Died
at age 83
in Sutton, Braxton, West Virginia, United States
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Biography
Mary Elizabeth Gordon was born on 1 December 1804, in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, United States, to Josiah and Elizabeth (Newhouse) Gordon. She married Benjamin Franklin Skidmore in 1824. They were the parents of Johnson, Hilliard, George, John, Sarah, Salina, Sabina, Carolina, James, Benjamin, Jennings, Mary, and Andrew. The family lived in Virginia, which later became West Virginia throughout her life. She died on 2 December 1887, in Sutton, Braxton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Skidmore Cemetery, Belfont, Braxton, West Virginia, United States.
Fact: Residence (1850) Braxton, Braxton, Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Braxton, Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Lincoln, West Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Holly, Braxton, West Virginia, United States
Fact: Burial (December 1887) Skidmore Cemetery, Belfont, Braxton, West Virginia, United States
Research Note
Although Mary is not enumerated in the 1850 census, the family is living in Braxton, Virginia.
Sources
1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41M-LGJ : 18 February 2021), Mary Skidmore in entry for Benj Skidmore, 1860.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RV-HZ3 : 20 February 2021), Mary Skidmore in household of Jennings Skidmore, Holly, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 7, sheet 416B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,400.