Mesener F (Dart) Herndon (1836 - 1906)

Born 9 Mar 1836 in Pike, Alabama, United States

Wife of Greene Smith Herndon — married 4 Dec 1852 in Pike County, Alabama, United States of America

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1906 at age 69 in Savoy, Fannin, Texas, United States

Biography

Mesener was born in 1836. She passed away in 1906.

• With her husband and children

Masenia F Heindon in the 1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Masenia F Heindon [Masenia F Herndon] Age: 66 Birth Date: Apr 1834 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1900: Savoy, Fannin, Texas Sheet Number: 13 Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 12 Family Number: 215 Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Green S Herndon Marriage Year: 1852 Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother: Number of Living Children: 8 Mother: How Many Children: 12 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Green S Herndon 67 Masenia F Heindon 66 Frank Heindon 24

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Masener may be her middle name. She went by Macina or Marcina as an adult. She is listed as F M Dart on her marriage record.

Timeline

9 Mar 1836: born in Alabama.

4 Dec 1852: married G S Herndon at Pike County, Alabama. The 1852 appears to be a correction of 1851 and matches better with the rest of the records as well as making Masena 16 rather than 15. In the 1900 Census, the marriage is listed at 48 years. ^[2]

1870: Masena Herndon, 35, white. Keeping House. living with Green and seven children at (Precinct 2) Fannin, Texas. Post office: Bonham. ^[3]

1900: Masenia F Herndon, wife, 66. married 48 years. 8 of 12 children living. can read, write, and speak English. living with spouse, Green S, and son, Frank. (Precinct 2) Savoy Village, Fannin, Texas. ^[4]

5 Jan 1906: died in Texas. buried at Sunnyside Cemetery. Savoy, Fannin, Texas. ^[5]

Research Notes

claims Apr 1834 birthday on 1900 census.

father born in New York, mother born in South Carolina.

Sources

1. ↑ Masenna Dart in the Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 Name: Masenna Dart Gender: Female Birth Place: Ala Spouse: G S Herndon Child: James Frank Herndon
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRJB-6HS : 3 November 2017), G S Herndon and F M Dart, 04 Dec 1851; citing Pike, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,033,193.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGY-VVQ : 12 April 2016), Masena Herndon in household of Green S Herndon, Texas, United States; citing p. 18, family 113, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,083.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G9-1F3 : accessed 13 May 2018), Masenia F Heindon in household of Green S Herndon, Justice Precinct 2 Savoy town, Fannin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 13B, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,633.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52560324/masener-herndon : accessed 11 May 2018), memorial page for Masener Dart Herndon (9 Mar 1836–5 Jan 1906), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52560324, citing Sunnyside Cemetery, Savoy, Fannin County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Don Rubarts (contributor 46951019).