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Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris Drane
1 Aug 1848 – 18 Nov 1889
| Birth | 1 Aug 1848 |
| Death | 18 Nov 1889 |
| Cemetery | Evergreen Cemetery Mills , Keya Paha County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | susanc on 02 Jun 2018 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84870236 |
Bio
Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris was the daughter of Edward B. and Mary Marietta Wilcox Harris. She first married Silas Holbrooke 1 Jul 1863 in Whiteside County, Illinois. To this marriage was born two daughters, Mary E. who died young and Jennie. Silas Holbrooke died reportedly from disease during the Civil War. Widow "Betsy" Harris Holbrook married Thomas Marion Drane 16 May 1868 Shell Rock, Bremer County, Iowa. The Drane family moved from Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa to Keyapaha Co., NE in 1885. The Drane marriage produced eight children with the first six being born in Iowa before the move to Nebraska: Marguerette M. 1871, Thomas Marion Jr. 1872, Harris 1876, Robert LeRoy 1878, George Henry 1881, Florence Effie 1884, Lillian Belle 1886, Herbert William, 1889. Betsy died 18 Nov 1889 from complications of child birth less then a month after her last child was born. She was just 41 years old.
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Draine, Mary E., wife of T.M. died 11-18-1889 - 40 years "WE MISS THEE AT HOME"
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- Mary E Holbrook 1864–1865
- Jennie May Holbrook Jones 1866–1947
- Margaret Maretta "Maggie" Draine Stewart 1870–1947
- Thomas Marion Drane Jr 1872–1949
- Harry A. Draine 1876–1880
- Robert Leroy Draine 1878–1970
- Florence Effie Draine Snider 1884–1963
- Lillian Bell Draine McKee 1887–1965
- Herbert William Draine 1889–1970
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