Mary Eliza (Sherrill) White (1910 - 1995)

Born 10 Jan 1910 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Nov 1995 at age 85 in Danville, Virginia

Biography

Mary Eliza Sherrill was born in January of 1910 to Charles Everett Sherrill (1886–1955) and Eliza Beavers (1881–1969). She is listed with her parents on the 1910 Census in Buncombe, North Carolina^[1] and on the 1920 Census in Pittsylvania, Virginia.^[2] On January 21, 1928 she was married to William Alexander Cox in Schoolfield, Pittsylvania, Virginia.^[3] The couple had one son; John Henry Cox in October of 1928.^[4] Sometime between the birth of their son in 1928 and the 1930 Census; her husband William passed away and she is listed with her son as widowed in the home of her parents.^[5] She was remarried on January 14, 1934 to James Alexander Casey.^[6] The couple are listed together on the 1940 Census with her son from her first marriage and their two sons; Joseph and Charles Casey.^[7]

No official records have been found indicating that she divorced Mr. Casey; but it is believed that she did, because at the time of his death in 1965 he was married to Ruby Crawford .^[8] Mary is listed as "Mary Eliza White" at the time of her death also indicating that she married again sometime after the 1940 Census and before her death in November of 1995.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSY-X61 : accessed 12 March 2021), Mary E Sherrill in household of Charles E Sherrill, Asheville Ward 4, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 23B, family 404, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1099; FHL microfilm 1,375,112.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJNT-SJ6 : 4 February 2021), Mary Sherell in entry for Charlie Sherell, 1920.
3. ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DHMK-5N3Z : 7 October 2020), Mary Sherrill in entry for Wm Alexander Cox Rhoads, 21 Jan 1928; citing Marriage Registration, Schoolfield, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPGQ-RJF : 10 February 2018), Unknown in entry for John Henry Cox, 16 Mar 1957; citing Providence, Caswell, North Carolina, v 5B cn 5800, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,927,394.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CFPT-L3Z : accessed 12 March 2021), Mary C Cox in household of Charles E Sherrill, Tunstall Magisterial District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 33B, line 75, family 719, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2455; FHL microfilm 2,342,189.
6. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR31-HQ4 : 29 January 2020), Mary Eliza Sherrill Cox in entry for James Alexander Cosey, 1934.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR15-JLL : 3 February 2020), Mary S Casey in household of James A Casey, Ward 8, Danville, Danville City, Danville City, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 106-26, sheet 6A, line 5, family 112, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4306.
8. ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BN-37SH : 16 March 2018), James Alexander Casey, 22 Jan 1965; citing Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, , Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 March 2021), memorial page for Mary Eliza White (10 Jan 1910–5 Nov 1995), Find a Grave Memorial no. 138426817, citing Schoolfield Cemetery, Danville, Danville City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by s. stice (contributor 46944589) .