Mary Jane (Ford) Toliver (1835 - 1872)

Born 4 Feb 1835 in Lawrence, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Toliver — married 1 Dec 1853 in Lawrence, Indiana, United States

Died 6 Mar 1872 at age 37 in Lawrence, Indiana, United States

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Biography

When Mary Jane Ford was born on February 4, 1835, in Lawrence, Indiana, her father, (John?) Lewis Ford, was 23, and her mother, Elizabeth Spurlin, was 20. She married Daniel Toliver April 10, 1834 in Lawrence, Indiana, and they had seven children together. She died on October 6, 1877, at the age of 42, and was buried in Mitchell, Indiana.

FAMILY LEGEND: As often happens in the Ford Family, middle names are used on documents, and even grave markers. This makes the Ford family difficult to trace. Therefore, using other means such as marriage documents, census data, land grants, etc are vital to documenting who they are, as is in the case of Mary Jane Ford Toliver who is married to Daniel Toliver in the records, but buried in Find a grave as Jane Toliver and her husband listed as Daniel Toliver.

Sources

• Mary Jane Ford with siblings in household of Elizabeth Ford: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJP-K98 : 19 December 2020), Elizabeth Ford, Marion Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Shows Mary Jane Ford Marriage to Daniel Toliver 1 Dec 1853: "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFC5-F5Y : 13 January 2020), Mary Jane Ford in entry for Daniel Toliver, 1853. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXJ-YYC

• Shows Elizabeth in Household of Husband Daniel Toliver with Children: "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBY-FV?cc=1473181&wc=7QK5-RVN%3A1589426070%2C1589422325%2C1589426915 : 24 March 2017), Indiana > Lawrence > Spice Valley Township > image 32 of 38; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).