Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection. 1960 - 2005. Oral History Interviews. 1960 - 2005. Oral History Interviews with Mary Jane Truman

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Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection. 1960 - 2005. Oral History Interviews. 1960 - 2005. Oral History Interviews with Mary Jane Truman

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Truman, Mary Jane, 1889-1978

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Mary Jane Truman was born on August 12, 1889 in Grandview, Missouri, the younger sister of Harry S. Truman (born 1884) and J. Vivian Truman (born 1886). In 1906, the Truman family moved to a 600-acre farm near Grandview, Missouri. In 1917, Mary Jane became Matron, Eastern Star, Grandview, Missouri. In 1940, the mortgage was foreclosed on the Truman farm, and Mary Jane and her mother, Martha Ellen, moved into town (Grandview). In 1947, Mary Jane was accorded the largest reception ever received by...