Mary Jane (Wilson) Stewart (1879 - 1956)

Born 14 Sep 1879 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Wife of John K Davis — married 11 Oct 1895 (to before 1903) in Frankfort, Benzie, Michigan, United States

Died 1 May 1956 at age 76 in Vandalia, Cass, Michigan, United States

Biography

Mary (Wilson) Stewart is a part of US Black heritage.

Mary (Wilson) Stewart was a Michigander.

Mary Jane was born about 1879. She was a daughter of Cyron Wilson and Susannah Hayes.

She married John K Davis on October 11, 1985 in Frankfort, Benzie, Michigan, United States. They were married by Frank O. Wickham, Justice of the Peace. Her parents, Syron Wilson and Susannah Hayes were witnesses. In 1900, she was living with her parents, listed as Mary Jane Wilson, single; this is a possible indication that she was separated or divorced from him at the time. (He is listed as married, but not living with a wife or family, in a separate town.)

Mary Jane passed away on May 1, 1956. She was buried on May 5, 1956 at Bethel Cemetery in Cass, Michigan. Her name at death is recorded as Mary Jane Stewart, reported by Charles Stewart. She passed away of "Cardiac ineffiency" with hypertension as a contributing factor.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9R-KCM : 19 February 2021), Mary J Wilson in household of Cyron Wilson, Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 132A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,572.
• "Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKQ-WNX : 12 March 2018), Mary Jane Wilson in household of Siren Wilson, Weldon, Benzie, Michigan, United States; citing p. 387, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,295.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ39-NWM : 9 October 2021), John Davis and Mary J. Wilson, 11 Oct 1895; citing Marriage, Frankfort, Benzie, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207828.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M912-J3F : accessed 9 October 2021), Mary Jane Wilson in household of Syron Wilson, Buchanan village, Berrien, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62, sheet 15B, family 426, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,702.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42K-19Q : 30 June 2021), Mary Stewart in household of Charles W Stewart, Vandalia, Penn Township, Cass, Michigan Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-16, sheet 4B, line 42, family 94, 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 1738.
• "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZC-JKM : 23 February 2021), May Jane Stewart, 1956.