Mary Catherine (Smith) Birchett (1836 - 1908)

Born 12 Jan 1836 in Tennessee, United States

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Died 24 Mar 1908 at age 72 in Myrtle, Oregon, MO

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Biography

Mary Catherine Smith. Given Name: Mary Catherine. Surname: Smith. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Sarah Polly. Given Name: Sarah. Surname: Polly. Found multiple versions of name. Using Mary Catherine Smith.

Born 12 Jan 1836. Tennessee, United States. ^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Died 24 Mar 1908. Myrtle, Oregon, MO. ^[13][14] Note: #DI322.

Buried Myrtle, Oregon, MO. ^[15][16] Note: #XI322.

TAG

Residence Age: 22. 1860 Oak Grove, Oregon, MO. ^[17] Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri, United States, Age: 57Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Self. 1880 Oak Grove, Oregon, MO. ^[18] Age: 35Census Post Office: Pocahontas. 1870 Roanoke, Randolph, AR. ^[19] Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head. 1900 Oak Grove, Oregon, MO. ^[20]

Census: Age 22 (she would have been 24). 1860

FGRAVE 16143641.

FGLINK http:/www.findagrave.com/cgi-binfg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16143641.

File Format: jpg. PHOTO

Note: #NI322.

Marriage Husband Abner Owen Birchett. PREF Y. Wife Mary Catherine Smith. PREF Y. Marriage 1855^[21] Child: Martha Birchett. Child: William Jasper Birchett. Child: Mary Matilda Birchett. Child: Wright Birchett. Child: Eliza Elen Birchett. Child: George Washington Birchett. Child: Franklin Birchett. Child: Helen Jane Birchett. PREF Y. Child: Robert Birchett.

Husband Wright Smith. PREF Y. Wife @I553@. PREF Y. Marriage Bef 1830. Tennessee, United States. Note: #NF179. Child: Sallie E. Smith. Child: William Smith. Child: Margaret Smith. Child: Mary Catherine Smith. PREF Y. Child: Robert J. Smith.

Notes

Note DI322Event Description: Age: 72.

Note NI322MYRTLE CEMETERY, Oregon Co., MO Myrtle, Mo. Birchett, Mary C., 1836, 1908 Birchett, Abner, 21 Oct 1821, 8 Feb 1908; Sarah, 12 Jan 1836,24 Mar 1908 "They steered their course to one quiet shore, what separated are parted no more" ... tombstone inscription. 1

Note XI322Event Description: Myrtle cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S121 Certainty: 0
2. ↑ Source: #S12 Year: 1870; Census Place: Roanoke, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: M593_63; Page: 504B; Image: 182; Family History Library Film: 545562 Certainty: 0
3. ↑ Source: #S120 Year: 1860; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri; Roll: M653_637; Page: 146; Image: 153; Family History Library Film: 803637 Certainty: 0
4. ↑ Source: #S118 Year: 1880; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri Certainty: 0
5. ↑ Source: #S115 Year: 1900; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri; Roll: 879; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1240879 Certainty: 0
6. ↑ Source: #S127 Certainty: 0
7. ↑ Source: #S121 Certainty: 0
8. ↑ Source: #S12 Year: 1870; Census Place: Roanoke, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: M593_63; Page: 504B; Image: 182; Family History Library Film: 545562 Certainty: 0
9. ↑ Source: #S120 Year: 1860; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri; Roll: M653_637; Page: 146; Image: 153; Family History Library Film: 803637 Certainty: 0
10. ↑ Source: #S118 Year: 1880; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri Certainty: 0
11. ↑ Source: #S115 Year: 1900; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri; Roll: 879; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1240879 Certainty: 0
12. ↑ Source: #S127 Certainty: 0
13. ↑ Source: #S121 Certainty: 0
14. ↑ Source: #S127 Certainty: 0
15. ↑ Source: #S121 Certainty: 0
16. ↑ Source: #S127 Certainty: 0
17. ↑ Source: #S120 Year: 1860; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri; Roll: M653_637; Page: 146; Image: 153; Family History Library Film: 803637 Certainty: 0
18. ↑ Source: #S118 Year: 1880; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri Certainty: 0
19. ↑ Source: #S12 Year: 1870; Census Place: Roanoke, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: M593_63; Page: 504B; Image: 182; Family History Library Film: 545562 Certainty: 0
20. ↑ Source: #S115 Year: 1900; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri; Roll: 879; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1240879 Certainty: 0
21. ↑ Source: #S115 Year: 1900; Census Place: Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri; Roll: 879; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1240879 Certainty: 0

• Source: S115 1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Repository: #R18 Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R18 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo State: UT Map: Latitude: N40.2336997222222 Longitude: W111.668502777778 Web Address: http://www.ancestry.ocm
• Source: S118 Media: Census/Tax "United Sates Census, 1880." Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note: Database with images. Repository: #R18 Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S12 1870 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R18 Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S120 1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R18 Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S121 Web: Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R18 Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S127 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R18 Paranthetical: Y

Name Mary Bircket Event Type Census Event Date 1860 Event Place Oak Grove Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States Gender Female Age 22 Race White Race [Blank] Birth Year (Estimated) 1838 Birthplace Tennessee Page 17 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Abner Bircket M 36 Tennessee Mary Bircket F 22 Tennessee Martha E Bircket F 5 Tennessee Jasper Bircket M 3 Missouri Mary Bircket F 1 Missouri Citing this Record "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH87-K6V : 14 December 2017), Mary Bircket in entry for Abner Bircket, 1860.

