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Mary (Dick) Long (abt. 1810 - 1889)

Mary (Polly) Long formerly Dick aka Stelser
Born about in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at about age 79 in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 7 Apr 2016
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Biography

Mary (Dick) Long was born about 1810 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States, daughter of Harmon Dick (~1755–1825) and Eva Margaretha (Höh) Dick (1775–1839).

Her siblings were:

Polly died on 10 May 1889 in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, aged about 78.[1] [2] She was buried in Diamondville Cemetery, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

Research Notes

MARY “POLLY” DICK, b. d. May 10, 1889, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA ;m. (1) JACOB STELSER, Indiana Co., PA, (2) WILLIAM LONG Mary Dick is named in the will of her father, Harmon Dick and listed, together with his full siblings, in a deed dated 13 December 1828 between them and their mother, in which they sold their rights to Harmon Dick's estate for $1800. Mary was not yet married at the time of the 1828 deed. She is named as "Polly intermarried with Jacob Stilser" in the 24 Dec 1839 Indiana County Orphan's Court intestate record pertaining to her mother, Margaret.

Sources

  1. Engle, James, "Grave marker for Polly Long", jpeg image, Find A Grave (Online: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012), [Original grave marker located Diamondville Cemetery, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA], <https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=85017303&PIpi=55844877>
  2. "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994", jpeg image, FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2010), <https://familysearch.org>, [Scanned image of original document located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Wills 1771-1849, Volume 2, pp. 166-167]

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Dick-1841 and Dick-1821 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
posted by Jana Shea

Rejected matches › Mary (Dick) Wesley (1812-1882)