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Mary was born in about 1847. This is extrapolated from her age at death given on her headstone.[1]
She appeared in her parents' household in the 1860 census. Her age was given as 12. Extrapolating her birth date from this record gives her a birth year of about 1848.[2]
1870 census
In South Shenango Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania.[3]
Paterson CHRISTY: age 23; male; white; occupation: Farmer; value of real estate: 800; value of personal estate: 200; born in Pennsylvania; male of age 21 or older.
Mary CHRISTY: age 22; female; white; occupation: Keeping House; born in Pennsylvania.
Fanny Bell CHRISTY: age 1/12; female; white; born in Pennsylvania; month born: Apr.
Death
Mary died on 31 Jan 1873 at the age of 26. She was buried at South Shenango Cemetery, row XII, grave 2. Her headstone read:
MARY A.
WIFE OF
J.P. CHRISTY
DIED
Jan. 31, 1873
AGED
26 Y's[1]
↑ 1.01.1 "Cemeteries of South Shenango Township," Crawford County Genealogy 5 (January 1982): 29.
↑ 1860 U.S. census, Crawford, Pennsylvania, population schedule, South Shenango Township, p. 129-130, dwelling 953, family 938; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.
↑ 1870 U.S. census, Crawford, Pennsylvania, population schedule, South Shenango Twp, p. 17 (handwritten) or 493 (stamped), dwelling 131, family 130, Household of Paterson Christy; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1331.
Crawford, Pennsylvania, Orphans’ Court Record 753, No. 17: Petition of David McKinley Guardian of Rebecca Brosius for leave to sell real estate, April Term 1878; Crawford County Office of the Clerk of Courts, Meadville. Xerox copy sent to author by Gloria Brosius.
Crawford, Pennsylvania, Orphans’ Court Record 249, Petition of Mary Brosius for Guardian at litem, 13 Apr 1869; Crawford County Office of the Clerk of Courts, Meadville.
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