Laverty, Mahala V.
| Personal Information | |
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| Last Name | Laverty |
| First Name | Mahala |
| Middle Name | V. |
| Maiden Name | Cox |
| Death Date | 8/15/1854 |
| Birth Date | 8/12/1818 |
| Obituary Source | |
| Source Information | Cemetery index |
| Cemetery | Old Mooresville Cemetery |
| Family Information | |
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| Spouse | 1) John Pope; 2) Rev. John Laverty |
| Survived By | |
| Other | Age 36 years and 3 days. Was the widow of John Pope (who is also buried in this cemetery), with whom she had two sons. She next married Rev. John Laverty, on July 3, 1845, with whom she had Erasmus, Melissa, and Elvira (who are all buried in this cemetery) and 2 other daughters, Margaret and Mary. Rev. John Laverty was State Representative in 1851, and the first editor of the Mooresville Chronicle. [From the Morgan Co. Gazette for July 30, 1857: "Ordered by the Court, the sale of property belonging to the minor heirs of Mahala V. Laverty, dec., in Mooresville, John W. Thompson, Guardian."] |
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