Mary Mondelthia (Moon) Bufkin (1876 - 1933)

Born 8 Jun 1876 in Falls, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Apr 1933 at age 56 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States

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Biography

Mary Mondelthia (Monnie) Moon was born 8 Jun 1876^{[1][2] [3]} in Falls county Texas, daughter of William Moon and Louisa Seale.

She married Lewis Simpson Bufkin 1 Aug 1896.^[4][5]

Together they had 7 children.

Death

Monnie died 24 Apr 1933^[6] and is buried in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall, Texas.^[7] Her residence was last at 604 Van Buren, Amarillo, Potter, Texas.^[8]

Timeline

1880, Pct 5, Falls county, Texas, USA.^[9]

W T Moon, 28, born Louisiana

L J, age 27, born Alabama

Monnie, 4, born Texas

Arrie, 2, born Texas,

1900 Federal Census, Blevins, Falls, Texas. (Microfilm very difficult to read)^[10]

Louis S Bufkin, born Feb 1872

Monnie M (guess) born Jun 1876, age 23, married 4 years, 2 children, 2 living

Lester b. Jun 1897, age 2, born Texas

Marshal, b May 1899, age 1, born Texas

1910 Federal Census, Forney, Kaufman, Texas.^[11]

Louis S Bufkin, age 38, married 1 time, 13 years, born Mississippi

Monnie, 34, 6 children, 6 living

Lester, 12, born Texas

Marshall, 10, born Texas

Felda, 8, born Texas

Russell, 6, born Texas

Grace, 4, born Texas

Mary, 5/12, born Texas

Sources

1. ↑ Moon family Bible record, collection of Col Lee Stewart, 1990
2. ↑ Her headstone gives the birthdate as 8 Jun 1875. Find a Grave, database and images accessed 23 October 2020), memorial page for Mary Mondelthia Moon Bufkin (8 Jun 1875–24 Apr 1933), Find A Grave: Memorial #19753708, citing Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Walter Dunn (contributor 46835578) .
3. ↑ 1900 census states born Jun 1876
4. ↑ Moon family Bible record, collection of Col Lee Stewart, 1990
5. ↑ Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 [Subscription database on-line, Ancestry.com]
6. ↑ personal recollections of (Col. Ret.) Lee Stewart, 1990. Headstone date agrees
7. ↑ Her death certificate seems to have some serious errors. It gives her birth as 8 Jun 1884 (1880 interlined - both incorrect. She was 34 in 1910 census)
8. ↑ Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [Subscription database on-line, Ancestry.com]
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch : 24 December 2015), Texas > Falls > Precinct 5 > ED 42 > image 28 of 33; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
10. ↑ Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Blevins, Falls, Texas; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0028; [Subscription database on-line, Ancestry.com]
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch : 24 June 2017), Texas > Kaufman > Forney > ED 27 > image 25 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).