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McKenzie, Sarah Malvina

Personal Information
Last Name McKenzie
First Name Sarah
Middle Name Malvina
Maiden Name Whetzel
Death Date 3/23/1886
Birth Date 9/10/1831
Obituary Source Martinsville Republican, March 25 & April 15, 1886
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Jacob Whetzel Cemetery, Waverly, Ind.
Family Information
Spouse William Nelson McKenzie, Aug. 26, 1852
Survived By Husband and 4 children.
Other Age 54. "Accidentally shot dead by 16-year-old son, Donald, at the home of W.N. Mackenzie at Waverly. Son was target-shooting with new rifle. Only daughter of Cyrus [and Elizabeth Mills] Whetzel; granddaughter of Jacob [and Ruhama Shepherd] Whetzel. Funeral at Waverly. Born near Waverly." "Born at the homestead near Waverly, on the spot her grandfather Jacob and her father Cyrus Whetzel settled as pioneers in 1819. She went to school at Bloomington and later to St. Mary's Episcopal Seminary in Indianapolis. Husband, a native of Scotland, and 4 of their 7 children, survive her."
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