OBITUARY: Margaret Ferry (Brown) Ormsby; Groton, Tompkins co., NY
surname: Brown, Ormsby

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The following is an obituary which appeared in a Bedford, Iowa newspaper. It
is the obit of Margaret Ferry Brown-Ormsby whose family resided in Groton,
Tompkins Co. NY. Much of the family remained in Groton as she and her husband
moved west.

Mrs Luther Ormsby passed away at the home of her son, L P Ormsby, on June 15th
after a brief illness, and was buried from the Presbyterian church on
Wednesday afternoon. Her maiden name was Margaret F. Brown, born in Alleghany
Co, Penn, September 30, 1831. At twelve years of age her parents moved to New
York state where she was married to Luther Ormsby, Dec 19, 1854. In 1863, she
with her husband and one child moved to Iowa, where her husband died May 5,
1888, after which time she has lived with her son, who with his family moved
to Edgeley, ND in 1904. At the age of 13, Mrs Ormsby joined the Baptist church
in which body she has ever been faithful in both church and Sunday school. She
was always ready to lend a helping hand in times of sickness and death. She
dies leaving a wide circle of friends to morn her loss, but who know she has
gone to a richly earned reward.

(Source: Obituary in Bedford Times Republican Jul 9, 1908)