Mary was born about 1805. Mary May married George Shull in about 1825. She is listed with him on the 1850 Census with thirteen children listed in their household.[1] They are also listed together on the 1870 Census[2] By the time of the 1880 Census she is listed as widowed.[3] She passed away sometime after the 1880 Census was taken. [4][5]
FamilySearch.org:
George Junius Shull Jr. LMW5-8WM,
Birth 28 September 1803 Augusta Co. VA
Death 29 December 1878 Augusta Co. VA
Spouse: Mary Polly May LMW5-8T8,
Birth 1808 VA
Death AFT 1880 Augusta Co. VA
Marriage: Abt 1825 Virginia
Find-A-Grave:
Mary Polly May Shull BIRTH 1805 DEATH 1880 (aged 74–75) Augusta Co. VA BURIAL Burial Details Unknown Spouse: George Junius Shull 1803–1878 (m. 1825)
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88G-DSG : 23 December 2020), Mary Shull in household of George Shull, Augusta Parish, Augusta, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPV-DZP : 20 February 2021), Mary Shull, North River, Augusta, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 25, sheet 427A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,355.
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Jenny Shull, Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 April 2021), memorial page for Mary Polly May Shull (1805–1880), Find a Grave Memorial no. 210139107, ; Maintained by Rachael (contributor 50298681) Burial Details Unknown.
↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRZ-CH5D : 16 August 2019), Betty Shull in entry for George William Back, 27 Feb 1962; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
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