Herron, Mary Lillian

1874 - 1921  (47 years)

• Name	Herron, Mary Lillian
  Birth	23 Jul 1874	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census		1880 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 24 1880 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 155) (Clay City Township), image 24, page 24d
  Reference Number	HERR.M002
  _FGRAVE	24145518
  Funeral	Methodist Episcopal Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [3]
  	The funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock and was one the largest funerals ever held in Clay City, many friends of the grief-stricken husband and his departed wife, belng unable to gain entrance to the church. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. Mrs. P. M. Brissenden and Mrs. Sherman Schock sang "In the Garden," and Mrs. Schock sang "Beautiful City of Light" as a solo. Rev. O. O. Maxfield paid tribute to the beautiful life which Mrs. Duff had lived. Interment was made in it he I. O. O. F. cemetery.
  Death	23 Oct 1921	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [3, 4]
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I23174	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Herron, Joseph,   b. 28 Oct 1828, Ohio d. 3 Nov 1891, Clay County, Illinois (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Baxter, Elizabeth A.,   b. 16 Nov 1843, Pennsylvania d. 22 Dec 1925, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F10234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Duff, Albert Harvey,   b. 16 Dec 1873, Clay County, Illinois d. 14 Jan 1935, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1894	Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 19 years and 5 months - He : ~ 20 years.
  Family ID	F10235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Jul 1874 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Funeral - - Methodist Episcopal Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 1894 - Clay County, Illinois Death - 23 Oct 1921 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lillian Duff, beloved wife of Albert H. Duff, passed away last Sunday morning, after an illness of many months. Every attention that loving: hands could give helped make her last days less painful. Mrs. Duff's health has been failing for nearly two years, she having been under treatment from prominent doctors In St. Louis, Vincennes and Olney, later going to Rochester for an operatlon at the hands of the famed Mayo brothers. During the last few months her suffering was Intense, but her cheerful way and patient disposition prevailed to the end. Mrs. Duff was prominent In church and social circles, as well as the Order of Eastern Star, of which organization she had been a faithful member for twenty-five years, having held every Important office In the lodge at different times. Mrs. Duff was forty-seven years of age and was loved by people of all ages among whom she lived. The sympathy of the entire community Is extended the bereaved husband, who has given his entire time during his wife's Illness to make her load easier to bear, and to the aged mother, who has given her last child.

  
  

• Sources

  [S485] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 12B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00630&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S16778] https://www.ancestry.com/, 1880 Census, Clay City Township, page 24, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240459-00214?usePUB=true&_phsrc=bBR1&pId=46442367) (Reliability: 2). [S6380] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Duff, Lillian, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24145518/mary-lillian-duff), none. (Reliability: 2). [S6379] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Duff, Lillian, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24145518/mary-lillian-duff), none. (Reliability: 2). [S16674] https://www.ancestry.com/, 1870 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 12, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4263658_00064?usePUB=true&_phsrc=bSu6&pId=17031064) (Reliability: 2). [S6378] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Herron, Elizabeth and Joseph, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24145590/joseph-herron), none. (Reliability: 2).