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Mary MORRISON

Mary MORRISON

Female 1771 - 1847  (~ 76 years)

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  • Name Mary MORRISON 
    Born Jan 1771  Moorefield, Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Oct 1847  Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Shawtown Cemetery, Westfield, Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I32341  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2016 

    Father Alexander MORRISON,   b. CA 1737,   d. CA 1820, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Mother Mary LOWTHER,   b. CA 1740, Albemarle Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F18976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph KESTER,   b. 14 Mar 1752, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1839, Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1788  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Joseph KESTER,   b. 1788, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1835  (Age 47 years)
    +2. Conrad KESTER,   b. 1803, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1892  (Age 89 years)
    +3. Phoebe KESTER,   b. 1808, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1831  (Age 23 years)
    +4. Sarah "Sally" KESTER,   b. 20 Oct 1810, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1893, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F18980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 400.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as Joseph Kester and Mary Morrison. Married Feb 26 1788. Don Norman, in "Descendants of Robert Lowther," identifies Mary Morrison's husband as Joseph Lowther, an apparent error.