Mary (Huddleston) Old
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Mary Margaret (Huddleston) Old (1858 - 1899)

Mary Margaret "Letitia" Old formerly Huddleston
Born in Oregon County, Momap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 16 Jan 1876 in Oregon County, MOmap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 41 in Oregon County, MOmap
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Biography

Mary was born in 1858, Oregon County, Missouri
She was the daughter (and prob only child) of George Huddleston and his 2nd wife, Matilda McWharter.

Her mother died before June, 1860, when her father married Mary Ann Gum

1860 Oregon Co, Mo - #511[1]
Huddleston , J.G. - 34, Mo
. . . . Mary - 16, Ky
. . . . James - 5, Mo
. . . . Margaret - 2, Mo
. . . . Joseph 12 - Mo [not son, maybe a cousin]

1870 Oregon Co, Mo - #199:[2]
Huddleston , J.G. - 40, Mo
. . . . Mary - 28, Mo
. . . . James - 15, Mo
. . . . Mary M. - 11, Mo
. . . . Matilda - 9, Mo
. . . . Missouri - 6, Mo
. . . . George - 5, Mo
. . . . John A. - 1, Mo

She married William E. R. Old, Jan 16, 1876, Oregon County, Missouri

They had 5 children:
Nora F, b abt 1878, d after 1899
Minnie, b Apr 1881; m Orville B. Hoover
Amos J., b Mar 1883
Dane, b Jan 1886
Anna, b July 1892

Obituary from the "South Missourian" newspaper Nov 2, 1899. p5:[3]
"Mary E. E. wife of Wm Old died Oct 25, ’99. She was born Sept 10, ’58; married Jan 16, ’76. Was the mother of 10 children, 6 died in infancy. She left a husband and four children to mourn her loss. She was converted in 1882; joined the Congregational Methodist, was baptized by Rev. John McKelvey, Sept 14, ’83. In ’87 she joined Protestant methodist church; in 1889, she joined the M.E. church south, where she lived a faithful member until death. Funeral was preached at her late home Oct. 27, from Micah 4:20. - LL Whitehead

She passed away in 1899.
tombstone at Union Hill Cemetery, near Rover, Oregon Co, Mo:
Old, William E., 1855-1940, M. Letitia, 1858-1899
Find A Grave: Memorial #25745383

Sources

  1. ↑ 1860 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH87-GNY
  2. ↑ 1870 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46B-2S7
  3. ↑ https://shsmo.org/collections/newspapers/mdnp




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