Mary Isabel Thomas1

b. 12 January 1873, d. 26 September 1949
FatherWilliam Ledger Thomas2 b. 16 Apr 1829, d. 16 Jul 1905
MotherElizabeth Barbara Clark2 b. 25 Apr 1828, d. 24 Jan 1900
Birth12 Jan 1873 Mary Isabel Thomas was born on 12 Jan 1873 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee.1 
Marriagecirca 1898 She married Jonas S. March, son of Benjamin March and Sarah Elizabeth Wilson, circa 1898.1 
Cens-19001900  Mary and Jonas spent the first years of their marriage in Fayetteville where Jonas worked as a live stock dealer.3 
Migration  Their first 4 children were born in Tennessee but around 1906 or 1907 the family moved to Arkansas were daughter Mary was born in July 1907. 
  They spent at least the next 13 years in Lawrence County, Arkansas, where they were enumerated in both 1910 and 1920. While in Arkansas Jonas was a feed and grocery merchant.4,5 
Cens-19301930  But Jonas and Mary were drawn back to Tennessee where in 1930 they were again recorded farming in District 9 in Lincoln County.6 
Death26 Sep 1949 Mary died on 26 Sep 1949 in Ashville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, at age 76.1 
Burial She was buried at Unity Cemetery in Lincoln County, Tennessee.7 

Family

Jonas S. March b. 10 Dec 1863, d. 12 Jan 1935
Children
ChartsDescendants of James Clark and Isabella Breckenridge
Last Edited2 May 2011

Citations

  1. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346).
  2. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann cites her abstract of the 1880 federal census for Lincoln Co. TN, Civil District 9: Wm L. Thomas, 51, b. TN, farmer, with wife, Elizabeth B., 52, b. TN; daughter, Hattie R., 20, b. TN (Intnl fever); son, George C., 18, b. TN, working on farm; son, Hugh L., 16, b. TN, working on farm; son, Livingston, 13, b. TN, working on farm; daughter, Barbara L., 10, b. TN; and, daughter, Mary L, 7, b. TN.
  3. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann abstracted the 1900 federal census for Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN: Joe S. March, 35, b. Dec 1864 in TN, married 2 years, live stock dealer, with wife, Mary I., 26, b. Feb 1873 in TN, married 2 years, one child and one child living; and, son, William T., 6/12, b. Nov 1899 in TN.
  4. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann abstracted the 1910 federal census for Campbell, Lawrence Co., Arkansas: J. S. March, 40, b. TN, married 13 years, wholesale groceries, with wife, M. T., 32, b. TN, married 13 years, 5 children and 3 living; son, Geo., 9, b. TN; daughter, Elizabeth, 4, b. TN; daughter, Mary, 2, b. AR; and, sister in law, Hattie Thomas, 40, b. TN, single.
  5. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann abstracted the 1920 federal census for Campbell, Lawrence Co., Arkansas: Joe S. March, 55, b. TN, merchant feed and grocery, wife, Mary, 46, b. TN; son, George, 18, b. TN; daughter, Elizabeth, 14, b. TN; and, daughter, Mary, 12, b. TN.
  6. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann abstracted the 1930 federal census for Lincoln Co., TN, District 6: Joe S. March, 65, b. TN, first married at 34, farmer, living in District 6, Lincoln Co., TN, with wife, Mary I., 57, b. TN, first married at 26.
  7. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann cites Cemetery Records of Lincoln-Moore Counties, Tennessee, by Helen C. & Timothy R. Marsh (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1996).