YEAR of BIRTH is APPROXIMATE and based on her age at the time of death as well as the 1851 Census
Daughter of Hezekiah Crago and Bridget Hockin who had married on April 1, 1789 in St Pinnock
Wife of William Body (aka Bodie) whom she married Feb 10, 1814 in St Pinnock
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1841 CENSUS - Sheviock, Cornwall, England
William Body 50, in county, gate keeper
Mary Ann Body 45, in county
Ann Body 14, in county
Sophie Body 13, in county
Thomas Body 10, in county
John Body 8, in county
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1851 CENSUS - Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Mary Ann Body 56, St Pinnock, Widow
Thomas Body 20, Liskeard, Son, Miner labourer
Sophia H Marks 23, Lostwithiel, unmarr, Charwoman
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Originally, she was buried in the Union Methodist Episcopal Church Burial Ground which became known as "Old Union" when the Sixth Street Union Cemetery opened in 1841.
In 1890, the city Board of Health ordered the closure of the cemetery, and on January 8, 1902, an article appeared on page 6 of the Philadelphia Inquirer announcing that the Board of Health had granted the Union M. E. Church permission to remove the 2500 bodies from the cemetery to Arlington Cemetery in Delaware County so that the cemetery site could be used for building purposes.
''This means that sometime shortly after January 8, 1902, Mary Ann's coffin would have been moved to Arlington Cemetery in Delaware county, Pennsylvania.''
Daughter of Hezekiah Crago and Bridget Hockin who had married on April 1, 1789 in St Pinnock
Wife of William Body (aka Bodie) whom she married Feb 10, 1814 in St Pinnock
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1841 CENSUS - Sheviock, Cornwall, England
William Body 50, in county, gate keeper
Mary Ann Body 45, in county
Ann Body 14, in county
Sophie Body 13, in county
Thomas Body 10, in county
John Body 8, in county
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1851 CENSUS - Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Mary Ann Body 56, St Pinnock, Widow
Thomas Body 20, Liskeard, Son, Miner labourer
Sophia H Marks 23, Lostwithiel, unmarr, Charwoman
---------------------------------
Originally, she was buried in the Union Methodist Episcopal Church Burial Ground which became known as "Old Union" when the Sixth Street Union Cemetery opened in 1841.
In 1890, the city Board of Health ordered the closure of the cemetery, and on January 8, 1902, an article appeared on page 6 of the Philadelphia Inquirer announcing that the Board of Health had granted the Union M. E. Church permission to remove the 2500 bodies from the cemetery to Arlington Cemetery in Delaware County so that the cemetery site could be used for building purposes.
''This means that sometime shortly after January 8, 1902, Mary Ann's coffin would have been moved to Arlington Cemetery in Delaware county, Pennsylvania.''
YEAR of BIRTH is APPROXIMATE and based on her age at the time of death as well as the 1851 Census
Daughter of Hezekiah Crago and Bridget Hockin who had married on April 1, 1789 in St Pinnock
Wife of William Body (aka Bodie) whom she married Feb 10, 1814 in St Pinnock
---------------------------------
1841 CENSUS - Sheviock, Cornwall, England
William Body 50, in county, gate keeper
Mary Ann Body 45, in county
Ann Body 14, in county
Sophie Body 13, in county
Thomas Body 10, in county
John Body 8, in county
---------------------------------
1851 CENSUS - Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Mary Ann Body 56, St Pinnock, Widow
Thomas Body 20, Liskeard, Son, Miner labourer
Sophia H Marks 23, Lostwithiel, unmarr, Charwoman
---------------------------------
Originally, she was buried in the Union Methodist Episcopal Church Burial Ground which became known as "Old Union" when the Sixth Street Union Cemetery opened in 1841.
In 1890, the city Board of Health ordered the closure of the cemetery, and on January 8, 1902, an article appeared on page 6 of the Philadelphia Inquirer announcing that the Board of Health had granted the Union M. E. Church permission to remove the 2500 bodies from the cemetery to Arlington Cemetery in Delaware County so that the cemetery site could be used for building purposes.
''This means that sometime shortly after January 8, 1902, Mary Ann's coffin would have been moved to Arlington Cemetery in Delaware county, Pennsylvania.''
Daughter of Hezekiah Crago and Bridget Hockin who had married on April 1, 1789 in St Pinnock
Wife of William Body (aka Bodie) whom she married Feb 10, 1814 in St Pinnock
---------------------------------
1841 CENSUS - Sheviock, Cornwall, England
William Body 50, in county, gate keeper
Mary Ann Body 45, in county
Ann Body 14, in county
Sophie Body 13, in county
Thomas Body 10, in county
John Body 8, in county
---------------------------------
1851 CENSUS - Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Mary Ann Body 56, St Pinnock, Widow
Thomas Body 20, Liskeard, Son, Miner labourer
Sophia H Marks 23, Lostwithiel, unmarr, Charwoman
---------------------------------
Originally, she was buried in the Union Methodist Episcopal Church Burial Ground which became known as "Old Union" when the Sixth Street Union Cemetery opened in 1841.
In 1890, the city Board of Health ordered the closure of the cemetery, and on January 8, 1902, an article appeared on page 6 of the Philadelphia Inquirer announcing that the Board of Health had granted the Union M. E. Church permission to remove the 2500 bodies from the cemetery to Arlington Cemetery in Delaware County so that the cemetery site could be used for building purposes.
''This means that sometime shortly after January 8, 1902, Mary Ann's coffin would have been moved to Arlington Cemetery in Delaware county, Pennsylvania.''
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