Maria Jane Popham (1819 - aft. 1852)

Born 1819 in Kentucky, United States

Wife of James David Fulton — married 1844 in United States

Wife of Francis Marion Stovall — married 4 Jun 1850 in Lamar, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died after 1852 after age 33 in Texas, United States

Biography

Jane was born in 1819. (Whether her surname at birth was in fact Popham is unknown. Though put forth by several unsourced genealogies, there is little evidence of this. In November 1815, a William Popham, who may have been a relative is a member of the household.). Jane married James Moore Fulton sometime prior to the birth of their son Samuel in about 1844. Jane was born in Kentucky and her children Samuel and Jane in Arkansas. In 1847, Jane was widowed. In June 1850 Jane married F. M. Stovall in Lamar County, Texas. ^[1] In 1850, Jane is enumerated on the federal census twice. First in Rusk County, Texas (on 2 Nov 1850) under the name Maria Jane Stovall with husband F. M. and children Samuel and Martha Jane Fulton. ^[2]. The following month, on 15 Dec 1850, she is again enumerated on the federal census. This time under the name Jane Fulton, as head of household with her two children Samuel and Martha. ^[3] Nonetheless, Jane is said to have had one child, George, with second husband Francis Stovall, born in 1852. Jane died shortly after George was born. In 1860, Francis has remarried, though Martha Fulton is still part of his household. ^[4] Samuel Fulton, however, is enumerated in the home of his half brother David Ward Fulton. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLG-G4R : 12 April 2016), Maria Jane Stovall in household of John Poe, Rusk county, Rusk, Texas, United States; citing family 627, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL2-TT4 : 12 April 2016), Jane Fulton, Lamar county, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing family 486, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFV-P9W : 12 December 2017), Martha J Fulton in entry for Marian Stovall, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFF-4SS : 12 December 2017), Saml M Fulton in entry for D W Fulton, 1860.