Mary Jane Howser ^{1 2}

   Another name for Mary was Mary Jane Houser.^{3 4}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Waynesville, IL on 30 November 1850. ¹

1850 US Census
Page 415A, Family 246, Roll 104
Waynesville, DeWitt County, Illinois
Mary J. Howser..11..IL

(Living with parents.)
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• She was buried after 17 February 1851 in the Morgan Cemetery in , Logan County, IL.

Mary's gravestone is an old and badly weathered simple tablet of white sandstone. It has broken off at its based and as of September 2002 it is only leaning up against an adjacent gravestone for support. The inscription is barely readable and says "Mary J. daughter of J. & F. H. Howser, Died Feb. 17, 1851, Aged 12yrs 5ds". Note the use of the original family surname HOWSER instead of HOUSER.

Find A Grave Memorial #53089275
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