John D HANNA John Wylie GRACY Mary Frances GRACY Jesse D GRACY Thomas Avery GRACY Emily REGAN Mini tree diagram
Mollie Walker HANNA

Mollie Walker HANNA8,1,2,3,10,4,5,6,11,9

also known as Hannah W GRACY4

also known as Molly GRACY8

17th Dec 18641,2,3,4,5,6,7 - 24th Jan 19409,3

Life History

17th Dec 1864

Born in Athens, Henderson, Texas.1,2,3,4,5,6,7

26th Jun 1882

Birth of daughter Mary Frances GRACY in Henderson County, Texas.8,7,14,4,12,13,15

4th Feb 1896

Birth of son Jesse D GRACY in Texas.16

18th Oct 1898

Birth of son Thomas Avery GRACY in Athens, Henderson, Texas.17,18,19,4,5

1900

Resident in Township 8, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.4

1930

Residence2 in Hickory, Love, Oklahoma.8

8th May 1930

Death of son Jesse D GRACY in US Veteran's Hospital, Legion, Kerr, Texas.16

22nd Feb 1939

Death of daughter Mary Frances GRACY in Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas.7,12,13

after Jan 1940

Death of John Wylie GRACY in Texas.3

24th Jan 1940

Died in Wilbarger County, Texas.9,3

Hypostatic Pneumonia

26th Jan 1940

Buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma.3

Other facts

 

Married John Wylie GRACY

Notes

  • The family name is found spelled Hannah or Hanna.  It seems family sources prefer Hanna.  In the 1900 census, the enumerator confused her maiden name with her given name and listed her as Hannah W Gracy.  A great niece wrote when she saw Mollie in this tree:

    "Mollie Hanna:  I saw your tree on ancestry and believe this is my great grand aunt, whose parents are John D & Emilie Hanna."
    --  Yvonne, Ancestry.com Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 12 November 2013

    In 1850, John and Emily have a daughter named Mary, born about 1848.  This is significant, since Mollie is normally a nickname for Mary.  But they already had one daughter named Mary, about 17 years older than Mollie.  Maybe they simply named Mollie by the nickname as her primary name. (I have not found them in the 1860 census.)

    1850 Federal Census, Union Parish, Louisiana, 5 September, page 77 (scan 388A), Hse/Fam #366
    John Hanna Jr 28 M Farmer $100 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt 1822]
    Emily Hanna 22 F b Alabama [b abt 1828]
    Mary Hanna 2 F b Lousiana [b abt 1848]

    In the 1870 census, the enumerator wrote her name down wrong, making it appear like Margia W or Margin W.   It may be her proper name was Margie, and that is meant here.  This is documented nowhere else.  The age of 6 matches other ages in the census.  The 1900 census reports the year as 1865, a year later than appears correct, but that census is commonly a year off.

    1870 Federal Census, Henderson County, Texas, 19 July, Precinct, PO Athens, page 18, Hse/Fam #117
    Hanna, John 47 M W Farmer $170 Real Estate $292 Personal born South Carolina Cannot read or write
    Hanna, Emily 43 F W  Keeping House born Alabama
    Hanna, Hiram S 18 M W Farm Laborer born Louisiana  Cannot read or write
    Hanna, John E 15 M W born Texas Cannot read or write
    Hanna, Jeff D 9 M W born Texas
    Hanna, Margia W 6 F W born Texas

    1880 Federal Census, Henderson County, Texas, 21 June, Justice Precinct 2, District 21, page 32 (scan 141A), Hse #202, Fam #221
    Hannah, John D  W M 62 Head Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1818]
    Hannah, Emily W F 53 Wife Keeping House AL NC NC [b abt 1827]
    Hannah, John E  W M 24 Son Single Farmer LA SC AL
    Hannah, David  W M 19 Son Single Farm Laborer TX SC AL
    Hannah, Mollie  W F 15 Dau Single TX SC AL

    In the 1900 census Mollie is listed for some reason under her last name, which is usually spelled Hanna.  The enumerator apparently took that for her given name.  So here she is Hannah W instead of Mollie W.  Mollie is a nickname for Mary, but I have not found any instance of her as Mary.
    In the 1900 census, Mollie Hanna Gracy's daughter is name Mary F (Frances).  This tends to indicate that her mother's given name was also Mary.

