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Eusden, Susan

Last Name: Eusden
First Name: Susan
Dates:
*1828 (Date of Birth)
*4.6.1910 (Date of Death)
Biography/History: Family History says she was from Norfolk, England. Susan Everhard Pinson, born 1828, England. Died Jun. 4, 1910, Platte Center, Platte County, Nebraska. Was previously married before marrying Robert Pinson. Obit in Columbus Journal, June 8, 1910: DIED PINSON--After an illness of two months, Mrs. Robert Pinson, wife of Postmaster Pinson of Platte Center, died at her home Monday morning, aged 77 years. Mrs. Pinson was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire England, December 28, 1833. Here she grew to womanhood and moved to Norwich and later to Saxthorpe, England, where she met her husband, Robert Pinson, and they were married at Norwich, England, September 1865. In 1870 they crossed the ocean and came to America and direct to Platte county, where they took up a homestead in Lost Creek township, which has since been their home. In 1889, when Mr. Pinson was first appointed postmaster at Platte Center they moved to that town, but again resided on the old homestead for four years. In 1897 they again moved to Platte Center, which has since been their home. Mrs. Pinson was a sister of the late John Eusden of this city. Besides her husband she leaves one daughter, Jennie, wife of Willard Chapin of Walla Walla, Washington, and one son, T.J.E. Pinson, who lives on the old homestead in Lost Creek township. Mrs. Pinson was a member of the Methodist church. The funeral services, which were held Tuesday at the home in Platte Center, were conducted by Rev. D.I. Roush of this city, and she was brought here on the Norfolk passenger for burial in the Columbus cemetery [Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska]. Family links: Spouse: Robert Pinson (1842 - 1922)* Children: Jennie Mary Everard Chapin (1860 - 1950)* and Tom James Eusden Pinson (1866 - 1955)* www.findagrave.com and http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/platte/vitals/vitals1910.html. Quilt donor: WA State Death Certificate: Jennie Mary Chapin [Jennie Mary Everard], age 89, died 3 Nov 1950, Spokane, WA. Father: John Joseph Everard; Mother: Susan Eusden [FHL Film Number: 2032975; Reference ID: 20013]
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2208.1 (Quilt, Quilt Top, Hexagonal Mosaic, Late 19th Century)