Record #451 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary	April 16-20, 1947
Deceased Person	Maria Jane O'Connell
Birth	3/10/1863 in Montgomery County, Alabama
Death	Funeral services: 4/17/1947 at Sharp Street Memorial Methodist Church, Baltimore, Md. Interment at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information	When a little over a year old, her father died & she took name of her stepfather, Johnson. Family moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi where she attended public schools. Graduated from Clark University in Atlanta, Georgia. Helped husband, Pezavia O'Connell in his duties where he served as district Superintendent or pastor of churches in Philadelphia; Wilmington, Del, Cleveland, Ohio, & Newark, N.J. Husband was Principal of Princess Anne Academy, Professor at Howard University & Morgan College & Gammon Theological Seminary. In 1920 they both joined faculty at Morgan Colelge. She taught in high school dept & was matron in dorm.
Family and Other Information	Parents: George & Frances Freeman Spouse: Rev. Pezavia O'Connell (deceased) md. 10/24/1888 Foster daughters: Helen Gertrude Roberts, Mrs. Fannie Davis of Insker, Michigan. Foster sons: Dr. Bascom S. Waugh of Camden, N.J. & Dr. Cyril A. Walwyn of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
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