Elizabeth (Ashley) Geary
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Elizabeth Almira (Ashley) Geary (1807 - 1894)

Elizabeth Almira "Almira" Geary formerly Ashley
Born in Monroe County, Virginia, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 23 Aug 1825 in Kanawha County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died at age 87 in Roane County, West Virginia, USAmap
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Biography

Elizabeth Elmira Mary Ashley was born on 14 February 1807, [1][2] in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States to John Ashley and Mary Alford.

Marriage

Mathew Geary and Elizabeth Elmira Ashley married Kanawha, Virginia, United States. Elizabeth is named as person giving information in the death of her spouse: Mathew Gearey[3]View Death Record
Elizabeth Almira (Ashley) Geary

Children

  1. William A. Geary[4] married Mary Estaline Jarrett who is the daughter of Vincent Jarrett & Delilah Atkinson[5]
  2. Virginia (Geary) Osborne[6]
  3. Isabella Ann (Geary) McCan (1835 - 1922)
  4. Julia Mae (Geary) Young [1]

Residence

  • 1840: residence Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
  • 1850 residence District 19 Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia) [1]
  • 1860 residence Osborne's Mills, Roane County, Virginia (now West Virginia) [7]
  • 1870 residence Geary Twp., Roane County, West Virginia [8]
  • 1880 residence Geary District, Roane County, West Virginia. [9]

Death

1894: Buried in Rolling Hills Cemetery, Osbornes Mills, Roane, West Virginia, United States. [2]View Headstone

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
    citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    FamilySearch Record: M8DH-2ND (accessed 22 November 2022)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DBB7-75T Image number 00236
    Elizabeth Gearey (45) in Kanawha, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Find a Grave Memorial Find A Grave: Memorial #5141299
  3. ↑ West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 (at FamilySearch), Mathew Gearey, 1865; Records of Roane County, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 565,847
  4. ↑ West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 (at FamilySearch), Mathew Geary & Elmira Ashley in entry for William A. Geary, 26 Mar 1929; Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, 4417; FHL microfilm 1,953,471
  5. ↑ West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, )(at FamilySearch), William A Geary and Mary Esteline Jarrett, 1866; Kanawha, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 521,719
  6. ↑ West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 (at FamilySearch), Mathew Geary & Elmira Ashley in entry for Virginia Osborne, 17 Mar 1936; Clendenin, Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, v 4 p 19; FHL microfilm 460,368
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM9-V94 : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Geary in entry for Martin Geary, 1860
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ41-P5C : 29 May 2021), Elizabeth Geary in entry for Wm A Geary, 1870.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TW-B4W : 15 January 2022), Myra Geary in household of Wm. Geary, Geary District, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  • North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 (at Ancestry.com) - State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.
  • North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 (at Ancestry.com) - Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
  • Lockhart, Roy L. The Goff Family, 1974 (marriage record, death record, Find A Grave)




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Son William A Geary married Mary Estaline Jarrett who is the daughter of Vincent Jarrett & Delilah Atkinson
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