Mary Ellen Pleasant (1817 - 1904)

Born 19 Aug 1817 in United States [uncertain]

Died 4 Jan 1904 at age 86 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Biography

Mary Pleasant is Notable.

Mary Pleasant was a part of the Civil Rights Movement.

Mammy Pleasant was an African American abolitionist who used her considerable fortune to further the goals of the movement in the 19th century.

After arriving in California in 1852, she rose in business to amass a multi-million dollar fortune. Her 1866 lawsuit ended segregation on public transportation in San Francisco, California. ^[1]

• Mary E Pleasant 65 yrs old, housekeeper resided in 1880 in household of Thomas Bell in San Francisco, California. ^[2][3]

• it appears she had a daughter, a rather troublesome daughter, Lizzie, who gets into trouble with the law in San Francisco

• Elizabeth Jones Smith in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988:

Name: Elizabeth Jones Smith

Event Type: Birth

Birth Date: 6 Jul 1845

Birth Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts

Father Name: James W Smith

Mother Name: M Ellen

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8235492
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYY-9QTS?cc=1417683&wc=XHZB-JWL%3A1589395335%2C1589395647%2C1589395646%2C1589395502 : 24 December 2015), California > San Francisco > San Francisco > ED 205 > image 11 of 25; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
3. ↑ Mary Ellen Pleasant in the California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980

   Name: Mary Ellen Pleasant

   Gender: Female

   Race: Black

   Death Age: 89

   Event Type: Death

   Birth Date: abt 1815

   Birth Place: Philadelphia PA

   Death Date: 11 Jun 1904

   Death Place: 2751 Filbert St

• Guide to the Mary Ellen Pleasant Financial Correspondence and Notes http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0j49q1nv/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant
• The Topeka Daily Capital; Publication Date: 12 Jan 1904; Publication Place: Topeka, Kansas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64178340/?article=e3d1d330-9aaa-4b15-8e0d-253fd7446ba5&focus=0.17045017,0.71730137,0.29917434,0.81170714&xid=3355
• U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, County and Year: Sonoma, 1898, Collection Number: G&M_115; Roll Number: 115

• Daily Review. Hayward, California, Sunday Dec 4, 1966, section IV, page 7