Mary Magdalene Barton 1851-1925
Mary Barton Breeze
Mary Breeze
Mary Barton was born on 17 September 1851 in Posey County, Indiana, USA, the daughter of William Barton and Nancy Green Duckworth Barton.
She married James Winfred Breeze (1847-1926) on 18 February 1869 in Posey County. They had the following children:
John Breeze (1870-1938)
Covington Breeze (1873-1952)
Cora Breeze (1877-1955)
Etna Breeze (1879-1966)
Ethel Breeze (1880-1929)
Simeon Breeze (1882-1973)
Robert Breeze (1884-1967)
Mary Breeze (1886-1971)
Mary first showed up with her family in the 1860 census in Robinson Township, Posey County, Indiana, USA. (census image here) (View neighbors in HTML)
Mary married James Breeze in 1869 and the two of them were found in the 1870 census in Black Township in Posey County. (census image here)
Between the 1870 census and 1880, John, Covington, Cora and Etna were all born, and show up in the 1880 census. (census image here)
By the time of the 1900 census, Ethel, Simeon, Robert and Mary had all been born, but Ethel was already gone, having married Bertis Blackburn in 1897. John married Crulia Buchanan in 1891, and Covington married Eva Erwin in 1892. In the good news, bad news department, Cora had married George Bowers in 1895 but was back with her family in 1900 and her status was listed as widowed. Likewise for Etna, she had married William Buchanan in 1896 and had a daughter named Charlotte or Lottie, but she is also back at home and listed as divorced. (census image here)
1910 found the family still living in Black Township, although somewhat smaller. Etna and granddaughter Lottie were still living there, as was Cora, although she now had the surname Murphy (I'm still looking for her husband, I'm not finding them in the marriage records). At least this time Cora is listed as divorced, not widowed, for what that's worth. The rest of the children are gone. Simeon married Anna Blackburn in 1905, Robert married Kate Sweeney in 1904, and Mary married John Bailey in 1902. (census image here)
In 1920 Cora was gone but Etna and Lottie were still living with James and Mary. I found census records that indicated Cora was living in St. Louis, I didn't know if I had the right person, but the obituary for James confirmed that Cora was in fact living in St. Louis. (census image here)
Mary died in May 1925 in Posey County and James died the following February. Both are buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Posey County.
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