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Mary Frances OLIPHANT

Female 1853 - 1924  (70 years)


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  • Name Mary Frances OLIPHANT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    • Both spellings of "Oliphant/Oliphint" or "Olifant/Olifint" were found.
    Birth 14 Dec 1853  Platte City, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 125 
    Death 15 Sep 1924  Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, Findagrave Memorial# 12128628.
    Person ID I125  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father William Jasper OLIPHANT,   b. 1825   d. 1877, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Matilda Thayer EILER,   b. Abt 1832, Clay County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1881, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Milton B. PECKINPAW,   b. Abt 1857, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1931, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1886  Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Children 
     1. Ernest CHRICHLEY,   b. 14 Jun 1873, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1958, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [unknown]
    Family ID F50  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Robert SCRUGGS,   b. 1844, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1877, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 18 Apr 1874  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Buena Vista SCRUGGS,   b. 22 Feb 1876, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1959, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F51  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Dec 1853 - Platte City, Platte, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Apr 1874 - Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Apr 1886 - Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Sep 1924 - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1860: on familysearch.org. Mary F. Olifant, 7, living with WmJ.35/MatildaE.25 (parents) and EmmaC.5, WmE.3, CharlesH.2 (siblings). Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Mary F. Oliphint, 16, living with W.J.40/MatildaT34 (parents) and EmmaC.14, WilliamE.12, Jacob9, Belldona6, JamesF.2 Oliphint (siblings). Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

      MARRIAGE 1874: on ancestry.com. Mary Frances Oliphint married Robert Scruggs in 1874 in Kansas. (US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900)

      1875 Census(Ks): on ancestry.com. Mary Scruggs, 21 b in Kansas, living with Robert Scruggs 32. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Mary Scruggs, 26, b. in Missouri, living with her widowed mother Matilda44, and Silliam22, Jacob18, BellaDona15, Jas Franklin19, Luella9, Gertrude6 Oliphint (her siblings) and her daughter Buena V4. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1885: on ancestry.com. Mary Scruggs, 31, widow. living with daughter Binny8 Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas.

      MARRIAGE 1886: on ancestry.com. Mary Frances Oliphint (Scruggs) married Milton B Peckenpaugh in 1886 in Kansas. (US and International Marriage Recoreds, 1560-1900)

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Mary Peckenpaugh, 56, b. in Missouri, married 21 years (May be 24; husband says married 24 years), had 1 child/still living, living with husband#2 Milton53 Peckenpaugh and niece Nora25 Peckenpaugh. Location: Topeka Township, Shawnee County, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1915: on ancestry.com. M F. Peckenpaugh 61, living with husb M.B.Peckenpaugh 58. Location: not listed on census form.

      CENSUS 1920: on familysearch.org. Mary F. Peckenpaugh, 66, b. in Missouri, living with husband Milton B Peckenpaugh,62. Location: Mount Pleasant Township, Atchison County, Kansas.

      BURIAL 1924: on familysearch.org. Mary F. Peckenpaugh, d. Sept. 15, 1924. Buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, Findagrave Memorial# 12128628.

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] 1875 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-20. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    2. [S26] 1915 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-271. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    3. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas Territory; Roll: M653_346; Page: 324; Image: 324; Family History Library Film: 803346. Found on Ancestry.com.
      NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.

    4. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: 372; Family History Film: 1254372; Page: 509B; Enumeration District: 011; Image: 1024. Found on Ancestry.com.

    5. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: M593_428; Page: 359A; Image: 724; Family History Library Film: 545927. Found on Ancestry.com.

    6. [S39] 1920 USA Federal Census, Location: Mount Pleasant, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: T625_523; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 432. Found on Ancestry.com.
      1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
      Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

    7. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: T624_457; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 0189; FHL microfilm: 1374470. Found on ancestry.com.

    8. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Found on findagrave.com and ancestry.com.
      Kansas, Find a grave, 1854-2012.

    9. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 4169.000; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PHR. Found on ancestry.com.

    10. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 4168.000; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PHR. Found on Ancestry.com.


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