Magers Cemetery - also known as Luray (former town of Luray)

Surname Name Birth Date Death Date Notes
MAGERS Francis Milton 12 Aug 1856 08 Nov 1863 7y 3m ? d - Son of Riley Magers & Elizabeth “Eliza” Whiteside
  Riley (Father) 25 Jan 1828 10 Mar 1878  
        Maybe others - no records as of this date.
Data
Riley MAGERS, b. 25 Jan., 1828, TN, and d. 10 Mar., 1878, Marshall Co., IA. Riley was the son of William and Rachel (MCGEE/MCGHEE) MAJORS, of White co., IL.
Riley married Elizabeth "Eliza" WHITESIDES, 02 Oct, 1845, Carmi, White Co., IL. Eliza was b. 8 May, 1827, White Co., IL, and d. 10 Nov., 1911, Jamestown, Cloud Co., KS.

(Sometime around 1875, Riley and Eliza divorced. On a Marshall Co., IA, deed dated 21 Feb 1878, Riley's wife is listed as Susan Magers.
Riley Magers married Susan Wailes, 04 Jul 1877 in Appanoose County Iowa #2 marriages for Riley Magers

Riley and Eliza had 7 sons: William, b. 5 Aug., 1847, IA, and d. bef. 1900. Marr. #1 - Helen M. LIBBY, 4 July, 1873, Marshall co., IA,
and #2 - Alice? John Mitchell, b. 8 June, 1851, Marshall co., IA, and d. 30 Aug., 1889, Hebron, Thayer co., NE. Marr. Hester A. VAN WINKLE,
16 Dec., 1883, Saline co., NE; Isaac, b. 5 May, 1854, Marshall co., IA, and d. 31 Oct., 1944, Holton, Jackson co., KS. marr. #1 - Hattie A. STAFFORD,
6 Feb., 1878, Saline co., NE, and #2 - Lucina Amy DAUGHERTY, 12 Oct., 1893, Hebron, Thayer co., NE; Francis Marion, b. 12 Aug., 1856, Marshall co., IA,
and d. 8 Nov., 1863, Marshall co., IA; Charles Henry, b. 19 Jan., 1859, Marshall co., IA, and d. 24 Sep., 1896, Jamestown, Cloud co., KS. Marr.
Anna Belle SLONECHER; Albert Benjamin, b. 19 Jan., 1863, Marshall co., IA, and d. 27 June, 1905, Devizes, Norton co., KS. Marr. Addie May SYPHERS,
25 Feb., 1884, Lincoln co., NE; and Edmund/Edward "Eddie" MAGERS, b. 23 June, 1865, Marshall co., IA, and d. 19 Oct., 1885, Jamestown, Cloud county, Kansas.

Mrs. Harold Robertson writes that when they moved to Timber Creek TWS -NW ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 19 in 1948- 2 grave bases and one stone were piled by the fence.
The marker read Magers Francis M. son of _______ and E. Magers - Nov 8, 1863 –age 7 years & ______ days

Data from Merrill Price’s Cemetery Books, 1871 Marshall County Plat Book (Timber Creek Township),
1860 Census & Roots Web Message Board

Merrill Price 1 April 2010


Formatted by Dawn Minard



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