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- Mrs. Mary BADGER, who died at North Loup, Neb., October
2 and was buried
- in the Milton Junction cemetery October 6, was born in Friendship,
N.Y., Jan 22, 1834. She was married to Hiram SMITH of
Janesville in April, 1850. In the spring of 1851 in attempting
to bring a raft of logs down Rock river to Janesville where he
had a cabinet factory, Mr. SMITH was drowned, and Mary
was left a widow at the age of seventeen.
- After twelve years as a student and teacher, Mary SMITH
was married to Seth
- SMITH of Milford, Penn. Seth SMITH had a harness
shop in Milton Junction where Mabson's store now stands. Mr.
SMITH passed away on Jan. 17, 1874. Four years later she
was married to A. B. SPAULDING who was president of the
American Sabbath Tract society for eighteen years, holding that
position until his death in 1894 at Milton Junction.
- In 1898, she became the [second] wife of Dr. Charles BADGER
and had lived in
- North Loup most of the time since. [Dr. BADGER died
in 1906.]
- Mrs. BADGER had been a Seventh Day Baptist since she
was seventeen years old,
- having embraced that faith while at Albion, Wis.
- She had no children and he nearest living relatives are two
nieces and two nephews,
- all old people and widely scattered. [Thursday edition,
p. 1]
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- [Mary's full name was Mary Beaufort (GREENE) SMITH SMITH
SPAULDING BADGER.]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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