Mary was born in the Bustleton area of Philadelphia on 15 August 1874. She was the daughter of Joseph Deerman Heritage and Anna L. Dewees. On 15 January 1877 Mary was baptized at the Bustleton United Methodist Church, where her family was active. She was a school teacher. Mary died in Philadelphia on 14 June 1901 and is buried with her parents and two of her siblings in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Sources
Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 789. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed at AncestryLibrary, 1 September 2018.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJP-ZSJ : 21 August 2017), Mary D Heretage in household of Jos D Heretage, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 462, sheet 26A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1182; FHL microfilm 1,255,182.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3WL-BV7 : accessed 1 September 2018), Mary D Heritage in household of Annie L Heritage, Division 3 Philadelphia city Ward 35, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 907, sheet 1B, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,477.
"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK9Z-5Y8 : 8 March 2018), Mary A. Heritage, 14 Jun 1901; citing cn 26617, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,846,525.
"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKDC-CMV : 9 March 2018), Mary D. Heritage, 14 Jun 1901; citing 311, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,011,830.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 September 2018), memorial page for Mary D Heritage (1874–1901), Find A Grave Memorial no. 138306158, citing Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Mary Landfair Whiting (contributor 47033353) . Find A Grave: Memorial #138306158
Research Notes
Family name spelled "Heretage" in 1880 Census.
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