Mary Jane Hanley

     Mary Jane was born on Monday, 8 February 1830 in Ohio. Mary Jane married James McCurdy II, son of James McCurdy I and Elizabeth Taylor, on 25 February 1852 in Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois.¹ James and Mary Jane had children: William A. [1853-], Mary Ellen [2/03/1855-6/05/1926] [m. 1879 William Anderson Crawford & 2^nd. A Mr. Kelly], Emma [5/05/1857-6/02/1915] [m. 12/24/1883 Daniel E. Bogart], Viella [7/28/1864-4/03/1942] [m. 2/25/1895 Jonathon Endicott], James Charles [6/03/1869-11/05/1939] [m., Ho12/28/1892 Bertha McCurdy], Homer [1870-1882] & Thomas Elmer [9/02/1873-12/09/1949] [m. 12/31/1900 Lena Agnes Barnes]. 5 June 1860, Mary and her husband James were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Henderson County, Illinois. Enumerated in this household were James McCurdy [44 Pennsylvania], his wife: Mary J. [39 Ohio], children: Sidney S. [19 Illinois], Charles [14 Illinois], Nancy [12 Illinois], William [7 Illinois], Mary [5 Illinois], & Emma [2 Illinois], along with Hannah Hawley [43 New York].² 5 June 1870, Mary and her husband, James, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Henderson County, Illinois. Enumerated in this household were James McCurdy [54 Pennsylvania], his wife: Mary J. [38 Ohio], children: Nancy [20 Illinois]. William [18 Illinois]. Mary [14 Illinois], Emma [12 Illinois], Viella [7 Illinois], & James Charles [1 Illinois]. [T12N R4W]³ 7 June 1880, Mary and her husband, James, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Bald Bluff, Henderson County, Illinois. Enumerated in this household were James McCurdy [64 Pennsylvania], his wife: Jane [50 Ohio], Emma [23 Illinois], Viella [17 llinois], Charles [11 Illinois], Omer [9 Illinois], Thomas [6 Illinois], Betsy Cowan [70 Ohio Bo], granddaughter: Lulu [6 mos.].⁴ 1 March 1885, James and Mary and her husband, [ROF:Kansas State] were listed on the Kansas State Census. Enumerated in this household were Jas. McCurdy [69 Pennsylvania],
Mary [50 Ohio], Wm. [28 Illinois], Charls. [18 Illinois], Thom. [10 Illinois], Viela [20 Illinois]. 1895, Mary was listed on the Kansas State Census. Enumerated in this household were Jane McCurdy [61 Ohio], Thomas McCurdy [20 Illinois], Fred Trabert [28 Illinois], Cora Trabert [25 Illinois], Wille Trabert [5 Kansas], Magie Trabert [2 Kansas]. 18 June 1900, the U.S. Federal Census listed Mary living in the home of her daughter at Williamsburg Township, Franklin County, Kansas. Enumerated in this household were Jonathon Endicott [22 Oct 1821 - 78 Ohio], his wife: Viella [28 July 1864 - 35 Illinois], children: Grace [22 July 1883 - 16 Kansas], Jerry [4 Oct 1885 - 14 Kansas]. mother-in-law: Jane McCurdy 8 Feb 1830 - 70 Ohio. Jonathon & Viella had been married 5 years.⁵ 24 April 1910, the U.S. Federal Census listed Mary living in the home of her daughter at Williamsburg, Franklin County, Kansas. Enumerated in this household were Viella Endicott [45 Illinois] & her mother: __ McCurdy [79 Ohio].⁶ Mary departed this life between 1910 and 1915 in Williamsburg.