Jennie H. McWilliams, wife of George W. McWilliams (Medal of Honor Winner, Civil War Veteran), was born Nov. 13, 1849, and passed away at Waterford, Pa., age 77, at the home of her relatives, on May 10, 1927. Burial was in the Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida County, Iowa.
Her daughter passed away about 3 years ago. Her husband, George W. McWilliams was wounded in the Civil War maintaining his station on the boat, USS Pontoosuc, but stayed at his station defending his comrades and his Union and received the Medal of Honor. The Ida County Historical Society has a cup made from a cocoanut and a piece of tin for a handle that he made at the Andersonville Prison. George was born Sept. 16, 1842 and passed away Aug. 11, 1900.
Jennie had married George W. McWilliams, a pioneer surveyor in northwest Iowa and Civil War Veteran, and the family resided in Ida Grove, Iowa, for nearly 50 years.------------------------
Martha Jane Himrod Moore
Birth: 13 NOV 1849 in Waterford Twp, Erie CO, PA
Death: 10 MAY 1927
Father: James C Moore b: ABT 1815 in Ireland
Mother: Jemima Gillespie b: 22 AUG 1821 in Ireland
Marriage 1 George W McWilliams b: 26 SEP 1842 in Erie Co, PA
Married: 21 OCT 1874
Children
Alice McWilliams b: 21 NOV 1875 in Missouri, Usa Valley, Iowa
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Her daughter passed away about 3 years ago. Her husband, George W. McWilliams was wounded in the Civil War maintaining his station on the boat, USS Pontoosuc, but stayed at his station defending his comrades and his Union and received the Medal of Honor. The Ida County Historical Society has a cup made from a cocoanut and a piece of tin for a handle that he made at the Andersonville Prison. George was born Sept. 16, 1842 and passed away Aug. 11, 1900.
Jennie had married George W. McWilliams, a pioneer surveyor in northwest Iowa and Civil War Veteran, and the family resided in Ida Grove, Iowa, for nearly 50 years.------------------------
Martha Jane Himrod Moore
Birth: 13 NOV 1849 in Waterford Twp, Erie CO, PA
Death: 10 MAY 1927
Father: James C Moore b: ABT 1815 in Ireland
Mother: Jemima Gillespie b: 22 AUG 1821 in Ireland
Marriage 1 George W McWilliams b: 26 SEP 1842 in Erie Co, PA
Married: 21 OCT 1874
Children
Alice McWilliams b: 21 NOV 1875 in Missouri, Usa Valley, Iowa
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Jennie H. McWilliams, wife of George W. McWilliams (Medal of Honor Winner, Civil War Veteran), was born Nov. 13, 1849, and passed away at Waterford, Pa., age 77, at the home of her relatives, on May 10, 1927. Burial was in the Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida County, Iowa.
Her daughter passed away about 3 years ago. Her husband, George W. McWilliams was wounded in the Civil War maintaining his station on the boat, USS Pontoosuc, but stayed at his station defending his comrades and his Union and received the Medal of Honor. The Ida County Historical Society has a cup made from a cocoanut and a piece of tin for a handle that he made at the Andersonville Prison. George was born Sept. 16, 1842 and passed away Aug. 11, 1900.
Jennie had married George W. McWilliams, a pioneer surveyor in northwest Iowa and Civil War Veteran, and the family resided in Ida Grove, Iowa, for nearly 50 years.------------------------
Martha Jane Himrod Moore
Birth: 13 NOV 1849 in Waterford Twp, Erie CO, PA
Death: 10 MAY 1927
Father: James C Moore b: ABT 1815 in Ireland
Mother: Jemima Gillespie b: 22 AUG 1821 in Ireland
Marriage 1 George W McWilliams b: 26 SEP 1842 in Erie Co, PA
Married: 21 OCT 1874
Children
Alice McWilliams b: 21 NOV 1875 in Missouri, Usa Valley, Iowa
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Her daughter passed away about 3 years ago. Her husband, George W. McWilliams was wounded in the Civil War maintaining his station on the boat, USS Pontoosuc, but stayed at his station defending his comrades and his Union and received the Medal of Honor. The Ida County Historical Society has a cup made from a cocoanut and a piece of tin for a handle that he made at the Andersonville Prison. George was born Sept. 16, 1842 and passed away Aug. 11, 1900.
Jennie had married George W. McWilliams, a pioneer surveyor in northwest Iowa and Civil War Veteran, and the family resided in Ida Grove, Iowa, for nearly 50 years.------------------------
Martha Jane Himrod Moore
Birth: 13 NOV 1849 in Waterford Twp, Erie CO, PA
Death: 10 MAY 1927
Father: James C Moore b: ABT 1815 in Ireland
Mother: Jemima Gillespie b: 22 AUG 1821 in Ireland
Marriage 1 George W McWilliams b: 26 SEP 1842 in Erie Co, PA
Married: 21 OCT 1874
Children
Alice McWilliams b: 21 NOV 1875 in Missouri, Usa Valley, Iowa
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