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| HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS FAMILIES NEWS MEMORABILIA |
MARY E. HARTMAN 1857 - 1954-55
  Mary E. Hartman, daughter of Henry Hartman and  Jemima Brown, was born July 7, 1857, in or near Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa. (Her obituary names her father as Joseph Hartman; marriage documents show Henry Hartman, as do those of her brother, Willard.)
Henry Hartman died with Mary was only 9 or 10 years old. Soon after, Jemima Brown Hartman and children accompanied James Madison Shields, Jemima's brother-in-law, to Hancock County, Illinois. They later married. Most of Mary's youthful years were spent in Fountain Green and Hancock Townships. In 1880 she was boarding in the home of Charles G. and Edna Wright, in Carthage Township. With her was a 2 year old boy named as Frank Hartman; in the 1900 census he was shown as Frank Brown. Perhaps it was during her stay in Carthage Township that Mary became acqainted with bachelor farmer Alfred Biery, who had been farming in Carthage Township for a number of years. In late 1880, on December 16th, they were married, either in or near Carthage. Witnesses were Alfred's brothers, Henry and Reuben Biery. Alfred was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, about 1837. His father was Joseph Biery; his mother's name may have been Lucy Heisman (the handwriting on the Board of Health document is not quite clear). Mary and Alfred had a little more than 20 years together, until his death about 1901. She survived him by over half a century. She died in either 1954 or '55, perhaps in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, and was buried at Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock County. Of her seven children, only four survived her. Mary's son was:
Mary and Alfred's children were probably all born in or near Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois. They were:
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enumerated August 28, 1850, dwelling #505 Family 515
Family 516
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enumerated July 14, 1860, dwelling #2751 Joseph Biery, 57, male, farmer, value of real estate 2300, value of personal estate 900, born PA
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enumerated June 26, 1860, dwelling #1223 H Hartman, 41, male, farmer, value of real estate 500, value of personal estate 900, born PA
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enumerated August 15, 1870, dwelling #252 Duffey, Samuel S, 33, male, white, farmer, value of personal estate 1100, born IL, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
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enumerated June 6, 1870, dwelling #147 Note: bracketed information is for clarification; it was not shown on the original census form. Shields, James, 57, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 5000, value of personal estate 2000, born OH, father foreign born, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
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enumerated June 11, 1880, dweling #147 [This should be page 49D to be in sequence with both the preceding and following pages, but it is stamped B.] Biery, Alfred, white, male, 42, single, farmer, born PA, both parents born PA
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enumerated June 18, 1880, dwelling #186 Wright, Charles G, white, male, 40, married, farmer, born IL, both parents born VA
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enumerated June 2, 1900, dwelling #13 Biery, Alford, head, white, male, Dec 1840, 60, married for 20 years, born PA, both parents born PA, farmer, could read, write and speak English, owned his farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule 18 Marey, wife, white, female, July 1857, 41, married for 20 years; mother of 7 children, all living; born IA, father born PA, mother born OH, could read, write and speak English Brown, Frank, stepson, white, male, March 1878, 22, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born OH, farm labor, could read, write and speak English Biery, Earl, son, white, male, July 1883, 16, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, farm laborer, months not employed - 1, could read, write and speak English Henry, son, white, male, July 1887, 12, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA,attended school for 8 months, could read, write and speak English Rosco, son, white, male, Nov 1889 ?, 10, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, farm laborer, months not employed - 8, attended school for 8 months, could read, write and speak English Ernest, son, white, male, Aug 1891, 8, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA Eva, daughter, white, female, Nov 1893, 6, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA Lewis, son, white, male, Apr 1894, 4, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA
enumerated May 5, 1910, dwelling #368, Carthage and Fountain Green Road Biery, Mary E, head of, female, white, 52, widow; mother of 7 children, all living; born IA, father born PA, mother born OH, spoke English, farmer, working on own account, could read and write, owned her farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule 64 J Henry, son, male, white, 23, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, spoke English, electrician, Westinghouse Co, employee, could read and write Roscoe T ?, son, male, white, 20, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, spoke English, farm hand, working on own account, could read and write Reuben E, son, male, white, 19, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, spoke English, farm hand, hosstling stock, employee, could read and write Flora E, daughter, female, white, 16, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, spoke English, could read and write, attended school after Sept. 1, 1909 Louis M, son, male, white, 14, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, spoke English, could read and write, attended school after Sept. 1, 1909 |
enumerated February 13, 1920, dwelling #57, farm Biery, Joseph, head, owner, paying on a mortgage, male, white, 33, married, could read and write, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, spoke English, farmer, general farm, employer, farm schedule 46 Esther, wife, female, white, 24, married, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English Robert H ?, son, male, white, 9/12, single, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English ?? Mary E, mother, female, white, 53, widow, could read and write, born IA, father born PA, mother born OH, spoke English
enumerated April 5, 1930, dwelling #20 Biery, Joseph H, head, renter, owned a radio, lived on a farm, male, white, 43, married, age at first marriage - 31, could read and write, born IL, father born PA, mother born IA, spoke English, farmer, general farm, whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition - no, farm schedule 18 Esther, wife, female, white, 34, married, age at first marriage - 22, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English Robert, son, male, white, 11, single, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English Mary E, mother, female, white, 72, widow, age at first marriage - 22, could read and write, born IA, father born PA, mother born OH, spoke English |
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