    1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 4 June, F1 Township 8SR1, District 151, p 2A, Hse/Fam #17
    Gracy, Wylie J  Head W M June 1861  38 Married 19 years  TN England Mississippi Farmer
    Gracy, Hannah W  Wife W F Dec 1865  34 Married 19 years  TX SC GA
    Gracy, Joseph W  Son W M Sept 1887 12 TX TN TX Farm Laborer
    Gracy, John H  Son W M Nov 1889 10 TX TN TX Farm Laborer
    Gracy, William F  Son W M July 1892 7 TX TN TX
    Gracy, Jessie D  Son W M Feb 1895 5 TX TN TX
    Gracy, Thomas A  Son W M Oct 1897 2 TX TN TX
    Jackson, Enoch A  Son-in-law  W M  Oct 1876  23  TX GA GA  Farmer
    Jackson, Mary F  Daughter  W F 16  June 1883  TX TN TX

    The census in 1900 and 1910 tells us that Wylie and Hannah (Mollie) married about 1881.  Their first daughter Mary Frances was born in June 1882, according to Mary Frances' gravestone.  In 1900 Mary Frances and her husband Enoch A Jackson are living in this household with her parents.

    Note that the census reports Mary's birth year as 1883, one year later, as we commonly find in the 1900 census.  Originally they were reported as in the same household but with a different family number.  Later corrections of the numbering in the census eliminated the separate family number for Enoch and Mary.  But her death certificate reports her birth date as 17 December 1859.  Given the age of 6 in the 1870 census, the death certificate reported date cannot be correct.

    1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma, 5 May, Washington Township, District 171, page 17A, Hse/Fam #314
    Gracy, Wiley Head M W 50 Married 28 years TN TN TN Farmer Rents Farm [b abt 1860]
    Gracy, Mollie Wife F W 43 Married 28 years TX SC GA [b abt 1867]
    Gracy, John H Son M W 20 Single TX TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1890]
    Gracy, Bill Son M W 17 Single TX TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1893]
    Gracy, Jessie Son M W 14 Single TX TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1896]
    Gracy, Avery Son M W 12 Single TX TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1898]
    Gracy, Gardner Son M W 9 Single OK TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1901]
    Gracy, Claud Son M W 6 Single OK TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1904]

    1920 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma, 5 February, Hickory Township, District 125, page 6A, Oswalt Road, Hse/Fam #102
    Gracy, John W Head Rents M W 62 AL AL AL Farmer [born abt 1848]
    Gracy, Mollie Wife F W 54 TX NC GA [born abt 1866]
    Gracy, Jessie L  Son M W 23  Single TX AL TX Farm Laborer [born abt 1997]
    Gracy, Ben G  Son M W 18  Single OK AL TX Farmer [born abt 1802]
    Gracy, Claud E  Son M W 15  Single OK AL TX Farmer [born abt 1905]

    Some time after the death of her husband, Molly moved in with her daughter Mary Gracy Jackson, whose husband Enoch died in  1927.

    In the 1930 census, Molly is a widow, living with her widowed daughter Mary.  The son Jeff was originally listed as Head of the household, although that was corrected later to make Mary head.  But the relationship of the others in the household was still given in reference to Jeff.  So Molly Gracy is listed as his grandmother.

    1930 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma, 12 April, Hickory Township, District 4, page 5A, Hse #91, Fam #93
    Jackson, Jeff  Head/Son Rents M W 17 Single OK OK TX Farmer
    Jackson, Mary  Mother/Head F W 48 Widow TX GA TX [b abt 1882] No Occupation
    Jackson, Ethel  Sister [Daughter] F W 13 Single OK OK TX No Occupation
    Jackson, Lee   Brother [Son] M W 10 Single OK OK TX No Occupation
    Gracy, Molly  GrandMother [Mother] F W 69 Widow TX GA MS No Occupation

    The census ages vary, as we often find from census to census.  The age for Molly here can be correlated with previous age reports, making her born abt 1866 (from census age) and reported as age 69 here.  To be 69 in 1930, she was born about 1861.  Error on both ends means that is pretty close.  Her birthday was reported in the 1900 census as December 1865, which would mean her age should have been 64 at the time of the 1930 census.

    A Texas Death Index entry seems to match our listings for Molly and Hannah W with the name Mollie Walker Hannah Gracy, died 14 January 1940 in Wilbarger County, Texas, just over the Texas border and a bit west from Love County where we have all the other reports of her.  Her death certificate reports her date of birth as 17 December 1859, but this cannot be right.  In the 1870 census she is reported as only 6 years old.  Somewhere along the year someone remembered incorrectly or wrote it down wrong.

    Texas Death Certificate
    Certificate #5973
    Mollie Walker Hannah Gracy
    Residence 1524 Gilbert St, Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas
    Birth 17 Dec 1859 Athens (Henderson County), Texas
    Death 24 Jan 1940 at home
    Husband John Wiley Gracy
    Father Joe Hannah (should be John) born Tennessee
    Mother unknown
    Cause of death Hypostatic Pneumonia
    Informant Claude Gracy [son], Vernon, Texas
    Burial 26 Jan 1940 in Marietta [Lakeview] Cemetery (Marietta, Oklahoma) by M H Henderson, Vernon
    Certificate filed 5 March 1940

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