Mary Ann (Deviney) Woodson (1831 - 1901)

Born 1 Feb 1831 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Levi Ferras — married 4 Jul 1848 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Nicholas Wildermuth — married 10 Mar 1850 in Rock Island County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1901 at age 70 in Chico, Butte, California, United States

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Biography

Mary Ann Devinney was born 1 Feb 1831 in Pennsylvania, United States, the daughter of Andrew Devinney and Edwith Wainwright. She married Nicholas Wildermuth on 10 Mar 1850 in Rock Island County, Illinois. Together they had three children:

1. Andrew Wildermuth
2. George E. Wildermuth
3. Nicholas Wildermuth

Mary Ann Devinney Wildermuth Woodson died 4 Jul 1901 in Chico, Butte, California, United States, and she is buried in Chico Cemetery.

Mary Ann Divinney, Illinois Marriages, ^[1]

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 10 Mar 1850

Event Place: Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States

Event Place (Original): Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States

Gender: Male

Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Divinney

Spouse's Gender: Female

Reference Notes

Birth

Birth:

Primary or Preferred: Y

Date: 1831

Place: Pennsylvania^[2][3]

Marriage

Husband: Nicholas Wildermuth

Wife: Mary Ann Devinney

Child: Andrew Wildermuth

Child: George E. Wildermuth

Child: Nicholas Wildermuth

Marriage:

Date: 10 MAR 1850

Place: Rock Island County, Illinois^[4]

Father: Andrew Devinney

Mother: Edwith Wainwright

Child: Mary Ann Devinney

Child: Samuel Devinney

Child: John Devinney

• Source: S323 Abbreviation: Rock Island County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1833-1869 Title: , Rock Island County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1833-1869 (: , ), . Subsequent Source Citation Format: , Rock Island County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1833-1869, . BIBL . Rock Island County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1833-1869. : , . TMPLT TID 196 FIELD Name: Author FIELD Name: Role FIELD Name: Title VALUE Rock Island County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1833-1869 FIELD Name: SubTitle FIELD Name: Volumes FIELD Name: PubPlace FIELD Name: Publisher FIELD Name: PubDate Page: 200 TMPLT FIELD Name: Vol_Page VALUE 200 Data: Text: Nicholas Wildermuth/Mary Ann Devinney - March 10, 1850 CONT Christine Wildermot/Charles R. Weber (Wehr) - February 8, 1865 CONT Christian Wildermuth/Christina (Christine) Hoffsteter - October 3, 1862 CONT Ellizabeth Wildermuth/Fredrick Muckler - March 17, 1859 CONT Peter Wildermuth/Amelia Von Schneider - December 26, 1867 CONT Catharina Wildemuth/Ernst Mangelsdorf - July 19, 1863

Anna was born in 1831. She passed away in 1901.

• Spouse: James Cox Woodson
• Children (might not be a comprehensive list): Martha Ann Ferris Twitchell, Margaret Jane Farris Boness, Laura Catherine Ferris Hickethier, John Randolph Farris, Virginia Griggs, Sarah Edna Woodson

Notes

LNAB is probably wrong, given LNAB of children. Farris/Ferris might be a 1st Marriage surname.

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch : 13 January 2020, Mary Ann Divinney in entry for Nicholas Wildermath, 1850.