Event Type Census Event Year 1870 Event Place Arkansas, United States Abner Berchet M 42 Tennessee Mary Berchet F 35 Tennessee Martha E Berchet F 15 Tennessee William J Berchet M 13 Missouri Mary M Berchet F 10 Missouri Wright S Berchet M 8 Missouri Eliza E Berchet F 6 Arkansas George W Berchet M 5 Arkansas Franklin Berchet M 2 Arkansas Citing this Record "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC6-PXJ : 12 April 2016), Wright S Berchet in household of Abner Berchet, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 26, family 179, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,562.

Name Mary Birchett Event Type Census Event Date 1880 Event Place Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri, United States Gender Female Age 44 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) W Occupation Keeping House Relationship to Head of Household Wife Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife Birth Year (Estimated) 1836 Birthplace Tennessee, United States Father's Birthplace North Carolina, United States Mother's Birthplace Virginia, United States Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 349 Person Number 1 Volume 1 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Abner Birchett Self M 57 Tennessee, United States Mary Birchett Wife F 44 Tennessee, United States Elen Birchett Daughter F 17 Missouri, United States George Birchett Son M 15 Arkansas, United States Franklin Birchett Son M 12 Missouri, United States Helen Birchett Daughter F 10 Arkansas, United States Robert Birchett Son M 8 Arkansas, United States Citing this Record "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FM-SNJ : 14 August 2017), Mary Birchett in household of Abner Birchett, Oak Grove, Oregon, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 85, sheet 349A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0707; FHL microfilm 1,254,707.

Name Mary C Birchett Event Type Census Event Year 1900 Event Place Oak Grove Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States Gender Female Age 64 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) W Relationship to Head of Household Wife Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife Number of Living Children 6 Years Married 45 Birth Date Jan 1836 Birthplace Tennessee Marriage Year (Estimated) 1855 Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Mother of how many children 8 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Abner Birchett Head M 77 Tennessee Mary C Birchett Wife F 64 Tennessee Citing this Record "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M389-NCH : accessed 30 May 2018), Mary C Birchett in household of Abner Birchett, Oak Grove Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 18A, family 336, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,879.

Mary Catherine “Polly” Smith Birchett BIRTH 17 Jan 1836 Tennessee, USA DEATH 24 Mar 1908 (aged 72) Myrtle, Oregon County, Missouri, USA BURIAL Myrtle Cemetery Myrtle, Oregon County, Missouri, USA PLOT buried next to her husband, Abner Owens Birchett MEMORIAL ID 16143641 · View Source SHARE Mary Catherine [Polly] SMITH was born 17 Jan 1836 in Tennessee, the dau of Wright G. SMITH SR. and Elizabeth Farrar. She mar. Abner Owens BIRCHETT ca 1853 in Tennessee [prob. Henderson Co.]. By 1860, the family moved to Oregon Co., MO as proven by the Census]. She d. 24 Mar 1908 in Myrtle, at the age of 72.

Polly and Abner had these children:

1. Martha E. (1855-<1935).. mar. 1st Wm. KIDWELL: 2nd Michael F. RAFFERTY [source marriage records and census].

2. William Jasper (1855-1946).. mar. 1st Mary Elizabeth CAMPBELL, 2nd Sally UNKNOWN. Bur. at Walnut Grove Cem., Randolph Co., AR. [source: census and marriage records].

3. Mary Matilda (1859-1949).. mar. Elias D. ARNOLD. Bur. at West Plains, Howell Co., MO. [source: family Bible, Census, Marriage Records].

4. Wright S. [aka Right] (1861-1905).mar. Sarah O'DELL. [source: marriage records and census].

5. Ellen Elizabeth (1863-1949).. mar. John A. STEWART [source: marriage records]. She is bur. Jonesboro, AR.

6. George Washington (1865-1954).. mar. Mary Catherine LEWALLEN [source: marriage records]. They are bur. at Chelsea, OK.

7. Marion Franklin (1869-1938).. mar. Alice PURINGTON.

8. Helen Jane (1870-1961).. mar. John FERNIMEN [source: marriage records.] Both are buried at Myrtle Cem., Oregon Co., MO.

9. Robert Kingston (1871-1896). unmar. Was killed in a freight train wreck in Clark Co, AR. [source: family knowledge]

10. Henry (Died as Child) (1873-1879).. Was 6 yrs old when he was killed when he was kicked in the stomach by a mule. Bur. at Jeff, Oregon Co., MO. [source: family knowledge.]