Mary Frances Ward b. Abt 1842 Ohio, USA d. Between 1910-1920: Our Family History

Abt 1842 - 1920 (~ 78 years)

Name	Mary Frances Ward [1]
Born	Abt 1842	Ohio, USA [2, 3]
Gender	Female
Census	25 Jun 1870	Township 12 Range 7, Virden (post office), Macoupin County, Illinois, USA [4]
	1. Hill, William A., 31, male, white, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $600, Pennsylvania, 2. _____, Mary F., 29, female, white, keeping house, Ohio 3. _____, Mary E., 4, female, white, Illinois 4. _____, Minnie H., 2, female, white, Illinois 5. Brannan, Martin, 7, male, white, Illinois ["Minnie H." should be "Minnie E." Her middle name was "Ellen," probably misunderstood as "Helen."]
Census	1 Jun 1880	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [5]
	1. Hill, William, white, male, 42, married, stock dealer, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Mary, white, female, 38, wife, married, keeping house, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio 3. _____, Mary, white, female, 14, daughter, at school, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, attending school 4. _____, Minnie, white, female, 11, daughter, at school, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, attending school 5. _____, Ella, white, female, 5, daughter, 1, at home, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio
Census	25 Jun 1900	Dobson township, Poinsett County, Arkansas, USA [6]
	1. Hill, William A., head, white, male, December 1836, 63, married 40 years, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, farmer, can read ad write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 149 2. _____, Marry [Mary] F., wife, white, female, October 1840, 59, married 40 years, 5 children 2 living, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, can read and write 3. Woods, Lee A., ward, white, female, July 1889, 10, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, attended school 4 months, can read and write
Census	18 Apr 1910	828 Third St., Memphis Ward 13, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA [7]
	1. James A. Greer, head, male, white, 63, widowed, Mississippi, Georgia, Mississippi, painter, contractor, can read and write, renting house 2. Carter, Fred, adopted son, male, white, 14, Georgia, U.S., U.S., helper, paint shop, can read and write, not attending school 3. Drury, George, brother, male, white, 39, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, city salesman, hosiery mills, can read and write 4. Taylor, Yelvington, brother in law, male, white, 30, single, Mississippi, U.S., Mississippi, driver, ice wagon, can read and write 5. Whitehead, Arthur C., boarder, male, white, 19, single, Tennessee, Mississippi, Mississippi, fireman, railroad, can read and write 6. McDaniel, W. Richard, boarder, male, white, 24, single, Kentucky, U.S., U.S., agent, portrait firm, can read and write, not attending school 7. Burnan, Hannah, mother, female, white, 75, widowed, Ohio, North Carolina, North Carolina, can read and write 8. Hill, William A., father in law, male, white, 73, first marriage, married 50 years, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, farmer, can read and write 9. Hill, Mary F., mother in law, female, white, 68, first marriage, married 50 years, 5 children 2 living, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, can read and write 10. Berger, Edwin M., brother in law, male, white, 26, single, Mississippi, Mississippi, Mississippi, teller, bank, can read and write 11. Green, Samuel, boarder, male, white, 53, divorced, New York, New York, New York, smith man, railroad, can read and write
RESEARCH	May have had a sister named Anna? A John Ward married Anna Ward in Cass County, IL, same place William and Mary were married but 3 years later. William had a brother named John. Did brothers marry sisters?
Died	Between 1910-1920 [7, 8]
	Mary was present in the 1910 census. Her husband's 1920 death certificate states that he is a widower.
Buried	There is a Mary Hill - no dates - buried at the Langton-Howell Valley Cemetery.
Person ID	I2981	Full
Last Modified	19 Feb 2021

Family William A. Hill, b. Dec 1836, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 16 Apr 1920, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 83 years)

Married 16 Feb 1860 Cass County, Illinois, USA [2, 9, 10]

Elezer Griffin Minister of the Gospel

Children

+	1. Mary Electa Hill, b. 25 Sep 1865, Illinois, USA , d. 24 Jul 1934, St. Louis County, St. Louis City, Missouri (Age 68 years)
+	2. Minnie Ellen Hill, b. Abt 1869, Illinois, USA , d. 2 Jan 1899, Pitts, Poinsett County, Arkansas (Age ~ 30 years)
	3. Ella Hill, b. Abt 1875, Illinois, USA , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 18 Feb 2021

Family ID F1007 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents
William A. Hill, deed from Robert Reed, 1880, Howell County, Missouri
Howell County, Missouri, Deeds, H: 339, Reed to Hill, 1880; FHL film no. 931,684.

