Mary Ophelia Hartgrove (1847 - 1914)

Ancestors

Died 26 Jan 1914 at age 66 in Shelby, NC

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Biography

Mary was born in 1847. Mary was the child of Benjamin Hartgrove and Mary Anthony.^[1]

She never married and lived with her younger brother John's family.^[2][3]

Her paternal grandmother left a bequest to all of Benjamin Hartgrove's children. While they were young the bequest was administered by several different guardians, and court documents listed the children that were alive each time the guardian changed or posted bond.^[4]

A bond was posted In 1847 when Richard Rankin posted a bond as guardian for the estate due to Wm. W, James R, Jane, Robert, "Spate" (Richard), and an infant not yet named; children of Benjamin Hartgrove. The infant not yet named was probably Mary Ophelia, born in 1847.

Mary died from complications of a stroke in 1914.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, : FamilySearch, Benjamin Hartgrove, Mecklenburg county, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing family 516, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6T-75V FamilySearch], Mary O Hartgrove in household of John A Hartgrove, South Point, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 87, sheet 91B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0964; FHL microfilm 1,254,964.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, Mary Hartgrove in household of John A Hartgrove, Township 6, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 19A, family 386, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1103; FHL microfilm 1,375,116.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch, Benjamin Hartgrove, 1859; citing Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,994,727.
5. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch, Mary Hartgrove, 26 Jan 1914; citing No 6, Cleveland, North Carolina, reference 375, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,877,707.