Mary's mother died in 1806--the year after Mary was born--and her father then married his widowed sister-in-law, Mrs. Susannah (nee Walling) Hurd. Her first husband had been John* Hurd, the brother of Mary's mother.
Mary was married to John Smith of Pennsylvania. Their first son was born in Kentucky in 1841.
The family moved to Calhoun County, Illinois by 1844. John worked there as a farmer, and Mary gave birth to at least 5 more children.
John died of pneumonia in May of 1860.
Mary lived until 1876. At the time of her death, she was 70 years, 11 months and 3 days old.
In addition to her mother and husband, Mary was preceded in death by her father and step-mother.
Children: 5 sons, 1 daughter.
Mother of:
James Smith
Hartford Connecticut Smith
Edwinna Smith Horton
John Decatur Smith
William Smith
Isaac Smith
Mary's siblings:
Peggy Rogers Wilie
Nancy Rogers Roberts
Dauswell Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers Thurman
William Rogers, Jr.
Amanuel Rogers
James W. Rogers
Fountain Rogers
Rosa Rogers Thurman
George W. Rogers
Catherine Rogers Crabb
Mary's half-brothers:
Anderson S. Rogers
Thomas W. Rogers
Elisha K. Rogers
Isham Russel Rogers
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*Name recorded on some records as Joseph Hurd, though Eleanor Edmondson says that his name was John. She sites the research of Diana Williams, who was a direct descendant of that family.
Mary's mother died in 1806--the year after Mary was born--and her father then married his widowed sister-in-law, Mrs. Susannah (nee Walling) Hurd. Her first husband had been John* Hurd, the brother of Mary's mother.
Mary was married to John Smith of Pennsylvania. Their first son was born in Kentucky in 1841.
The family moved to Calhoun County, Illinois by 1844. John worked there as a farmer, and Mary gave birth to at least 5 more children.
John died of pneumonia in May of 1860.
Mary lived until 1876. At the time of her death, she was 70 years, 11 months and 3 days old.
In addition to her mother and husband, Mary was preceded in death by her father and step-mother.
Children: 5 sons, 1 daughter.
Mother of:
James Smith
Hartford Connecticut Smith
Edwinna Smith Horton
John Decatur Smith
William Smith
Isaac Smith
Mary's siblings:
Peggy Rogers Wilie
Nancy Rogers Roberts
Dauswell Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers Thurman
William Rogers, Jr.
Amanuel Rogers
James W. Rogers
Fountain Rogers
Rosa Rogers Thurman
George W. Rogers
Catherine Rogers Crabb
Mary's half-brothers:
Anderson S. Rogers
Thomas W. Rogers
Elisha K. Rogers
Isham Russel Rogers
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*Name recorded on some records as Joseph Hurd, though Eleanor Edmondson says that his name was John. She sites the research of Diana Williams, who was a direct descendant of that family.
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