Mary Ann aka Molly Howery was born in Virginia in 1853 to Peter and Frances Pate Howery. She is listed with her parents on the 1860 Census[1] in Floyd, Virginia. On the 1870 Census she is listed in the home of her brother; William.[2] It is believed that she married Millard Goodykoontz on Oct 31, 1876 in Pulaski County, Virginia; but a marriage record is needed for verification. She has been definitively linked to the following five children:
1. Julia Mae (Goodykoontz) Williams (1877–1959)
Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987
Name: Julia May Goodykoontz Williams
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Jan 1959
Event Place: Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, United States
It is believed (a record of death is needed for verification) that Mary Ann Howery Goodykoontz passed away during or directly after the birth of her fifth child; Glenn in 1883.
↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYG-JT84 : 16 August 2019), Murray Howery in entry for Julia May Goodykoontz Williams, 14 Jan 1959; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5X-45T : 28 January 2020), Mary A. Goodykoontz in entry for Willard D. Goodykoontz, 1877.
↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRZ-MBRX : 16 August 2019), Mary Hower in entry for Myrtle Mattie Bower, 06 Feb 1963; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Roanoke, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
↑ "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZYJ-TSYC : 17 November 2022), Mary Goodykoontz in entry for Minnie Goodykoontz, 1881.
↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPKP-1F7 : 26 November 2014), Howery in entry for Minnie R Snead, 24 Jul 1965; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
↑ "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZYV-VQM1 : 17 November 2022), Mary A Goodykoontz in entry for Glen P Goodykoontz, 1883.
↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM9K-XWP : 10 March 2018), Mary Howery in entry for Glenn P. Goodykoontz, 15 Feb 1963; citing Mercer, West Virginia, County Records, 2421, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,991,973.
↑ Source: #S222 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
Source: S36 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005; Repository: #R1 NOTESource Medium: Ancestry.com United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880
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According to my records, Mary Howery was only the mother of Julia May. All other children of Millard Goodykoontz were the children of his second wife, Lizzie Mary McCauley (McCauley-577). Apparently Mary Howery died within two years of Julia's birth and Lizzie may have come in to care for the baby. According to what I found, she was only 12 years old when they married (1879). About a year later Mattie Myrtle was born and she went on to bear nine children.