Mary Ann (Tucker) Kenney (1832 - 1881)

Born 16 Aug 1832 in Grove, Allegany, New York, United States

Wife of James S Bailey — married 1849 in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa

Wife of Loren Edward Kenney — married 5 Oct 1851 in Youngs, Polk, Georgia

Wife of James Benjamin Cook — married 1860 (to about 1870) in Deseret, Millard, UT

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1881 at age 48 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States

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Biography

A personal Biography was written by Norma Bailey Hadlock in 1990

History of Mary Ann Tucker and then please read Silena's Memoirs Tangled Threads listed below for more family information

Mary Ann was born in 1832.

Mary Ann told her age as older for the sake of being old enough to marry. Her life she had changed her date of birth to belong at age appropriate for her husbands

Mary Ann Tucker married James S Bailey about 1846

Tucker Bailey Children

1. James Watson Bailey
   

   Mary (Tucker) Kenney was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Mary Ann married Loren Edward Kenney in 1849 in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa

Tucker Kenney Children

1. Mary Deseret Kenney 1853–1937
2. Silena Elise KENNEY 1854–1946
3. Amasa Loren Kenney 1858–1896

In 1850 Mary Ann is with Loren Kenney and his wife Hannah, Hannah and Loren's daughter Ellen, son Albert and Mary Ann's son James Bailey they are in District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa^[1]

Excerpt from Biography of Mary Ann Tucker By Norma Bailey Hadlock, February 1, 1990

Family records say that Mary left Kenney in 1859. Mary was not in the 1860 Census with Loren and Hannah Kenney, but three of Mary’s children were there in the Kenney family. James W. Kenney, 10 years old, and the last time his name was found as Kenney, was named and blessed as James W. Kenney in December 1851, but after Mary left Loren Kenney, she gave James his rightful name back, James W. Bailey. The two daughters of Loren and Mary on the census were Mary Deseret 7 years, and Salina 4 years old. Mary apparently had taken her baby Amasa with her, who was probably 1 or 2 years old.

Mary Ann and Loren Kenney had their sealing cancelled January 25, 1861, after Mary Ann left the Kenney’s. when she returned to Loren Kenney, she lived only about a year with him before her death February 26, 1881 ( returned after Loren's wife Hannah died), and their sealing was never reinstated. The Fillmore Cemetery or Kenney must have figured out Mary Ann’s age at death from her “fixed” birth year of 1828, because she is 52 years and some months at death. She was really only 48 years old. Mary Ann Tucker Kenney kept her secret well. In 1984 the descendants of Mary Ann had her sealed to all her husbands.

Mary Ann married James Benjamin Cook in 1860 in Deseret, Millard, Utah

Tucker Cook Children

1. Benjamin James Cook 1861–1932
2. Anna Rosetta Cook 1863–1938
3. Alexander Cook 1865–1866
4. Rozelia Princetta Cook 1866–1881
5. Adelia/Fedelia Cook 1866–1882
6. John Henry Cook 1869–1937

Silena wrote her Memoirs titled Tangled Threads— by Silena Giroux

In 1870 Mary Ann Tucker Cook ^[2] is with son James Bailey, daughter Mary Deseret Kenney is next door with the Cook children; Benjamin, Anna Rosetta, Roselia Princetta, John Henry and Mary Deseret Kenney's son Charles Loren living in Fillmore, Millard, Utah Territory

Husband James Benjamin Cook was not a Mormon and left Mary Ann before 1870 maybe after John was born, James B Cook died in 1879 in Nevada.

In 1879 son Amasa's wife Canny passed away and Mary Ann took Amasa Jr and Amasa in to watch over them for awhile. Amasa and Baby Amasa stayed with Silena in Clover Flats for a couple weeks before Mary Ann took them home with her in Fillmore.

In 1880 Mary Ann is with Loren Kenney and their child Amasa Kenney (widowed), her children Roselia Cook, John Cook, and grandsons George Sears, Amasa Kenney (son of Amasa)^[3]

She passed away in 1881 at the age of 48 and is buried at Fillmore Cemetery located in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah.^[4]

(parents said to be Danial Tucker and Mehitable Hutchins)

Pioneer Database 1847–1868

Mary Ann and her son James came to Utah between 1851 and 1853. They likely came in 1851. But the first documentation to place them in Utah is the birth of a child in December 1853, Mary Deseret Kenney

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census
2. ↑ 1870 Census
3. ↑ 1880 Census
4. ↑ Memorial

• 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: 188; Page: 99A, Original data:Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.(shareable view)

• 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Fillmore, Millard, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1611; Page: 346A; Family History Library Film: 553110, Original data:1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.(shareable view)

• 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Fillmore, Millard, Utah; Roll: 1336; Page: 465D; Enumeration District: 030,Original data:Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.(shareable view)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 July 2020), memorial page for Mary Ann Tucker Kenney (16 Aug 1832–26 Feb 1881,Find A Grave: Memorial #65976938 citing Fillmore Cemetery, Fillmore, Millard County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Corina Eshom-Smith (contributor 47314988) .

• https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/58368/mary-ann-tucker-bailey
• Ancestral File, Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah