CRARY, Polly Mary Ann 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Polly married Guerdon S. PITCHER, son of Lyman PITCHER and Unknown, about 1840 in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio. (Guerdon S. PITCHER was born on 22 Jun 1807 in New York, died on 21 Mar 1888 in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio and was buried in Mar 1888 in South Kirtland Cemetery, Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio 9.) |
1 Unknown, Ohio County and Family Histories, 1780-1970: Pioneer Women and The Western Reserve, Kirtland, Lake County (Ohio Historical Archive), Pioneer Women of The Western Reserve, Kirtland, Lake County: page 780. Surety: 4. "Mrs. Gurdon Pitcher (Mary Ann Crary) was six months old when her grandfather's and father's families came here in 1811, and has lived here almost continuously ever since, being eighty-six years old at present. She is in feeble health, but still has many recollections of the years when the town was covered with a dense forest, and has lived to see its surface transformed into thriving farms, many of them being almost wholly devoted to fruit."
2 1860 US Census (Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Gurdon [sp. Guerdon] Pitcher, wife Mary [Polly Mary Ann Crary], and their children Marinda, Rachael, Henry, Ella and Cloe, living in Kirtland, Ohio near Mary's parents, Erastus W. Crary and Rebecca [Witter] Crary. Also in the household is Thomas Russell (b. 1838, Ireland) who is a "farm laborer."
3 1870 US Census (Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Guerdon Pitcher, wife Mary Ann [Crary], and children Marinda J., Flora M., Charles G., living in Kirtland, Ohio. Guerdon is listed as a "farmer."
4 1880 US Census (Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Guerdon Pitcher and his wife Mary A. [Crary], living in Kirtland, Ohio. No children are in the household.
5 Lake County, Ohio Death Records. Surety: 4. Death of Marinda Pitcher, teacher, on 8 Feb 1872, age 30, in Kirtland, Ohio. Daughter of G.S. Pitcher and M.A. Crary.
6 1820 US Census (Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Erastus W. Crary (age 26-45, b. 1774-1794), wife Rebecca [Dunwell] (age 16-26, 1794-1804), and children: two sons (age <10, b. 1810-1820) [Erastus and Henry] and three daughters (age <10, b. 1810-1820) [Polly, Almeda and Stella], living in Kirtland, Ohio. Also in the household is one female (age 45+, b. bef. 1774), who may be Rebecca's mother or some other relative.
7 1830 US Census (Kirtland, Geaugua County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Erastus Crary (age 40-49, b. 1780-1789) and wife [Rebecca Dunwell] (age 40-49, b. 1780-1789), and children: 2 sons (age 10-15, b. 1814-1819) [Erastus William and Henry Dunwell], 2 sons (age <5, b. 1825-1830) [Alfred and Addison], 2 daughters (age 15-19, b. 1810-1814) [Polly Mary and Almeda Martha], 1 daughter (age 10-15, b. 1814-1819) [Stella], and 2 daughters (age 5-10, b. 1819-1824) [Maria R. and Nancy Elvira], living in Kirtland, Ohio. Living two houses away are Erastus' parents, Christopher and Mary Crary. Also living nearby is Henry Dunwell (age 30-39, b. 1790-1799), who is likely the brother of Rebecca.
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South Kirtland Cemetery Inscriptions (Section DA, Row 10, Stone 15). Surety: 4. Mary Ann/ Apr. 16, 1811/ Apr. 25, 1897
9
Ibid. Surety: 4. Pitcher/ Gurdin S./ June 22, 1807/ Mar. 21, 1888
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