Mary Elizabeth (Wood) Harmon (abt. 1827 - 1864)

Born about 1827 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Harmon — married 23 Feb 1853 in Alexandria, Arlington, Virginia

Descendants

Died Jul 1864 at about age 37 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary was a daughter of John Wood and Elizabeth Myers. She married Daniel Harmon in 1853. He later married her sister, Susan.^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1827

Place: Alexandria, Virginia .

Marriage

Husband: Daniel Harmon

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Wood

Child: Charles W. Harmon

Child: Mary Harmon

Child: Elizabeth Harmon

Child: Daniel Harmon Jr

Child: John Harmon

Marriage:

Date: 23 February 1853

Place: Alexandria, Arlington, Virginia^[2]

Alexandria Gazette

25 February 1853, page 3

Married.

On Wednesday evening 23d inst., by Rev. Wm. B. Edwards, Mr. DANIEL HARMON, to Miss MARY E., youngest daughter of Mr. John Wood, all of this place.^[3]

Obituary

Alexandria Gazette

16 August 1864; page 2

In Charlottesville, Va., after an illness of ten days, which she bore with the patience and resignation of a true christian, Mrs. MARY E. HARMON, wife of Daniel Harmon, and daughter of the late John Wood, of this city.^[4]

Parents and Siblings

Husband: John Wood

Wife: Elizabeth Myers

Child: John Wood

Child: Thomas W. Wood

Child: Harriet Wood

Child: Susan Wood

Child: Ann Maria Wood

Child: Mary Elizabeth Wood

Child: Robert Lewis Wood

Marriage:

Date: 21 MAR 1810

Place: Alexandria, District of Columbia

Sources

1. ↑ Wood-14552 was created by Audrey Kern through the import of deRos2.ged on May 23, 2015.
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRCG-RW1 : 5 December 2014), Daniel Harmon and Mary E. Wood, 23 Feb 1853; citing Arlington, Virginia, reference 33; FHL microfilm 30,497.
3. ↑ Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, Virginia; 25 February 1853, page 3.
4. ↑ Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, Virginia; 16 August 1864, page 2.

• 1850 Federal Census. Household of John Wood, enumerated 22 July 1850. Alexandria County, Virginia - The town of Alexandria. Series M432, Roll 932, sheet 334. Repository: #R175
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41M-9LX : Sat Jun 03 06:03:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Danel Harman and Mary E Harman, enumerated 5 July 1860, Alexandria County, Virginia - Alexandria; children in home: Chas, Mary, Eliza, and Danel.
• Source: S3155 Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin; Author: Anderson, Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995
• Harmon, Artemas C., "The Harmon Genealogy Comprising All Branches in New England" (Washington, D.C.: Gibson Brothers, Inc., 1920)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232083668/mary-elizabeth-harmon: accessed 9 June 2023), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Harmon (unknown–Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 232083668, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Cemetery Ridge Films (contributor 50176464).
• Repository: R175 National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., Washington, District of Columbia