Mary Elizabeth DuckworthAge: 57 years1880–1938
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Duckworth
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Duckworth
 Birth | August 13, 1880 24 17 |
 Birth of a sister | Viola Duckworth 1881 (Age 4 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Florence Gertrude Duckworth June 4, 1882 (Age 21 months) |
| Death of a father | Jasper Duckworth January 16, 1885 (Age 4 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Smith Walker — Nancy Jane Boucher — View this family June 3, 1887 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Aaron Walker April 25, 1888 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Laura Walker February 1890 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | James Walker March 1892 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Robert Duncan Duckworth January 14, 1894 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Nathan Walker November 1895 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Emma Marie Walker August 1898 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | George Henry Best — View this family December 24, 1899 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Nathan Walker 1910 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Jane Gann August 27, 1911 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Laura Walker 1919 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Florence Gertrude Duckworth October 15, 1932 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Aaron Walker December 22, 1937 (Age 57 years) |
 Death | July 1, 1938 (Age 57 years) |
 Burial |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jasper Duckworth Birth: February 21, 1856 35 30 — Sampsel Twp, Livingston Co, MO Death: January 16, 1885 — Livingston Co, MO |
| mother |
Nancy Jane Boucher Birth: September 3, 1862 — Sampsel Twp, Livingston Co, MO Death: January 8, 1942 — Chase Co, KS |
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Marriage: September 25, 1879 — Livingston Co, MO |
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11 months herself |
Mary Elizabeth Duckworth Birth: August 13, 1880 24 17 — Mooresville, Livingston Co, MO Death: July 1, 1938 — Mooresville, Livingston Co. MO |
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17 months younger sister |
Viola Duckworth Birth: 1881 24 18 Death: |
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17 months younger sister |
Florence Gertrude Duckworth Birth: June 4, 1882 26 19 — Livingston Co, MO Death: October 15, 1932 — Santa Paula, CA |
| Father’s family with Ann Brown |
| father |
Jasper Duckworth Birth: February 21, 1856 35 30 — Sampsel Twp, Livingston Co, MO Death: January 16, 1885 — Livingston Co, MO |
| step-mother | |
| half-brother |
Henry Duckworth Birth: 1873 16 Death: |
| Mother’s family with Smith Walker |
| step-father |
Smith Walker Birth: December 31, 1852 40 33 — Livingston Co, MO Death: April 20, 1928 — Chase Co, KS |
| mother |
Nancy Jane Boucher Birth: September 3, 1862 — Sampsel Twp, Livingston Co, MO Death: January 8, 1942 — Chase Co, KS |
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Marriage: June 3, 1887 — Livingston Co, MO |
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11 months half-brother |
Aaron Walker Birth: April 25, 1888 35 25 — Livingston Co, MO Death: December 22, 1937 — Chase Co, KS |
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22 months half-sister |
Laura Walker Birth: February 1890 37 27 Death: 1919 |
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2 years half-brother |
James Walker Birth: March 1892 39 29 Death: 1982 |
| half-sister | |
| half-brother |
Nathan Walker Birth: November 1895 42 33 Death: 1910 |
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3 years half-sister |
Emma Marie Walker Birth: August 1898 45 35 Death: 1969 |
| Family with George Henry Best |
| husband |
George Henry Best Birth: February 17, 1872 — IA Death: December 4, 1957 — Sampsel, Livingston Co, MO |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Duckworth Birth: August 13, 1880 24 17 — Mooresville, Livingston Co, MO Death: July 1, 1938 — Mooresville, Livingston Co. MO |
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Marriage: December 24, 1899 — Livingston Co, MO |
| Note | From Marie Dryden, Chillicothe, MO. Marriage recorded Livingston Co, MO Volume 10, page 310. Married by Amos Coen, Gospel Minister. Russel and Peggy Best and children, Darlene and Billy, drove to Cottonwood Falls, Ks. to attend the funeral of his grandmother, Nancy Jane (Boucher) Duckworth Walker who died 8 Jan 1942 in Chase Co., Kans. Darlene remembers the twins Archie and Allen and Vern Roy and playing "Old Maid" with Donald Wayne Walker. Obituary from the Breckenridge Bulletin, Published July 8, 1938. Mrs George Best died Friday morning of last week at the age of 57 at her home northeast of Moorseville. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Mooresville Christian Church conducted by the Rev. C.C. Throtyear, interment in Mooresville cemetery. She was united in marriage to George Best of Mooresville, Dec. 24, 1900. To this union was born three children. She became a member of the Christian church at an early age. She was preceded in death by her infant son, her father, sister Mrs. John Trussell, one half-sister Mrs Tom Goodman, and a brother, Aaron Walker. She leaves to mourn her going, her husband, son Russell of Chillicothe, a daughter Mrs Gladys Tiberghien of Sampsel, her aged mother Mrs. Smith Walker of Clement, KS. four grandchildren, Donna Jean, Deloris June Tiberghien of Sampsel, Darline (Darlene) and Bill Best of Chillicothe, and a host of other relatives and friends. |