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Mary Onliza Miner Van Tassell
13 Mar 1834 – 13 Mar 1900
| Birth | 13 Mar 1834 |
| Death | 13 Mar 1900 |
| Cemetery | Monmouth Cemetery Monmouth , Warren County , Illinois , USA |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61703370 |
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Daughter of Luke and Lucy Ann (Miner) Miner. Mary was married 3 times, with children from each marriage. Her first marriage was to Richard Harris, with the ceremonies held in Lenox Township of Warren County on 5 August 1855, conducted by her uncle, Rev. Erastus Miner. The 1855 Illinois state census of Warren County shows Richard Harris (and Mary), his brother Ebenezer, his wife's brother-in-law Alexander Ridlon, and Erastus Miner all living as neighbors in Township 10 North Range 2 West (Lenox Township). That marriage produced one daughter, Lucy Ann Harris, in 1857. What became of Richard is not clear. Daughter Lucy was listed in the 1860 census with her Miner grandparents, while her parents were not found. Lucy's obituary claimed her father left to fight in the Civil War and never returned. Records do show that Richard Harris, native of Morris, Otsego County, New York, "married", son of Ebenezer Harris (mother blank) enlisted in New York during 1862, but no discharge record was ever found - consistent with his daughter's obituary. Mary, however, remarried prior to the out-break of the Civil War, so it would appear they divorced. Mary's second marriage was to Isaac Jaycox in Warren County on 1 January 1861. Daughters Ida Mae and Ella Jaycox were born to the couple. Isaac died 17 August 1868. Finally, Mary married David Van Tassell in Warren County on 2 June 1870. This marriage produced a son, Frankie, and a daughter, Alice, who both died as infants. The couple did take in a number of other children, though, and adopted at least one. David died in Monmouth on 29 September 1888. Mary died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Ann (Harris) Messenger, at 1055 East Fifth Avenue. She had been affected with heart trouble for a number of years.
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Siblings
- Joan Anna Miner Ridlon 1832–1895
- Henry Miner 1836–1915
- Charles Miner 1837–?
- Rebecca Jane Miner Ferrington 1839–1890
- Samuel Miner 1843–1863
- Lafayette "Lafe" Miner 1849–1928
- Charles Miner 1853–1925
Children
- Lucy Ann Harris Messenger 1857–1931 FaG
- Ida Mae Jaycox Mitchell 1862–1944 FaG
- Ella Elizabeth Jaycox Carrier 1864–1918 FaG
- Alice Van Tassell 1874–1875 FaG
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