Mary Myrtle (Ridenger) Haggard (1842 - 1925)

Born 28 Sep 1842 in Warren County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Wife of James Richard Haggard — married 28 Nov 1858 (to 1905) in Manchester, Coffee County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 24 Jul 1925 at age 82 in Bedford County, Wartrace, Tennessee

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Biography

family history is that she was part American Indian

last Haggard buried in the Fairfield cemetery plot at New Hope Cemetery , Fairfield (Bedford County), Bedford County, Tennessee. Entered by John Beeson.

Sources

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4NJ-5KC : 9 March 2021), James R Haggard and Mary Ridenger, 27 Nov 1858; citing Coffee, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 76, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 802,745.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8F-S42 : 29 May 2021), Polly Haggard in entry for J R Haggard, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQK-R2J : 15 January 2022), Mary Haggard in household of Rich D. Haggard, District 3, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZP-RW6 : accessed 28 December 2021), Mary Hargard in household of James Hargard, Civil District 3 (excl. Wartrace town), Bedford, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 7A, family 136, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,558.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXK-54N : accessed 25 February 2023), Mary Haggard in household of Ollie Haggard, Civil District 3, Bedford, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 5A, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1490; FHL microfilm 1,375,503.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55834205/mary-myrtle-haggard: accessed 25 February 2023), memorial page for Mary Myrtle Ridinger Haggard (28 Sep 1842–24 Jul 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55834205, citing New Hope Cemetery, Fairfield, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Teresa Brewington (contributor 47127205).

• Great granddaughter & headstone

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thanks to John Beeson for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by John and others.