Notes

Illinois marriages online show the marriage of William HILL and Mary WARD in 1860. In the same year, William and Mary are found in the Cass Co IL census (states of birth and ages appropriate). Additionally, Aunt Leah Story Carter had told Betty Dugger Bird that Mary's last name was WARD. [2, 11, 12]

Sources

[S40] Missouri - Death records 1910 - 1955 (MO Archives online), («i»Missouri Digital Heritage«/i» (http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/), "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1956," digital image,), Mary E. Storey, certificate no. 27216, St. Louis, Missouri (1934) (Reliability: 3), 30 Dec 2007.
Place of death: 4133 Grove St, St. Louis, Mo
[same address, usual place of residence]
female, white, married
Husband: George Storey
Date of birth: 25 Sept 1865, Illinois
Age: 68 years, 9 months, 29 days
Occupation: housework, at home
Father: Wm Hill, born Illinois
Mother: Frances Ward, born Illinois
Informant: [Rinzo?] Malone, of 4133 Grove St.
Burial: Pocahantas, Ark, 26 July 1934
Provost Undertaking Co
Date of death: 24 July 1934
Cause: heat prostration
[S51] Missouri, Howell - census 1880 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestrry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
[S785] Illinois, Morgan - census 1860 (Ancestry), Illinois, Morgan County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
[S5000] 1870 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, township 12 range 7, p. 11 (penned), p. 210a (stamped) dwelling 74, family 73, William A. Hill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 250.
[S4887] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, West Plains (city), enumeration district (ED) 51, p.4 (penned), p. 438b (stamped), dwelling 25, family 25, William Hill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691.
[S4998] 1900 U.S. census, Poinsett County, Arkansas, population schedule, Dobison [Dobson?] township, enumeration district (ED) 87, sheet 13b, p. 149b (stamped), dwelling 238, family 241, William A. Hill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 71.
[S4999] 1910 U.S. census, Shelby County, Tennessee, population schedule, Memphis Ward 13 (828 S. Third St.), enumeration district (ED) 190, sheet 7A (penned), p. 11a (stamped), dwelling, [no family no.], James A. Greer household, for William A. Hill and Mary F. Hill, father- and mother-in-law of head; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1520. [Enumeration difficult to understand. It appears to be a disjointed family consisting of brothers, brothers-in-law, adopted son, mother, and a few boarders, as well as his mother- and father-in-law. William and Mary actually have their own household number and family number, but they have been crossed out.].
[S5001] Tennessee State Board of Health, death certificate, no. 317, W. A. Hill (1920), Shelby County; "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1958,? digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2016); Tennessee, Death Records 1908-1958, microfilm no. 120, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
[S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for William A. Hill-Mary F. Ward, Cass County, Illinois, vol. 3, p. 33, license no. 1311 (16 Feb 1860) (Reliability: 3).
William A. Hill to Mary F. Ward on 16 Feb 1860, Cass County, Illinois.
[S6195] FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9V5-P5TN : accessed 18 February 2021), Catalog > Cass County, Illinois > Vital Records, 1837-1915 > Series 3 no. 950-1699 1856-1863 > Image 739/1540, marriage license and return for William A. Hill-Mary F. Ward (1860); FHL film no. 1,313,055; original records Cass County Courthouse, Virginia.
[S849] Story, Minnie Mathilda - email Betty Dugger Bird (4 April 2001), (Betty Dugger Bird [e-mail and street address for private use] to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 4 April 2001; regarding the Samuel P Story and Minnie Ellen (Hill) Story family).
[S850] Illinois, Macoupin - census 1870 (Ancestry), Illinois, Macoupin County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).