Fergus County MT Archives Obituaries.....Weydert, Mary January 1924
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The Helena Daily Independent, Friday Morning, January 11, 1924
EARLY PIONEER DIES AT LEWISTOWN HOME -

Lewistown, Jan. 10. -- Mrs. Mary Weydert, whose death occurred in the city 
yesterday morning, was one of the early pioneers of Montana, coming to this 
state in 1864, making the trip by ox team, and with her passing the last woman 
who accompanied that expedition is gone. She was a native of Germany, having 
been born at Waldech, a little village near Coblenz on the Rhine, on June 6, 
1836. She came to America when 18 yeras of age.

For a time she resided at Aurora, Ill., later moving to St. Louis, where in 
1859 whe was married to Paul Weydert, whom she survived by 23 years. When the 
party composing the train that was to make the long journey westward left 
Minnesota, Peter Weydert, the third child, was less than six weeks old, the two 
children previously born having died.

The journey across the plains occupied four months and was filled with 
hardship, as were the years following in a country altogether new and 
undeveloped. But the spirit of courage and fortitude which characterized the 
pioneers was strong within the heart of Mary Weydert. The same spirit pervaded 
her life to its close, and she never knew what it was to give up until she 
surrendered to death. At the time of her passing was was 87 years and seven 
months old. She was the youngest member of a family of seven.

In 1882 Mrs. Weydert and family removed to the Judith Basin from Helena and 
resided for many years on a ranch one and one-half miles west of Lewistown. For 
the past 13 years she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. George J. 
Wiedeman.


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