Born in Chicago, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of Augustus Parsons
and Melissa (Dutton) Parsons
Sister of
Ellen Elizabeth Parsons [half], Frances Augusta Parsons [half] and Seneca Burdette Parsons [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 88
in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Nov 2014
This page has been accessed 167 times.
Biography
Mary Elizabeth Parsons was born August 1, 1859 in Chicago, Illinois. She was a daughter of Augustus Parsons and Melissa Dutton.
She studied art in San Francisco in the 1890s.
In the 1897, Mary wrote Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits.
On November 19, 1912 she married J. C. Hawver in Marin, California.
Mary died December 21, 1947 in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States.
Sources
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67X-JGY : 28 May 2021), Lissie Parsons in entry for Augustus Parsons, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNT-PPL : 19 February 2021), Elizabeth Parsons in household of Agustus Parsons, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 115, sheet 150D
"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-W46J : 16 March 2018), Mary Elizabeth Parsons, 1901; citing Passport Application, California, United States, source certificate #43383, Passport Applications, 1795-1905., Roll 580
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3G-X1M : 9 March 2021), J.C. Hawver and Mary Elizabeth Parsons, 19 Nov 1912; citing Marin, California, United States, county courthouses, California.
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPD7-FG3 : 26 November 2014), Elizabeth Parsons Hawver, 21 Dec 1947; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
Is Mary your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA
No known carriers of Mary's ancestors' DNA have taken a DNA test.
No known carriers of Mary's ancestors' DNA have taken a DNA test.
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Images: 1
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Rejected matches › Mary Adelaide Parsons (1857-1857) › Mary Melissa Parsons (1859-1867) › Mary Pearson (1859-) › Elizabeth Ellen (Birchall) Pearson (1856-1924) › Mary Parsons (abt.1858-)
Featured National Park champion connections: Mary is 14 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 21 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 13 degrees from George Catlin, 17 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 25 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 12 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 13 degrees from Stephen Mather, 23 degrees from Kara McKean, 18 degrees from John Muir, 17 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.