Mary Elizabeth (Higdon) Peerce (1830-1924)

Mary Elizabeth Peerce formerly Higdon aka Mudd, Pierce

Born 16 Jan 1830 in Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Daughter of Augustine Higdon and Teresa (Roby) Higdon

Sister of Margaret Ann (Higdon) Pierce, Harriet P. Higdon, James B. Higdon, Charles H. Higdon, Benedict J. Higdon, Augustine R. Higdon, Sarah J. (Higdon) Horrell and Frances M. Higdon

Wife of William Andrew Mudd — married 1 May 1851 in Clarkson, Grayson, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Mother of John Robert Mudd, Teresa Elizabeth (Mudd) Higdon, Mary A. Mudd, William Harrison Mudd, Martha Jane (Mudd) Pierce, James Leonard Mudd, Edward Lafayette Mudd and Joseph A. Mudd

Died 20 Nov 1924 at age 94 in Auburn Township, Clark, Illinois, United States

Problems/Questions

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Biography

Mary was born about 1831.

Sources

Census Data

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65Q-KVH : 9 November 2014), Augustine Higdon, Grayson county, Grayson, Kentucky, United States; citing family 388, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44W-HQG : 4 December 2014), William A. Mudd and Mary Higdon, 15 May 1852; citing Grayson,Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 0216825 IT 1.

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBW-CH8 : 12 April 2016), Tresia E Mudd in entry for William A Mudd, 1860.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW7-MG5 : 12 April 2016), T E Mudd in household of W A Mudd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 39, family 286, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,964.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCC2-W63 : 12 August 2017), John R Mudd in household of William A Mudd, Leitchfield, Grayson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 44, sheet 443B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0416; FHL microfilm 1,254,416.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94H-ZCN : accessed 18 August 2021), Mary E Pierce, Magisterial District 1, East Leitchfield Precinct (incl. Grayson County Poorhouse) Leitchfield, Grayson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 2A, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,523.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DW-7KF : accessed 18 August 2021), Mary E Pierce in household of Joseph A Mudd, Leitchfield, Grayson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 13A, family 252, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 477; FHL microfilm 1,374,490.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJCV-ZGS : 1 February 2021), Mary E Pierce in entry for Joseph Mudd, 1920.

"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N38P-46G : 27 December 2014), Augusta Higdon in entry for Mary Elizabeth Peerce, 20 Nov 1924; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,493,150.

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