Mary Jane ELLIS

F, b. 17 March 1837, d. 30 June 1925
     Mary Jane ELLIS was born on 17 March 1837 in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama.

Mary married Thomas W. BURT, son of Martin Ross BURT and Delilah Anne GRIFFIS, on 9 May 1857 in Orrville, Dallas County, Alabama. The bride was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy Ellis. Rev. John Dennis performed the marriage rites.1,2,3 She applied as a widow and received a Confederate pension. She was living in Orrville, Dallas county, Alabama.

Mary Jane ELLIS appeared on a census, enumerated 7 June 1900, in the household of her daughter Nancy Delilah BURT in Orrville, Dalllas County, Alabama. She was recorded as M. J. Burt, a 63 year old widow, born March 1837. It said she was the mother of two (error), both living. Her son George lived two houses away.

Mary Jane ELLIS died on 30 June 1925 in Orrville, Dallas County, Alabama, at age 88.4,5 She was buried in Orrville Community Cemetery, Dallas County, Alabama.
Last Edited=22 Feb 2023

Children of Mary Jane ELLIS and Thomas W. BURT

Citations

  1. [S38] Unknown cd1, Confederate Pension Files.
  2. [S296] Marie Whaley McLaughlin and Carolyn Ward Vintson, Dallas County Marriage Records, Dallas County Marriage Book A-194.
  3. [S766] Larry E. Caver, Dallas Co. Newspaper Abstracts, pg. 291. It lists the marriage date as May 12th.
  4. [S107] Central Alabama Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Dallas County.
  5. [S696] Find A Grave (website), online http://www.findagrave.com, Mary Jane (Ellis) Burt, Record ID #33952935, Accessed: 22 FEB 2023.

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