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Name
Mary Cecelia Finger   #9477
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Born
19 Jan 1860
Place
Benton Center, Yates, New York
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Died
31 Jan 1938
Place
Monterey, Schuyler, New York
Source
     approx. age 78


Buried

Father
Mother

Spouse
Date
1877
Place
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  1  Harry Roy Shannon Jan 1884
  2  Lewis Philip Shannon 1 May 1886

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Spouse 3
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Found her on the 1860 Benton, Yates, New York census (img 57) as Cecelia Finger age 6 months.

Found her on the 1870 Orange, Schuyler, New York census (img 11) as Mary Finger age 10. She is living 2 doors away from her future husband, Silas W. Shannon age 26.

Found her on the 1880 Orange, Schuyler, New York census (dist 150 img 20) as Mary Shannon age 20, daughter-in-law. She is married and they are living in the household of her husband's parents.

Found her on the 1900 Orange, Schuyler, New York census (dist 52 img 17) as Mary C. Shannon age 40. Has given birth to 3 children, 2 are living

Found her on the 1910 Orange, Schuyler, New York census (dist 63 img 8) as Mary Shannon age 50.

Found her on the 1930 Orange, Schuyler, New York census (dist 15 img 4) as Mary C. Shannon age 70, widow. Her grandson Lewis L. Shannon age 19, teacher, public school, is living in her household.

Mrs. Mary Shannon died at her home at Monterey Monday night at 9:10 o'clock after a two months illness of complications. She was 78 years old January 19.

She was born at Benton Center in 1860, daughter of Philip and Sally E. Godfrey Finger. Since her marriage to Silas W. Shannon in 1877 in Monterey, she had resided there and was a faithful attendant of the Monterey Baptist Church.

Surviving are: one son, Ray Shannon; two grandsons, Leroy and George Shannon; one granddaughter, Ruth Shannon; one great - granddaughter, Barbara Jean Shannon, all of Monterey; two nephews, Charles and Arthur Potter, West Pulteney street, Corning; five nieces, Nina Bessill of Watkins Glen, Nettie Scott of Hornell, Cora VanGilder of Cuba, Carrie Jacobs of Corning, Ota Dennis of Monterey; a number of cousins in the vicinity of Benton Center.

The body was removed to the Carpenter Funeral Home and will be taken Wednesday to the home at Monterey. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Alexander Perry of Corning, pastor of the Monterey Baptist Church. Burial will be at Bradford.

The Evening Leader February 1, 1938




                                                                    | JOHANNES "JOHN" FINGER Sr. 1752
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                                  | Jeremiah Finger  1788           | 
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                                  |                                 | TYSJE DECKER 1754 
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| Philip Finger 1824              |
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|                                 |                                 | Andrew Rector Sr. 1762   
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|                                 | Eva Rector 1794                 |
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|                                                                   | Charity Rockefeller 1766 
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|- Mary Cecelia Finger   
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|                                 | Richard Godfrey  1793           |   
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| Sally Eunice Godfrey 1831       |
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                                  | Mary Unknown 1805               |
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