Martha Melissa Severy

Martha Melissa Severy
(1834-1914)

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Spouses/Children:
1. George Gordon Byron Adams

2. Harvey Kenney

Martha Melissa Severy

Born: 28 Apr 1834, Dixfield, Oxford, Maine
Marriage: (1): George Gordon Byron Adams on 21 Mar 1853 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage: (2): Harvey Kenney on 31 Mar 1870 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine
Died: 18 Dec 1914, Mexico, Oxford, Maine at age 80
Buried: East Dixfield, Franklin, Maine

Another name for Martha was Mercy.

Events

• She appeared on the census in 1840 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine.

• She appeared on the census in 1850 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine.

• She appeared on the census in 1860 in Wilton, Franklin, Maine.

• She appeared on the census in 1870 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine.

• She appeared on the census in 1880 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine.

• She appeared on the census in 1900 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine. Listed as Melissa Kanney.

• She appeared on the census in 1910 in Mexico, Oxford, Maine. Next to Nell and Melissa Babb.

Martha married George Gordon Byron Adams, son of Jedediah Adams and Mary Hayden Whiting, on 21 Mar 1853 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts. (George Gordon Byron Adams was born about 1834 in Wilton, Franklin, Maine, died 27 Oct 1865 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts and was buried in East Dixfield, Oxford, Maine.)

Martha next married Harvey Kenney, son of John Kenney and Ruth Reed, on 31 Mar 1870 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine. (Harvey Kenney was born in Jul 1823 in Maine, died on 29 Sep 1907 and was buried in Tainter Corner Cemetery, Carthage, Maine.)

Obituary
Lewiston Evening Journal - Dec 24, 1914

On Friday, Dec. 18th, occurred the death of Mrs. Martha Kenney, widow of Harvey Kenney, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nell A. Babb, Mexico.

Mrs. Kenney was born in Dixfield, April 28th, 1834, the daughter of Silas and Lucinda Walker Severy. At the age of 19 she married George G. B. Adams of Wilton and during their married life lived at, and near East Dixfield. To them were born five children, Edgar, who died in infancy; Walter S., who went west: Ida J., wife of J. N. Thompson of Dixfield; Lester W., employed in a shoe factory in Auburn; and Nell A., wife of H. H. Babb of East Dixfield.

In 1865 occurred the death of Mr. Adams. In 1870 she was married to Harvey Kenney of South Carthage and came to the home where were Mr. Kenney's four motherless children, upon whom she bestowed the love and care of a mother.
These children were Marcellus E., now deceased; Eugene F. of Gallup, New Mexico; LaForest L. of Salem, Mass., and Fannie E., deceased. On account of ill-health, Mr. and Mrs. Kenney moved, in 1906, to Dixfield village, where Mr. Kenney died, the following year.

For the past few years, Mrs. Kenney has lived with her daughters, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Babb and it was at the home of the latter that she passed away, after an illness of over 3 years duration, caused by Bright's disease. Mrs. Kenney for nearly 40 years, had been a valued and efficient member of Mt. Sugar Loaf Grange.

She leaves besides her children and step-sons, one sister, Mrs. J. G. Gleason of Cheyenne, Wyoming, one brother, Everett H. Severy of Lowell, Mass.; 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Rev. Ransom Gilkey officiated at the funeral service held at her late home, on Monday at 10 a.m., and also at the service held at East Dixfield, at 2:30 p.m. The floral tributes were very beautiful. Interment was at East Dixfield.