   Name: Nicholas Wildermath

2. ↑ Source: #S300 Page: Hampton TMPLT FIELD Name: CivilDivision VALUE Hampton FIELD Name: ED FIELD Name: PageID FIELD Name: HouseholdID FIELD Name: Person FIELD Name: AccessType FIELD Name: AccessDate Data: Text: Enumerated 19 July 1860 CONT CONT dwelling 3147, family 2953 CONT CONT Nicholas Wiltermuth, age 30, male, iron miller, value of personal estate 530, b France CONT Mary Ann Wiltermuth, age 29, female, wife, b Pennsylvania CONT Andrew Wiltermuth, age 10, male, b Illinois, in school CONT George Wiltermuth, age 8, male, b Illinois, in school CONT Nicholas Wiltermuth, age 6, male, b Illinois, in school CONT CONT dwelling 3148, family 2954 CONT CONT Magdalene Sebey, age 50, female, widow, b Prussia, can't write (notation: ref help as poor person) CONT Peter Sebey, age 16, male, farm laborer, b Illinois, in school
3. ↑ Source: #S221 Page: 1105 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 1105 Data: Text: DEVINNEY, JOHN -- After a man has lived in one locality for more than seventy years, his neighbors will have had a chance to form an opinion as to his character and the high esteem in which John Devinney of Hampton township is held is evidence of his popularity. He was born in section 10, Hampton township, Rock Island county, Ill., September 13, 1837, a son of Andrew and Edwith (Wainwright) Devinney, the former born in Indiana county, Pa., and the latter in Derbyshire, England, from whence she came to Pennsylvania with her parents. Andrew and Edwith Devinney were married in Pennsylvania, and in 1833 came to the present site of the town of Hampton, entering 100 acres of land in the heavy timber, where Mr. Devinney built a log cabin and partly erected a sawmill, and was here engaged in the lumber business, supplying Moline, Rock Island and Davenport with hard wood. He died on the home place, when well advanced in years, his wife also passing away here. In addition to the Hampton township property, Andrew Devinney was the owner of 160 acres of Mississippi River bottoms land. Three children were born to him and his wife: Mary Ann, deceased, who was Mrs. Nick Wildemuth; Samuel, who died in 1906; and John. CONT CONT John Devinney has always lived on the home farm with the exception of one year spent on the bottoms farm, and since his father's death he has been the owner of the old homestead. At the age of sixteen years he started to work in the Hampton grist mill and after fifteen years he became superintendent of the Hampton Coal Mining Company, having charge of the engines, hoisting machinery, etc., and continued to act in that capacity for twelve years. Since that time he has given his attention to the farm, although he has also served as agent for a harvesting machinery company. He has owned three farms in different counties in Iowa, but has disposed of all his property except eighty acres in Jasper county, Ia., and 300 acres in Hampton township, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation. In February, 1858, Mr. Devinney was married to Fannie F. Cook, who was born in Hampton township of Horace and Harriet (Mears) Cook, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Vermont, who came to Hampton township at an early day and died on the farm that they had settled. Mr. and Mrs. Devinney have had the following children: Hattie, who married John Searle, born in January, 1859, and died in November, 1908; Mary, Mrs. Seager, who was born in February, 1860, died in October 1903; Georgianna, who was born in January, 1863, died in 1873; Andrew H., who was born March 20, 1865, died in infancy; Samuel, who was born December 1, 1866, of Jasper county, Ia.; George, who was born April 12, 1870, of Hampton township; John, who was born November 21, 1872, of Hampton, Ill.; Fannie A., who was born May 6, 1875, is Mrs. Theodore Hermis, of East Moline; Albert, who was born July 19, 1877, of Hampton township; and Horace A., who was born April 27, 1879, is residing at home. Mr. Devinney is independent in politics. He is a Mason of Port Byron, Ill.. belonging to Philo Lodge No. 420, and the Eastern Star, of which his wife is also a member, and both are consistent attendants of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Devinney has been a trustee.
4. ↑ Source: #S300 Page: Hampton TMPLT FIELD Name: CivilDivision VALUE Hampton FIELD Name: ED FIELD Name: PageID FIELD Name: HouseholdID FIELD Name: Person FIELD Name: AccessType FIELD Name: AccessDate Data: Text: Enumerated 19 July 1860 CONT CONT dwelling 3147, family 2953 CONT CONT Nicholas Wiltermuth, age 30, male, iron miller, value of personal estate 530, b France CONT Mary Ann Wiltermuth, age 29, female, wife, b Pennsylvania CONT Andrew Wiltermuth, age 10, male, b Illinois, in school CONT George Wiltermuth, age 8, male, b Illinois, in school CONT Nicholas Wiltermuth, age 6, male, b Illinois, in school CONT CONT dwelling 3148, family 2954 CONT CONT Magdalene Sebey, age 50, female, widow, b Prussia, can't write (notation: ref help as poor person) CONT Peter Sebey, age 16, male, farm laborer, b Illinois, in school

• Chico Cemetery (Chico, California, United States). Anna Farris Woodson’s headstone. Personally photographed by Kim Collins, 4 May 2020.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 February 2021), memorial page for Anna “Annie” Diviney Woodson (1 Feb 1831–4 Jul 1901), Find A Grave: Memorial #58370248, citing Chico Cemetery, Chico, Butte County, California, USA ; Maintained by Roger H. Vartabedian (contributor 46794830) .
• "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HG7L-LB2M : 4 February 2020), Annie Woodson, 1901.
• "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR4-P9PK : 16 August 2019), Ann Woodson in entry for Virginia Griggs, 13 Feb 1938; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
• "Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ7G-Q3G : 11 March 2018), Anna Woodson in entry for Sarah Edna Woodson, 12 Jul 1893; citing v 71 p 186, Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh; FHL microfilm 505,851.