Louisa M (Frederici) Cody (1843 - 1921)

Born 27 May 1843 in Arnold, Missouri

Ancestors

Wife of William Frederick Cody — married 6 Mar 1866 in Arnold, Missouri

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1921 at age 78 in Cody, Wyoming

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Biography

Margaret Louise Frederici was born in Arnold, Missouri, May 27, 1844 on a farm near present day Jeffco Blvd. and Frederitzi Lane, just south of Church Road. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Smith Frederici. Members of the Frederici family were some of the founding members of Immaculate Conception Church which was only a log church building when Louise was born.^[1]

Louisa married William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill Cody. They had the following children:

1. Arta Cody (1866 - 1904)
2. Kit Carson Cody (1870 - 1876) died of Scarlet Fever
3. Orra Maude Cody (1872 - 1883)
4. Irma Louisa Cody Garlow (1883 - 1918)^[2]

Louisa died on Oct. 21, 1921 in Cody, Park County, Wyoming. She was buried at Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA. ^[3]

News Article:

Cody Pays Tribute to "Buffalo Bill Country's Mother" Impressive Funeral Services Held for Widow of Colonel

Cody, Wyo., Oct 29. -- Cody paid its most beautiful tribute Sunday to the memory of Louisa Frederick Cody, widow of the late Col. W. F. Cody founder of the city. In a funeral service attended by sympathetic friends who had shared with her in life the experiences of the pioneer and the citizenry of the town who in respect for what she represented of a generation fast disappearing, says the Herald. Potted plants and cut flowers banked each side of the proscenium and formed a setting for the casket of solid mahogany at each end of which a uniformed soldier stood at attention. The choir of eighteen voices, and the three ministers occupied the stage, beautifully decorated with flags and flowers.

The funeral car escorted by S.C. Parks, Jr., Hon. W. T. Hogg, Hon, Geo. T. Beck, J. P. Tiles, Hon. D. E. Hollister, S. W. Aldrich and W. S. Owens,, pallbearers, left the home at 2 o'clock, and was followed by the family escorted by the Hon. J. M. Schwoob. Mrs. A. W. Rodgers, conductor of the music, playing the Funeral March from Saul, while the people were being seated. The choir sang "Lead Kindly Light's". The services were in charge of Rev. Father William P. Callaghan of Bridger, Mont, who read the Catholic service followed by the prayers for the dead in his translation from the Latin. Mrs. S. P. Van Arsdall. In a sympathetic voice sang "Abide With Me."

On Monday morning, accompanied by Cody Boal, the body was taken to Denver to await the completion of the opening of the grave of Colonel Cody on Look-out mountain, where the body will find final resting place beside that of her illustrious husband. The present arrangement is to open the grave and place the casket of Mrs. Cody above that of her husband and thus the two will be sleeping in one grave.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold History
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Buffalo Bill
3. ↑ Find A Grave
4. ↑ 30 Oct 1921; Wyoming State Tribune-Cheyenne State Leader

"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66C8-P8JF : 25 February 2022), William F Cody, 6 Mar 1866; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007513821.