Mary E. Cathers (Betsey) also listed as (KEITHERS) died in 1862 Illinois
when her husband Stephen Howell was in the Civil War.
Stephen's document from Washington County Indiana
where he is divorcing on 11 Aug 1868 Mary E. Howell in his
Civil War Pension Application Co. M 5th Ind Vols. & Co D 17th VRC.
(is also in Washington Co., IN records)
On 19 Aug 1868 he married Zela Josephine Edmonds Gaston Kennedy
Family legend says that Betsey visited her parents in Illinois during the
Civil War and afterward dissapeared.
Anyone searching these families?
Thank you,
Jeannet