Mercy Martindale

1797 - 1889  (91 years)

• Name	Mercy Martindale
  Birth	19 Jul 1797	Vermont
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Apr 1889	Central City, Merrick, Nebraska
  Person ID	I312	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2015

  
  

  Family	Richard Thorn,   b. 23 Feb 1786, Flushing, Queens, New York d. 20 Jun 1883, Santa Barbara, California (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1843	Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Santa Maria Times, 20 Apr 1889: Death of Grandma Thorne. A few weeks since in company with her daughter and son in law, Mr and Mrs Samuel Conner, Grandma Thorne left this city for Central City, Nebraska; her intended future home. Five days after her arrival, it is said that she placed her head in her hands and passed peacefully away. Grandma was 92 years old and the trip was too great for such an aged body. Had she remained in California it is quite probable that she would have lived to the great age of 100 years. Mrs Thorne was the mother of Mrs Curtis of Santa Maria. She was born in Vermont in 1797. At the age of 20 years she was married to Harry Nicholson and shortly afterward moved to Pennsylvania, where they lived for many years, rearing a family of five children. While there Mr Nicholson died and a few years later she married Richard Thorne and shortly (about 1880) she removed to California. where she resided until a few weeks since and where she was a second time left a widow.