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Note: Garfield Enterprise, Friday May 1, 1942: MRS. MANRING, 90, EARLY SETTLER DIES AT HOME Mary Abigal Brown was born March 3, 1852 in Marion County, Iowa and passed away at her old homestead east of Garfield April 23, 1942, at the age of 90 years, one month, and 20 days. She spent her girlhood in Marion County, Iowa. On January 14, 1870 she was united in marriage to James A. Walters. They lived for awhile in Iowa, and then moved by wagon train to Nebraska. Their lives were spent in pioneering. In Nebraska, their home was a sod shanty. Mr. Walters worked there several years, breaking sod with an oxen team. They heard more and more of the great country beyond Nebraska, known as the Oregon country. Pioneering was in their makeup, so they set out with their two small children and came to Oregon. Still seeking a better home they came on in 1877 to the Palouse country. Four mules, a wagon, and a few household furnishings was all they had. The first winter they stayed with a woodcutter and Mr. Walters split rails. In the spring he had just one twenty dollar gold piece left and he traded it to a man for his right on the homestead where they were to make their home, which she owned at the time of her passing. The life of this pioneer mother has been one of continuous service to her family and neighbors. She was always ready to lend a hand to those in distress. Her door was always open to strangers and those needing shelter. She brought to this unsettled country, her early Christian training, which helped her and her family so much in perilous times to keep the faith that those early pioneers has to have. Mrs. Walters was alone a good share of the time when the Indians were on the warpath, as Mr. Walters had to go to Walla Walla to work until he could get the sod broken and the wheat planted on his homestead. She said she always tried to feed the Indians when they stopped at her door and they were friendly to her. When Pearl Harbor was bombed and war was declared, she was very alarmed and said; "This makes five wars in my lifetime, the Civil War, The Indian Wars, The Spanish American, the World War and now this war. I must get busy and make something to help out. They need my help." After Mr. Walters' death she had lived almost continuously in her home at Garfield. In 1930 she was united in marriage to Charles E. Manring who preceded her in death. Mrs. Manring was the eldest of six children, all living and all well past the three score and ten mark. This is the first death in their immediate family in forty years. She is survived by six children, Mrs. Maude Schumacher of Farmington, Mrs. Annie Carmack, Garfield, Wesley O. Walters, Spalding, Idaho, Ed and Clyde Walters of Farmington, and Claude of Lewiston, Idaho. Three sisters, Misses Dora and Jennie Brown of Garfield, and Mrs. Emma Corp, Garfield; two brothers, James Brown, Garfield, and Amos Brown of Rocky Ford, Colorado. 24 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter. _______________________________ Washington Death Index, 1940-1996: Name: Mary A Manring Place of Death: Whitman Date of Death: 23 Apr 1942 Age: 90 Gender: F Certificate: 66 _____________________________________________ Mountain View Cem., Farmington, Wash. - inscription: - - - - - - - - - - - Mar. 3, 1852 Mary Walters Manring - - Apr. 23, 1942
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