Elleretta Magruder

1863 - 1949  (85 years)

• Name	Elleretta Magruder
  Birth	10 Jun 1863	Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Ellaretta
  Death	6 Mar 1949	Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Burial	9 Mar 1949	Memorial Park Abbey, Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
  Siblings	3 brothers
  1. William Henry Magruder,   b. 15 May 1858, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA d. 30 Jun 1930, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 72 years) ▻ Caroline Frances Bowman,  m. 2 Jun 1881   2. Elleretta Magruder,   b. 10 Jun 1863, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA d. 6 Mar 1949, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA  (Age 85 years) ▻ William Hill Harkness,  m. 1 Aug 1900   3. Charles E. Magruder,   b. 18 Sep 1870, Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio, USA d. 27 May 1871, Clinton County, Ohio, USA  (Age 0 years)   4. John E. Magruder,   b. 24 Mar 1872, Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio, USA d. 2 May 1872, Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Notes	When Elleretta died in 1949, she left the bulk of her estate (around $150,000, or $1.7 million in 2021) to the "Barney convalescent hospital" for children, which later became Dayton's Children's Hospital. The gift, in part, enabled the hospital to open in 1950. See newspaper article below.
  Person ID	I98	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel B. Magruder,   b. 20 Nov 1827, Allegany County, Maryland, USA d. 9 Mar 1886 (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Mary Catharine Dyer,   b. 1 Jan 1832, Maryland, USA d. 18 Jun 1925, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1854	Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Hill Harkness,   b. 25 Apr 1861, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA d. 7 Dec 1937, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1900	Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Jun 1863 - Ohio County, West Virginia, USA Marriage - 1 Aug 1900 - Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA Death - 6 Mar 1949 - Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Burial - 9 Mar 1949 - Memorial Park Abbey, Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Marriage Record of William Harkness and Elleretta Magruder Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin 1 August 1900

  
  

  Newspaper Articles

  Barney Hospital to Open Dayton (Ohio) Daily News 21 August 1950

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] State of Ohio Death Certificate. [S607] State of Wisconsin Marriage Records.