Mary Bell Alloway ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 19, Ed. 1, Tree #0219]
Mary Bell Alloway was declared insane and her husband, James, divorced her. She was listed at the State Hospital in Miami, Kansas in 1880.

Her sister Sarah was also committed to a mental hospital and died in 1879. She was married to the brother of James Martin, Joseph. Joseph would later marry Emma Alloway in 1882.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1854 and a birth location of Iowa.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 26 on the 1880 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Oswego Township, Labette, KS on 2 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 393C, District 118, Dwelling 25, Family 25, Roll 385
Oswego Township, Labette County, Kansas
Mary B. Allaway..Sister..26..IA..Divorced..Insane
(Living with 2 brothers, Jay and Abijah, 1 sister, Mary, and 1 brother-in-law.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 2 Mar 1851, then her age should have been 29 instead of 26.
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Mary married James Bolen Martin, son of Unknown and Unknown, before 1880. The marriage ended in divorce. (James Bolen Martin was born in 1846 in Missouri ³ and died on an unknown date.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• James Bolen Martin and Mary Bell Alloway were divorced on an unknown date.