Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Name: Mary "Polly" Johnson
Birth: 29 Nov 1829, Jefferson, OH1,2
Death: 23 Feb 1905, Belpre, Washington, OH1,2
Burial: 24 Feb 1905, Torch Methodist Cemetery, Torch, Athens, OH1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Torch Methodist Cemetery, Torch, Athens, OH1, Mary Collins, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179333277
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mary Johnson, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/HD3B-2ST
!BIRTH-DEATH: Newell/Place descendants, Mary Johnson, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/NewellPlaceDescendants.txt#:~:text=Mary%20Johnson
!MARRIAGE: 08-Apr-1847 Washington, OH marriages124, Erastus R. Newell and Mary Johnson
!CENSUS: 23-Sep-1850 Decatur, Washington, OH, 73/74, Polly Newel
!NOTE: There is a Mary Johnson (age 15) living in the Nehemiah Johnson and Mary Johnson household in 1850, so it seems unlikely that the Mary Johnson who married Erastus Leroy Newell in 1847 is this daughter Mary Johnson of Nehemiah Myre Johnson and Mary Johnson. For reference see this census record: 23-Sep-1850 Decatur, Washington, OH, 73/74, Polly Newel.
!CENSUS: 25-Jul-1860 Decatur, Washington, OH, 175/171, Mary Newell
!MARRIAGE: 07-Oct-1865 Washington, OH marriages124, 358, Zebulon Collins and Mary Newell
!MARRIAGE: 07-Oct-1865, from the 26-Oct-1865 Marietta Register, "Married: Oct. 7, by W.P. Gamble, J.P., Zebulon Collins, of Belpre, and Mrs. Mary Newell, of Decatur.", https://ohgen.net/ohwashin/OMP-2.htm
!CENSUS: 19-Jun-1880 Belpre, Washington, OH893, 418/429, Mary Collins, grandson Leroy Collins
!CENSUS: 01-Jun-1900 Belpre, Washington, OH, 186/186, Mary Collins, widow, born Nov-1829, 12 children 6 living
!REFERENCE: 02-Mar-1905 Athens Messenger, Athens, OH, page 8, funeral notice for Polly Collins
!REFERENCE: 1905 pension termination, Mary Newell now Collins
!REFERENCE: 1905 Washington, OH will probate, Mary Collins
!REFERENCE: 29-Apr-1940 Washington, OH deaths896, 28617, for daughter Hattie Waterman, Mary Johnston born Franklin, OH
!REFERENCE: 1988 letter from Georgia Caplinger to Don Braffitt895
Spouses
Birth: abt 1827, Chittenden, VT1,2
Death: 8 Jun 1862, Chewalla, McNairy, TN1,2
Father: Daniel Newell (~1786-1841)
Mother: Patience Place (1786-1883)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: Find a Grave1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194987722
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Erastus Leroy Newell, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/9CDG-73W
!BIRTH-DEATH: Newell/Place descendants, Erastus Leroy Newell, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/NewellPlaceDescenda...tus%20Leroy%20Newell
!MARRIAGE: 08-Apr-1847 Washington, OH marriages124, Erastus R. Newell and Mary Johnson
!CENSUS: 23-Sep-1850 Decatur, Washington, OH, 73/74, Erastus Newel, age 23
!CENSUS: 25-Jul-1860 Decatur, Washington, OH, 175/171, Erastus Newell
!REFERENCE: 1861-1862 Civil War records, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/ErastusNewell/
!NOTE: There is a Newell buried in site 2438 in Corinth National Cemetery, Corinth, Alcorn, MS. This burial memorial is currently listed as John Newell (1817-1862), IL volunteers., https://web.archive.org/web/20020416210543/https:/..._MLSANDY/cnc_no.html, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3177577
!REFERENCE: 1905 Washington, OH will probate for widow Mary Collins
!REFERENCE: 29-Apr-1940 Washington, OH deaths896, 28617, for daughter Hattie Waterman, Erastus Newell
!REFERENCE: Ruby Newell 1988 letters727
Marriage: 8 Apr 1847, Washington, OH124
Children: Sarah Ezelda (1847-1912)
 Thaddeus E. C. (~1849-~1888)
 John Place (1853-1919)
 Thomas Jefferson (1855-1932)
 Mary P. (1860-1869)
 Harriet E. (1861-1940)
Birth: 24 Jun 1806, NJ1,2
Death: 4 Aug 1892, OH1,2
Burial: Newbury Community Cemetery, Little Hocking, Washington, OH1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Newbury Community Cemetery, Little Hocking, Washington, OH, Zebulon Collins, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33249531
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Zebulon Collins, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/9QM9-KB9
!MARRIAGE: 07-Oct-1865 Washington, OH marriages124, 358, Zebulon Collins and Mary Newell
!MARRIAGE: 07-Oct-1865, from the 26-Oct-1865 Marietta Register, "Married: Oct. 7, by W.P. Gamble, J.P., Zebulon Collins, of Belpre, and Mrs. Mary Newell, of Decatur.", https://www.ohgen.net/ohwashin/omp-2
!CENSUS: 19-Jun-1880 Belpre, Washington, OH893, 418/429, Zebulon Collins. grandson Leroy Collins
!OCCUPATION: Farmer893
!REFERENCE: 1988 letter from Caplinger to Don Braffitt895
!REFERENCE: 30-Jun-2004 email from <DawnaJL@aol.com> to Don Braffitt616
Marriage: 7 Oct 1865, Washington, OH124
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 07-Oct-1865 Washington, OH marriages124, 358, Zebulon Collins and Mary Newell
Children: Lydia Matilda (1866-1901)
 Nancy Amanda (1870-1932)
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