Mary Jane King

F, b. 4 February 1813, d. 29 July 1898
FatherJohn King b. c 1791, d. b 10 May 1820
MotherCatherine Dubois b. 3 Mar 1791, d. 21 Jul 1877
Mary Jasne [King] Mapes
     Mary Jane was born on Thursday, 4 February 1813 in the Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York. Mary Jane married Samuel Addison Mapes, son of Nathaniel Mapes and Elizabeth Miller, on 1 January 1831 in New York. The 1840 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at the Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York, the family of Samuel A. Mapes [120001:000001].1 1850, Mary and her husband, Samuel, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census. Enumerated in this household were Samuel A. Mapes [41 New York], his wife: Mary J. [37 New York], children: Horace [19 New York], John E. [16 New York], & Charles D. [12 New York]. Samuel came to Michigan with his family on the 15th of March 1854, first settling in Washtenaw County. He later removed to the town of Iosco in Livingston County. He purchased property in Sections 6, 8, & 28 of Iosco - the last purchased in 1852. 20 June 1860, Mary and her husband Samuel were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Samuel A. Mapes [50 New York], his wife, Mary Jane [47 New York], son, Charles D. [21 New York], Mary E. Bishop [23 New York], & farm laborer, Patrick Sedward [30]. His real estate was valued at $3,000 and his personal property at $1,000. [Sheet 57, line 39]2

25 August 1870, Mary and her husband, Samuel were listed on the U.S. Federal Census living in the home of their son at Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Horace Mapes [38 New York], his wife: Mary J. [35 Michigan], children: Willie H. [15 Michigan], Alice J. [14 Michigan], farm laborer: George Hudson [24 England], father: Samuel Mapes [60 New York], mother: Mary J. [57 New York], grandmotheHor: Catherine Greenleaf [79 New York][retired].3 1 June 1880, the U.S. Federal Census listed Mary living in the home of her son at Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Horace Mapes [48 New York], his wife: Mary J. [45 Michigan], his mother, Mary J. Mapes [67 New York], son, William H. [25 Michigan], daughter-in-law, Mary F. [27 Michigan].4 Mary departed this life on Friday, 29 July 1898 in Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan. She was buried at Unadilla Township, Livingston County, Michigan, in the Plainfield Village Cemetery.5,6

Family

Samuel Addison Mapes b. 11 Sep 1809, d. 17 Oct 1877
Children

Citations

  1. [S673] 1840 United States Federal Census: Orange County, New Jersey - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  2. [S675] 1860 United States Federal Census: Livingston County, Michigan - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  3. [S676] 1870 United States Federal Census: Livingston County, Michigan - Sheet 13, line 7 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  4. [S677] 1880 United States Federal Census: Livingston County, Michigan - Enumeration District 182, sheet 1, line 16 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  5. [S158] Gladis Moore Reeves & Raynor Reeves, Livingston County Tombstone Inscriptions, Plainfield Cemetery: Mrs. Samuel A. Mapes d. 29 July 1898 age 85.5.25 years in Section 5.
  6. [S407] Tombstone Inscription: Plainfield Cemetery: "In Memory of Mrs. S. A. Mapes died July 29. 1898 aged 85 yrs. 5 mos. & 25 ds." [transcribed 16 August 2004 by Larry & Kathy McCurdy]