Clinton County MI Archives Obituaries.....Blizzard, Mary April 25, 1911
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Clinton County Republican-April 27, 1911
Mrs. Mary Blizzard died at her late home with her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Cook, 
in Maple Rapids Tuesday night at the advanced age of 87 years. She had been 
ill for about four weeks, though her health had failed for the last few years. 
The funeral services were held at 10:30 o'clock at the Methodist church today 
(Thursday) and interment was made in the DeWitt cemetery.

Mary Wheeler was born in Wiltshire, England in 1824. At about the age of 20 
she was married to Oliver Blizzard at Wiltshire, and in about April of the 
year 1852 they came to the United States and settled near Chippewa Lake, Ohio. 
Two years later they came to Michigan and settled two miles from DeWitt where 
they lived until Mr. Blizzard enlisted in the war. He died after he had been 
away from home six months and then Mrs. Blizzard went with her nine young 
children to Maple Rapids where she since lived. One daughter died 38 years 
ago. She had been a member of the Methodist church for years.

Beside two brothers, William and James Wheeler, of England, the deceased 
leaves the following eight children: Mrs. Willmer Miller, Mrs. Harriet Cook, 
Mrs. Clarissa Payne and Oliver Blizzard of Maple Rapids; Mrs. Amelia Bunting 
of West Branch; Charles Blizzard of Ithaca; Thomas Blizzard of Detroit; and 
Enos Blizzard of St. Johns.

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