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Mary C. BENNINGTON

Mary C. BENNINGTON

Female 1862 - 1917  (55 years)

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  • Name Mary C. BENNINGTON 
    Buried ROW 27, PLOT 12  Robinson Old Cemetery, Robinson, Crawford Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Born 4 Sep 1862  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    • Birth date given in her death record and on her headstone as 5 Sep 1860, but her birth record shows it to be 4 Sep 1862. She was age 8 in the 1870 Census.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1882  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1910  Robinson, Crawford Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 23 Oct 1917  Terre Haute, Vigo Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I131046  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2021 

    Father Nimrod BENNINGTON,   b. 9 Sep 1821, Rockbridge Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1892  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Susan Elizabeth HARDBARGER,   b. 29 Sep 1827, Rockbridge Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1898, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F42936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James B. TAYLOR,   b. Mar 1855, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Apr 1910  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1882  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Crawford County, Illinois (Robinson Township), enumerated on Apr 29 1910 on North Jefferson Street:
      Mary C. Taylor, 49, widowed, occupation "own income"; dau Orpha B, 29, single, no occupation; son LeRoy, 26, single, laborer in oil field; son William B, 23, single, laborer in pool room. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household included Addison Leroy Taylor's future wife Lydia and their son Fred Kinman, who later took the Taylor surname:
      Charles H. Evelin, 25, laborer at odd jobs, married 5 yrs; wife Lila Evelin, 25, married 5 yrs, mother of 2 children (1 still living); son Harlin Evelin, 6 months; sister-in-law Lydia A. Kinman, 20, single; nephew Frederick Kinman, 11 months. All born in Illinois. The birthplace of Frederick's father indicated as West Virginia, his mother in Illinois.
    Children 
     1. Orpha B. TAYLOR,   b. CA 1881, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Addison Leroy "Roy" TAYLOR,   b. 18 Sep 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1953, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     3. William B. TAYLOR,   b. CA 1887, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ada Myrtle TAYLOR,   b. 17 Apr 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1935, Terre Haute, Vigo Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
    Family ID F57376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database online], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, BR p. 39, Line 11 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2276650&Type=Birth.

    4. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 50, Line 121 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538730&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S1572] 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp).

    6. [S5] Headstone.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 50, Line 121 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538730&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as James B. Taylor, widowed, 27, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, laborer; and Mary C. Bennington, single, 20, b. & res. in Ritchie Co. Married Dec 19 1882 in Ritchie County, officiated by Rev. G. T. Palmer.