When Mary Augusta Plantz was born on 2 July 1861, in Ashton Township, Lee, Illinois, United States, her father, Martin Van Buren Plantz, was 26 and her mother, Almeda A Akins, was 21. She married Willard Worth Shoemaker on 13 April 1880, in Neligh, Antelope, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Crawford Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Plainview, Pierce, Nebraska, United States in 1910. She died on 10 February 1949, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Plainview, Pierce, Nebraska, United States.
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