Mumford Ussery (1802 - 1888)

Born 10 May 1802 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ella (Evans) Ussery — married 1835 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States

Husband of Mary (Bailey) Ussery — married 1842 in South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1888 at age 86 in Hart County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Note: According to the Ancestry World Tree entitled "LeMay Family of Southern USA and Connecting Lines", Mumford Ussery was an herb doctor who was a member of the Presbyterian Church. His obituary stated that he had been an elder in the Presbyterian Church for 40 years prior to his death. He remarried after the death of his first wife, Ella Evans. His second wife's name was Mary Bailey, born in 1813 in South Carolina. He had five children with Mary Bailey.

In 1849, he moved with his second wife Mary to Franklin County, GA which later became Hart County, GA and bought property in what is now known as the Reed Creek Community.

Marriage

Husband: Mumford Ussery

Wife: Mary Bailey

Child: Rachel Donally Ussery

Child: Cynthia Delilah Ussery

Child: Sarah L. Ussery

Child: Martha Matilda Ussery

Child: James Mumford Ussery

Marriage:

Date: AFT 1842

Place: South Carolina

Appeared in the 1870 U. S. Census in Reed Creek, Hart, Georgia. Please note, the surname was transcribed as Usery. The household included: Mumford age 66, occupation farmer; Mary age 57; Mary E. age 22; Rachael age 21; Syntha age 19; Sarah L. age 18; Martha M. age 16; James age 13, occupation farm laborer; Charles E. age 30, occupation farmer.

Appeared in the 1880 U. S. Census in Hart, Georgia. Please note, the surname was transcribed as Usery. The household included: Monford age 77, occupation farmer; Mary age 66; Mary age 33; Rachel age 31; Cintha age 29; James age 22, occupation teacher; John Phillips age 15, occupation farm laborer, boarder.

He is buried in the Providence Methodist Church Cemetery, Hart County, GA.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC34-1G3 : 17 October 2014), Mumford Ussery, Georgia, United States; citing p. 115, family 858, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,656.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GW-35Y : 13 January 2022), Monford Usery, Reed Creek, Hart, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV21-C6WW : 16 June 2020), Mumford Ussery, 1888; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80317709/mumford-ussery.