Mary Elizabeth (Marcus) Jones (abt. 1803 - abt. 1863)

Born about 1803 in Georgia, United States

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Died about 1863 at about age 60 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Mary Elizabeth Marcus was born about 1803 in Georgia to parents Daniel and Mary Marcus. "Calling All Lightfoots," page 72. ^[1] The 1850 Federal Census Barbour County, Alabama, shows her age as 45 indicating date of birth of 1805 and place of birth as Georgia. ^[2]

The 1850 Census, dated 25 November, 1850, of Barbour County, Alabama, on a single sheet, listed 4 generations in 3 households:

1. Henry Jones (Henry Jones II) age 84 and wife Ellender (3d wife of Henry Jones II) age 40, father of
2. Henry L. Jones (Henry Lightfoot Jones) age 54 and wife, Elizabeth (Mary Elizabeth Marcus) age 45, parents of
3. William Jones (William Henry Jones) age 28 and wife, Rebecca (Hannah Rebecca Westbrook) age 20, parents of
4. Daughter, Louise Jones (Louisa E. Jones), age 3.^[2]

Mary Marcus Jones died around 1865 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Williams, Edith Ellen and Mary Edd Morton, "Calling All LIghtfoots, A Lightfoot Family History," Heritage Books, c. 2003, Westminister, Maryland.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP5-219 : 19 December 2020), Elizabeth Jones in household of Henry L Jones, Barbour, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (accessed 2017-05-10), entry for Sarah Lightfoot JONES.

• Census 1850, 25 Nov 1850, District 23, Barbour County, Alabama, USA. This single census page lists 4 generations in 3 households: 1. Henry Jones 84 (wife Ellender, 40) father of 2. Henry L Jones, 54 & wife Elizabeth, 45, parents of 3. William Jones, 28 & wife Rebecca, 20, parents of daughter, Louisa Jones, 3.