Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Funkhouser (1842 - aft. 1910)

Born 1 Dec 1842 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Funkhouser — married 12 Mar 1861 in Hardy, West Virginia, United States

Died after 1910 after age 67 in Hardy County, West Virginia

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Biography

Mary Elizabeth Miller is the wife of James Henry Funkhouser and the daughter of Phillip and Mary Miller according to her marriage record (listed below). She is listed with her parents on both: the 1850 Census^[1] and the 1860 Census.^[2]

On March 12, 1861 she married James Funkhouser:

• James Funkhouser: West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970
• Name: James Funkhouser
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Type: marriage
• Age: 24 years 6 months
• Marital Status: Single
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
• Birthplace: Shenandoah Co.
• Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1861
• Marriage Place: Hardy Co., West Virginia
• Father's Name: Henry Funkhouser
• Mother's Name: Mary Funkhouser
• Spouse's Name: Mary Miller
• Spouse's Age: 19 years 6 months
• Spouse's Marital Status: Single
• Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1842
• Spouse's Birthplace: Shenandoah
• Spouse's Father's Name: Philip Miller
• Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Miller
• Source Reference: County Records
• Record Number: 390
  • Source^[3]

The couple are listed together on the 1870 Census,^[4] the 1880 Census,^[5] the 1900 Census,^[6] and the 1910 Census.^[7] Census records indicate the couple had at least ten children. Mary passed away sometime after the 1910 Census was taken.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D5-CTR : 23 December 2020), Mary E Miller in household of Philip Miller, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41H-H8T : 10 January 2022), Mary E Miller in entry for Philip Miller, 1860.
3. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-4N64 : 29 September 2021), James Funkhouser and Mary Miller, 1861.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4V-R29 : 29 May 2021), Mary E Funkhouser in entry for Jas Funkhouser, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RL-1RS : 15 January 2022), Mary Funkhouser in household of Jas. Funkhouser, Lost River, Hardy, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CK-4XL : accessed 27 May 2022), Mary E Funkhouser in household of James Funkhouser, Lost River district (Harpers Precinct), Hardy, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 3A, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,759.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNC-RMX : accessed 27 May 2022), Mary E Funkhouser in household of James Funkhouser, Lost River, Hardy, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 5A, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1682; FHL microfilm 1,375,695.

• West Virginia Marriages Index

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