UNKNOWN, Mary J.
(Abt 1834-)

 

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SHOEMAKER, Elnathan

UNKNOWN, Mary J. 1 2 3 4

  • Born: Abt 1834, Wisconsin
  • Marriage: SHOEMAKER, Elnathan about 1880 in Grant County, Wisconsin
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bullet  General Notes:

Mary never remarried after her husband perished in the Civil War, and lived well into her 80's.


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Mary married Elnathan SHOEMAKER, son of Nathan SHOEMAKER and Margaret O'CAYNE, about 1880 in Grant County, Wisconsin. (Elnathan SHOEMAKER was born in 1837 in Illinois, died on 16 Jun 1864 in Big Shanty, Georgia and was buried on 16 Jun 1864 in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia.) The cause of his death was Wounds received in combat.


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Sources


1 Application for Civil War Pension (Wisconsin). Surety: 4. Mary J. Shoemaker, widow of Nathan Shoemaker, Co. F, 25th Wisconsin.

2 1870 US Census (Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Mary Shoemaker (age 36, b. WI), widow, and children Americus (age 18, b. IL) and Mary (age 7, b. WI), living in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Mary is listed as "keeping house."

3 1880 US Census (District 111, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Mary Shoemaker (age 45, b. WI), widow, and daughter Mary (age 16, b. WI), living in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Mary is listed as a "nurse," and indicates that her father was born in Virginia and her mother in Kentucky.

4 1920 US Census (District 119, Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin). Surety: 4. Lists Mary [Shoemaker] Richardson (age 56, b. WI), widow, and children Liema (age 27, b. MI), James H. (age 24, b. MI) and Bryon J. (age 22, b. MI), living in Platteville, Wisconsin. Also in the household is Mary's mother, Mary Shoemaker (age 85, b. WI). Mary Richardson is listed as a "nurse" and indicates that her father was born in Ohio and her mother in Wisconsin. The children's father is listed as born in New York. Mary Shoemaker indicates that her father was born in Virginia and her mother in Kentucky. Son Bryon is listed as a "printer."

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