Mary 4th great grandma on RootsMagic tree.
Mary Magdalena was born in 1787 in Pennsylvania. Her last name, parents, nothing is known of her until she was married to Michael Young around 1807. They married in Pennsylvania and lived there until about 1820.
In 1820 Mary and Michael had moved to Stark County, Ohio. They had 2 children in Pennsylvania, then 5 more were born in Ohio. The Young family owned land, farmed. In 1850 Mary was 63 years old and on the 1850 census she lived in Marlborough Township, Stark, Ohio with her husband and youngest son Israel. Her older kids were married and in homes of their own. Michael and Israel farmed, Mary kept house and probably had a spectacular garden. Mary’s daughter Esther had married Peter Miller and they moved near Waverly Iowa. Their son William Miller was the grandad of Faber Miller.
Mary died at age 70 and is buried at Union Cemetery in Hartville, Stark County, Ohio.
Sources
- 1850 United States Federal Census at Ancestry
- New map of Stark County, Ohio at Library of Congress
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio : births, baptisms, deaths, marriages at FamilySearch
- Find a grave memorial 105743390