Mary Jane Whisman was born 5 March 1842 in Smyth County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Abram Whisman and Catharine Shupe.[1]
Mary Jane married Joseph Allen Speak on 3 August 1859 in Rose Hill, Virginia.[2]
Lee County Virginia Marriage Register 2 (1853-1884)
Author: Elizabeth M. Carpenter
Publication: Mullins Printing, John C. Mullins, Rt 2, Box 307, Clintwood, VA 24228
Media: Book
Page: 13
P-6; L-38; 8-3-1859
Mary J. Whisman; age 17; b. Smith (Smyth) Co, Va; d/o A. & C. Whisman
Mary Jane Speak passed away 9 September 1910 in Lee County, Virginia. She is buried in the Speak-Rosenbaum-Ball Cemetery, Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia[3]
Sources
↑ 1850 Smyth County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census
↑ Lee County Virginia Marriage Register 2 (1853-1884)
1870 Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census
1880 Lee County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census
1900 Bales Forge, Lee, Virginia U. S. Federal Census
1910 Lee County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census
Cemeteries of Lee County, VA Volume I
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