Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....McPHERSON, Nancy May 9, 1894
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., May 9, 1894
OBITUARY
                      "OVER JORDAN"
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Mrs. Nancy McPherson Dies at the Happy Old Age of Ninety-two.
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     Mrs. Nancy McPHERSON died at her home in this city (Cloverport) at 6 
o'clock yesterday morning, the 8th inst.
     She was one of the oldest, if not the oldest person in this section of the 
county.  She was born in Nelson County, Virginia on November 28, 1801, which 
makes her at the time of her death, in her ninety-third year.
     Hers has been a long and beautiful life.  She was married in Virginia in 
1819 to John WITT, and emigrated with him to this state some years afterward.  
She was the mother of William and Richard WITT and Mrs. Malinda CAMP of this 
city, and J. A. WITT of Hardinsburg, all of whom are now respected and honored, 
aged citizens.
     Her first husband died in 1834, and she afterward married Joseph 
McPHERSON.  This union was blessed with two children, one of whom, Mrs. John 
CULLEY, of Louisville, was present and helped to make pleasant the last earthly 
moments of her dying mother.
     Mrs. McPHERSON joined the Baptist Church and was baptized in Virginia in 
1834, and she has ever since remained a faithfull and consistent member of that 
church.  Her life has been remarkable for the beauty of her kind, Christian 
spirit.
     The funeral services will be held in the Baptist Church at 3 o'clock this 
afternoon, after which the remains will be interred in the Murray Cemetery.


Additional Comments:
#0256 Old Murray Cemetery, located at Cloverport, Ky., in Breckinridge County.
Closed to burials.  Cemetery established approximately 1818.

McPHERSON, Nancy  28 Nov 1801 -- 09 May 1894
(obituary lists died 08 May 1894)
wife of #1- John WITT
married in 1819 in Virginia.  He died in Kentucky in 1834
wife of #2- Joseph McPHERSON
married in 1834
maiden name unknown
have her obituary
she has a single tombstone   "Our Mother"

McPHERSON, Joseph  1811 -- 16 Dec 1884
husband of #1- unknown
husband of #2- Mrs. Nancy WITT
parents unknown
he has a single tombstone   "Our Father"
Dana Brown & Peggy Russell









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