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Jennings Cemetery ~ Mary Earnest ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Earnest, Mary
LAST NAME: Earnest FIRST NAME: Mary MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Morris AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 25 Feb 1819 DIED: 9 Feb 1909 BURIED: 11 Feb 1909 ~ Jennings Cemetery
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Kentucky
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1850 MO CENSUS - Mary Earnest, age 31, b. Kentucky, is enumerated with William B., age 37, occupation blacksmith, b. Kentucky, along with Sophia, age 14, b. Kentucky, Martha, age 12, b. Kentucky, William D., age 4, b. Missouri, and Jasper N., age 1, b. Missouri.
1870 OR CENSUS - Mary Earnest, age 50, b. Kentucky, is enumerated with William, age 56, occupation farmer, b. Kentucky, along with William, age 22, farmer, b. Missouri, Joseph, age 20, occupation teacher, b. Missouri, Levina, age 17, b. Missouri, an Mary, age 10, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family are Alex Couch, age 15, b. Oregon, John Couch, age 13. b. Oregon, and Isabella Couch, age 11, b. Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - DC gives date of birth as 1 Mar 1820; marker as 25 Feb 1819.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Marion County #1909) #446 - Mary Ernest, female, widowed, b. 1 Mar 1820 at Kentucky, d. 9 Feb 1909 in Oregon (10 miles north of Salem) at the age of 89 y's 11 m's 13 d's, name of father Daniel Maurice [Morris?], interment: 11 Feb 1909, undertaker W.S. Rigdon, informant Mrs. M. Jennings.
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Mary Earnest
Feb. 25, 1819 - Feb. 9, 1909
SOURCES: 
Branigar Survey
OSBH DC (Marion County #1909) #446
1850 MO CENSUS (Lawrence Co., Dist #47, FA #141)
1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., FA #271)
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