Individual Details

Keturah Miranda Wilmeth

(23 Nov 1833 - 9 Dec 1862)

Died in childbirth giving birth to Princess Annie Thompson (Hall) in 1862 on a Mississippi steamboat of which her husband E. A. Thompson was the captian. Ketura was the first person buried in what is now Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney TX. Buried by her father Joseph Bryson Wilmeth in 1862 because he thought it was a beautiful place. Later became Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney TX. Cemetery established in 1870.

Events

Birth23 Nov 1833
MarriageAbt 1850USA - E. Alexander Thompson
Death9 Dec 1862Mississippi
BurialPecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County, Texas

Families

SpouseE. Alexander Thompson (1831 - )
ChildPrincess Ann "Sannie" Thompson (1862 - 1916)
FatherJoseph Bryson Wilmeth (1807 - 1892)
MotherNancy Ferguson (1807 - 1892)
SiblingMartha Marilia Wilmeth (1831 - 1930)
SiblingCollin McKinney Wilmeth (1848 - 1898)

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