Individual Details

Anna Mary Graff

(1845 - 21 May 1920)

May 24, 1920, Green-Mound Church Cemetery, Mt Pleasant, Iowa

Gospel Herald - Volume XIII, Number 10 - June 3, 1920 - page 190
Wyse.-Anna Mary Wyse. nee Graff was born in Schaffhausen, Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, October 14, 1847; died at her home near Rome, Iowa, May 21, 1920; aged 72 y. 7 m. 6 d. She came to America with her parents when she was two years old, settling in Fulton Co., 0., and endured all the privations and hardships of the early settlers. She was united in holy matrimony with John F. Wyse April 14, 1862. They were marred 53 years when Bro. Wyse died July 5, 1915. They came to Rome, Ia., in 1918, where they resided ever since with the exception of the time when they lived with their son Chris F. at Stryker, 0. After the father's death she with her daughter Maud returned to Rome, Ia. This union was blessed with ten children, five sons and five daughters. Four sons and one daughter have preceded her in death. The following are the surviving children who mourn the loss of the mother: Mrs. 0. 0. Swan, Mt. Pleasant, Ia., C. F. Wyse and Mrs. Barbara Graber, Stryker, 0.; Mrs. A. E. Peterson, Mt. Pleasant, Ia.; and Miss Maud Wyse, Rome, Ia. She also leaves two sisters, twenty-four grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren and a large host of friends and neighbors who cherish her memory The funeral was held at the Green-Mound Church near Trenton. Ia., on May 24, at 10 o'clock, conducted by the brethren Simon Gingerich and Daniel Graber, assisted by Rev. Weston, pastor of the Baptist church at Mt. Pleasant, Ia. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. The above departed sister accepted Christ as her personal Saviour in her young days, uniting with the Amish Mennonite Church and remained a faithful member until called by death. In her life she exemplified the true mother-heart in forgetting herself for the benefit of others, while in her suffering she was patient and endured her misfortunes with a cheerful hope of victory when the Master would call her home.

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Birth	1845	Switzerland
Arrival	1847
Birth	May 1847	Switzerland
Birth	14 Oct 1847	Schaffhausen, Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Birth	14 Oct 1847	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Birth	15 Oct 1847
Birth	1849	Switzerland
Marriage	14 Apr 1864	John F WYSE
Residence	1880	Trenton, Henry, Iowa, USA
Residence	1900	Trenton, Henry, Iowa, USA
Residence	1910	Trenton, Henry, Iowa, USA
Residence	1918	Rome, Henry, Iowa, USA
Death	21 May 1920	Rome, IA
Death	21 May 1920	funeral was held at the Green-Mound Church near Trenton. Ia., on May 24/Rome, Henry, Iowa, USA
Death	21 May 1920	Age: 72/
Burial	24 May 1920	Green-Mound Cemetery/Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA
Death	1924	Iowa, USA
Residence	1925
Alt name		Mary WYSE
Birth		Czech Republic
Burial		Henry County, Iowa, USA

Families

Spouse	John F. Wyse (1828 - 1915)
Child	Solomon Wyse (1862 - 1878)
Child	Mary Wyse (1864 - )
Child	Christian F. Wyse (1865 - )
Child	Barbara E. Wyse (1867 - 1945)
Child	John Wyse (1869 - )
Child	Anna Wyse (1874 - )
Child	Benjamin Wyse (1878 - 1883)
Child	David Wyse (1880 - 1887)
Child	Josephine Wyse (1883 - )
Child	Maude (Martha) Wyse (1885 - )

Spouse	John F WYSE (1828 - 1915)
Child	Samuel WYSE (1860 - )
Child	Christian F WYSE (1864 - 1948)
Child	Barbara E WYSE (1867 - 1945)
Child	John WYSE (1869 - 1882)
Child	Anna Wyse (1874 - )
Child	Solomon Wyse (1862 - 1878)
Child	Benjamin Wyse (1878 - 1883)
Child	David Wyse (1880 - 1887)
Child	Josephine WYSE (1883 - 1907)
Child	Martha WYSE (1885 - )
Child	Mary WYSE (1863 - 1925)

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Anna Mary Graff

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