Life History
24th Nov 1818 |
Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina.1,2,3,4,5 |
11th Mar 1840 |
Married Asa LOVELACE in Rutherford County, North Carolina.8 |
1st Feb 1887 |
Death of Asa LOVELACE in North Carolina.7 |
31st Dec 1899 |
Died.1 |
Notes
- There were many women of this era that were either name Mary Polly, or named Mary and called by nickname Polly. It is an interesting phenomenon to find Polly as a nickname for Mary. I find this throughout the 1800s in many different family lines. Sources differ on whether they represent this Mary as Mary with Polly as a middle name or Mary with Polly as a nickname.
The actual birth date for Mary and her husband Asa Lovelace are given in a genealogy by Matt Cornwell. Their ages in the 1860 census match the birth dates given by Cornwell. Asa is 42 and Mary is 41. In the 1870 census, both amazingly gain 21 years, with their ages being reported as 63 and 62 respectively!
The census in 1870 was in September, while the 1860 census was in August, so to account for the 21st year, their birthdays would have to be in August. However, only Asa is reported by Cornwell as born in August; Mary was born in November.) See listings for the 1860 and 1870 censuses in Notes for asa Lovelace.
Sources
- 1. Green-Hamrick-McSwain-Moore Genealogy, "DESCENDANTS of JOSEPH GREEN"
- 2. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 1 June, Township 2, District 66, page 2-3, Hse #18, Fam #21
- 3. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 11 August, page 129 (scan 381), Hse/Fam #923
- 4. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 27 August, page 296 (scan 149), Hse/Fam #471
- 5. RootsWeb Trees
- 6. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 8 September, page 3 (scan 131), Hse/Fam #18
- 7. Ancestry Trees
- Matt Cornwell, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=fastdog30&id=I2700&ftm=1
- 8. Marriages of Rutherford County, North Carolina 1779-1868
- Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.; Location: Baltimore; Date: 1986;;