Mary COLWELL^[1]

1803 - 1881  (78 years)

• Name	Mary COLWELL
  Born	15 Jun 1803	Colwell's Mill, Southampton TWP, PA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Jul 1881	Shippensburg Twp, Cumberland Co, PA   [2, 3]
  Buried	Spring Hill cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA
  		McCune, Alexander and Mary [Colwell]
  Person ID	I9959	Primary
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	John COLWELL,   b. 1768,   d. 28 Jan 1831  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Keziah COX,   b. 12 Jul 1783,   d. 15 May 1804  (Age 20 years)
  Family ID	F2836	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Alexander MCCUNE,   b. 18 Nov 1797, Southampton Twp, Cumberland Co., PA ,   d. 26 Jul 1868, Shippensburg Twp, Cumberland Co, PA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	22 May 1823	Cumberland Co., PA   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Cox MCCUNE,   b. 1824,   d. 6 Aug 1885, Ralls Co., MO  (Age 61 years) + 2. John Augustus Colwell MCCUNE,   b. 3 Dec 1827, Southampton TWP, Franklin Co., PA ,   d. 14 Apr 1895, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA  (Age 67 years)   3. Kezia(h) Mary MCCUNE,   b. 11 Dec 1832, Cumberland Co., PA ,   d. 13 Aug 1910  (Age 77 years) + 4. Edmund James MCCUNE,   b. 22 Jun 1836, Middle Spring, , PA ,   d. 26 Mar 1902  (Age 65 years)   5. William Alexander MCCUNE,   b. 01 Jul 1841,   d. 26 Sep 1842  (Age 1 years)
  Family ID	F2819	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Spring Hill cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S247] Newspaper Clipping, 1881. Death of Mrs. Mary C. McCune Mrs. Mary C. McCune, who died at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. John I. Cox, near this borough, on Saturday morning last, had been an invalid for several years, but was only confined to her bed a short time before her death. She was the wife of the late Alexander McCune, of Middle Spring, and was born June 15, 1803, at Colwell's Mill (now owned by Henry Houser) near this borough. She was the daughter of John Colwell who built the mill just mentioned, together with the stone dwelling nearby. Her mother died when she was about one year old and she was then taken to the home of her grandfather, Samuel Cox, in Southampton Township, Franklin County, where she resided until her marriage with Alexander McCune, deceased, in May 1822. She resided for many years at the mill below Middle Spring, now owned by Samuel Myers, and in early life connected herself with the Presbyterian Church at Middle Spring and continued her membership until a few years ago, when she withdrew and connected herself with the church at Shippensburg. She was devotedly attached to her church, and was regularly in attendance until the past three or four years, when her infirmities compelled her to remain indoors. Mrs. McCune leaves the following children: Samuel C. McCune, Ralls Co., MO; J.A.C. McCune; Kezia M. Cox, wife of John I. Cox; and E. J. McCune, Shippensburg. One son, her youngest child, died in infancy. She also leaves three sisters: Mrs. David Hayes, Mrs. Jane Phillips, and Miss Elizabeth Colwell, who reside in Shippensburg. Her only brother, Captain James Colwell, a member of the Cumberland County bar, was killed at the battle of Antietam. We understand that it is her request that Samuel, John A. C. and E. J. McCune, and her son-in-law, John I. Cox, act as pallbearers, which duty was discharged by those persons. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. W. C. McCarrell and Joseph Mahon, and the remains were interred in Spring Hill Cemetery. Her age was seventy-eight years. Mrs. McCune received her education in the Moravian Seminary, at Lititz, Pa., and was, in all respects, an exemplary Christian woman. She was of a quiet, gentle disposition, undemonstrative and retiring in the presence of strangers, but of a warm, sympathetic nature and much loved by a large circle of family and friends. [S126] Bible: Bratton family bible (Reliability: 0). [S127] PA Cumberland Co.: Church: Middle Spring Presbyterian Records, McElwain, Wilbur J., (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1992), p. 130 (Reliability: 0).