Mary (Canipe) Ramsaur (1846 - 1919)

Born 10 Jun 1846 in North Carolina

Wife of Theodore John Ramsaur — married 18 Nov 1869 in Lincoln County, North Carolina

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Died 4 Jul 1919 at age 73 in The Oaks Plantation, Town Creek, Brunswick County, North Carolina

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Biography

According to her gravestone, Mary was born on 26 Apr 1845.^[1] However her death certificate says her birthdate was 10 June 1846.

Theodore John Ramsaur married Mary Canipe (1845 - 1919),^[1] on 18 Nov 1869 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.^[2]

She passed away on 4 Jul 1919 while at The Oaks, a rice plantation jointly owned by her sons on the Cape Fear River at Town Creek, Brunswick County, NC. (The Oaks is near Orton Plantation and Old Brunswick Town, off of NC Highway 133). Her granddaughter Betty Lee Ramseur, wrote, "She died in the summer of 1919 [July 4] when I was nine years old and I remember Daddy coming in sometime during the night and saying to Mother, 'Maw's gone.' She is buried in Lincoln County beside Grandpa, who died before Mother and Daddy were married." ^[3] Mary is buried at the Ramsaur-Ramsour Cemetery, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA.^[1] You can see a picture of her gravestone at Find A Grave.

Note that her Find A Grave profile says her death date was July 3, 1919, and her gravestone says her death date was July 5th, 1919. Her death certificate ^[4] indicates that her death date was July 4, and that corresponds directly to the recollection of her granddaughter Betty Lee Ramseur, who was present at her death.^[3] Therefore the July 4th date is considered to be the most reliable.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} www.FindAGrave.com; Created by: Mike Huffstetler; Record added: Feb 11, 2012; Find A Grave Memorial# 84839347
2. ↑ "North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F84Q-HJQ : accessed 1 May 2015), T. J. Ramsom and Mary Canipe, 18 Nov 1869; citing Lincoln, North Carolina, reference p 82; FHL microfilm 421,995.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Folder 1, in the Pearson Family Memoirs #5126-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3CX-FD8 : 16 August 2019), Mary Ramsour, 04 Jul 1919; citing Tow Creek, Brunswick, North Carolina, reference fn 480 cn 283, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,497

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