Mary Siotha (Wyatt) Higgins (1849 - 1925)

Born 7 Jan 1849 in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States

Wife of Sanford Patch — married 4 Mar 1918 (to 17 Nov 1918) in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States

Wife of Tolbert Higgins — married 19 Apr 1923 (to 23 May 1925) in Phelps, Missouri, United States

Died 23 May 1925 at age 76 in St. James, Phelps, Missouri, United States

Biography

Mary was born 7 January 1849 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Wesley Wyatt.

She passed away 23 May 1925 at the Soldier's Home in Phelps, Missouri

Mary was married four times:

1st to James Dexter, shortly after the 1865 Kansas State Census.

2nd to Loren Brown.^[1] (Mary is reported as a widow in the 1910 census, but records suggest that Loren and Mary separated, and Loren went on to marry Mary Keyes.)

3rd to Sanford Patch

4th to Tolbert Higgins.

Mary was in her 80s at the time of the last two marriages.

Research notes

living relatives (children) listed in application to Soldier's Home: Lucinda Cook, Elk City, Julia A Thompson, Greely, CO, Gertrude Wise, Kansas City, KS, Frank Brown, Wichita, KS

Sources

1. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V285-CF8 : 18 January 2020), Mary S. Dexter in entry for Larren C. Brown, 1871.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-PXM : 19 December 2020), Mary Wyatt in household of Wesley Wyatt, Prairie Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8W9-1DH : 18 February 2021), Mary Wyatt in entry for Henry Jackson, 1860.
• "Kansas State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL68-9R3R : 12 March 2020), Mary S Wyatt in entry for Henry C Jackson, 1865.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46Y-V2H : 3 January 2021), Mary Dexter in entry for James Dexter, 1870.
• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V285-CF8 : 18 January 2020), Mary S. Dexter in entry for Larren C. Brown, 1871.
• "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTF-XD6S : 12 August 2020), Talbert Higgens and Mary S Patch, 23 Apr 1923; citing Marriage, Phelps, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007101773.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2021), memorial page for Mary S. Patch (7 Jan 1849–23 May 1925), Find A Grave: Memorial #41462384, citing Saint James Veterans Home Cemetery, Saint James, Phelps County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Missouri Duv (contributor 46828721) .
• Death Certificate
• Mary S. Patch; page number; volume number; Missouri Veterans Home (St. James); Office of Adjutant General, Record Group 133; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. image