandal or Virginia A. Vandal.

Source, Patti Lalack Hutterli:
Elsie Lee Greathouse was sent as a very young child to live with her grandparents, Mary Elizabeth Vandale and William ... Greathouse when Elise's mother Ida Elmira Jones Greathouse died.

bullet Details of her life include:

Jemima and Mary Elizabeth Vandale Photo (l-r): Jemima Vandale, who married Hezekiah W. Miller; and Mary Elizabeth Vandale, who first married William J. Kirby and then William Anderson Greathouse. Mary and William raised their granddaughter Elsie Greathouse after both her parents died.

She appeared on the U S Federal census in 1870 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri.
In household of William Greathouse
Mary age 30,

She appeared on the census in 1880 in Center, Chautauqua County, Kansas. ²

Tombstone Mary Elizabeth Greathouse photo May 2011 Wauneta - Round Mound Cemetary, Chautauqua County , Kansas
M. E. GREATHOUSE
OCT. 21 1839 - OCT. 6 1908
photo by Stan Leonard,

Cemetery photo May 2011 Wauneta - Round Mound Cemetary, Chautauqua County , Kansas
Looking across the Greathouse Plot.
Photo by Stan Leonard

Mary married William Jeff Kirby, son of Peter Kirby and Sophena, on 11 May 1859.¹ (William Jeff Kirby was born about 1824 in Marshall, , Virginia ⁶ and died about 1864 ⁶.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

William J Kerby age 35 born in VA living in Marshall Co VA son of Peter & Sophena married Mary E Vandal age 19 born in Jackson Co, VA, living in Roane d/o John B and Zernah - marriage date is May 11 1859. ⁶

Mary next married William Anderson Greathouse, son of William H. Greathouse and Nancy Joanna Hicks, on 26 Mar 1868 in , Roane County, West Virginia.² ³ (William Anderson Greathouse was born in 1840 in , Jackson County, Virginia,² died on 30 Nov 1876 in , , Kansas and was buried in John Lee Tunison's Pasture ².)

bullet Marriage Notes:

Source: Roane Co.,, WV Marriage Records. William A Greathouse age 28 born in Jackson Co VA, living in Roane son of William H and Nancy married Mary E Kerby age 28, widow, born in Kanawha Co VA, living in Roane daughter of John & Zeniah Vandal 26 March 1868

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Mary Elizabeth Vandal ² ⁴