Mary Ann Barnes was born in Boone County, Missouri in 1816, the daughter of James Turner Barnes and Elizabeth Hobbs Burkhartt. She was one of fifteen children. She married first Drury D Mayes, in 1832. they had five children together. After Drury's passing in 1864, along the Oregon Trail, she later married Chisholm Griffith, in 1866. She passed away in 1899. A family story is that a rose she carried across the plains is planted at her gravesite
Sources
McElwee, P. Glasgow. (1952). Genealogy of Shadrack Barnes of Rowan County, North Carolina, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. [Washington, D.C.: s.n.]. Mary Ann is listed in Chap 5, pg 48
Marriage info from Title: Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Publisher date: 1997; Publisher location: Provo, UT, USA. Lists Polly Barnes and Drury Mays, 17 Jul 1832, in Boone County, Missouri
1850 Federal Census lists Drury D Mayes, age 45, and wife Mary. age 34, living in District 4, Audrain County, Missouri. Children listed are Zelika, age 17, David, age 15, Nancy, age 13, Sarah, age 11, and Ellen, age 8
1860 Federal Census lists D D Mayes, age 56, and wife M A, age 43, living in Wilson, Audrain County, Missouri. Children listed are Sarah A, age 19, E B, age 15, and J W D, age 7
Marriage info from Title: Web: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Publisher date: 2011; Publisher location: Provo, UT, USA. Lists Mary Ann Mays and Chisholm Griffith, 6 May 1866, in Marion County, Oregon
1870 Federal Census lists Chisholm Griffith, age 64, and wife Mary A, age 54, living in Howell Prairie Precinct, Marion County, Oregon. Children listed are John W Mayes, age 17
1880 Federal Census lists C Griffith, age 74, and wife Mary A, age 64, living in Klickitat County, Washington
Find a Grave, database and images [1] : accessed 15 July 2021), memorial page for Mary Barnes Mayes Griffith (2 Jul 1816–27 Feb 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #27066565, citing Spring Creek Cemetery, Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Mary Farley (contributor 47321517) .
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZS-KYH : 27 February 2020), Mary Mayes in household of Drura D Mayes, Audrain county, Audrain, Missouri, United States; citing family 287, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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